-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DlXUSPoF89c81tvfQu3v1tOYMwZVgRxxLXHTfVqWjGTRunQHfKFansNOhSLCSUGg JzvxYt7KB/KkZCZEVhvGFA== 0001193125-10-228330.txt : 20101013 0001193125-10-228330.hdr.sgml : 20101013 20101013083111 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-228330 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 12 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101013 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101013 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20101013 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHASE CAPITAL VI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001044730 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-07 FILM NUMBER: 101120487 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BANK ONE CAPITAL III CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001088802 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-13 FILM NUMBER: 101120494 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BANK ONE CORP STREET 2: ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA SUITE IL1-0460 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60670 BUSINESS PHONE: 3127328277 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHASE CAPITAL II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001025959 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 13391851 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-09 FILM NUMBER: 101120489 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHASE CAPITAL III CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001025960 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 13391852 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-08 FILM NUMBER: 101120488 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST CHICAGO NBD CAPITAL I CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001026564 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 364153873 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-11 FILM NUMBER: 101120492 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60670 BUSINESS PHONE: 3127324000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60670 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: J P MORGAN CHASE & CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000019617 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 132624428 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900 FILM NUMBER: 101120491 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE STREET 2: 38TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHASE MANHATTAN CORP /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960402 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHEMICAL BANKING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHEMICAL NEW YORK CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880508 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BANK ONE CAPITAL VI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001124817 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-12 FILM NUMBER: 101120493 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BANK ONE CORP STREET 2: 1 BANK ONE PLAZA CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60670 BUSINESS PHONE: 3127328277 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BANK ONE CORP STREET 2: 1 BANK ONE PLAZA CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60670 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: J P MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL X CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001158197 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-06 FILM NUMBER: 101120486 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: J P MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001158198 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-05 FILM NUMBER: 101120485 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: J P MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001158199 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-04 FILM NUMBER: 101120484 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: J P MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XIII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001158200 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-03 FILM NUMBER: 101120483 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XIV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001298974 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-02 FILM NUMBER: 101120482 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001298975 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-01 FILM NUMBER: 101120481 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XVI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001298976 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-26 FILM NUMBER: 101120507 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XVII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001298977 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-25 FILM NUMBER: 101120506 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324436 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-19 FILM NUMBER: 101120500 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324437 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-21 FILM NUMBER: 101120502 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324438 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-22 FILM NUMBER: 101120503 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XVIII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324439 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-24 FILM NUMBER: 101120505 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XIX CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324440 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-23 FILM NUMBER: 101120504 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XX CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324441 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-10 FILM NUMBER: 101120490 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324442 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-20 FILM NUMBER: 101120501 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIX CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001405093 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-14 FILM NUMBER: 101120495 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVIII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001405094 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-15 FILM NUMBER: 101120496 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001405095 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-16 FILM NUMBER: 101120497 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001405096 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-17 FILM NUMBER: 101120498 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001405097 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-169900-18 FILM NUMBER: 101120499 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-270-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 S-3ASR 1 ds3asr.htm FORM S-3 Form S-3
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13, 2010

Reg. No. 333-                    

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

(Exact name of registrant, as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   13-2624428

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

(See table of Additional Registrants)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 270-6000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Anthony J. Horan

Corporate Secretary

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 270-6000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies of All Communications to:

 

Neila B. Radin, Esq.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 270-6000

 

Lee Meyerson, Esq.

Maripat Alpuche, Esq.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 455-2000

 

William V. Fogg, Esq.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10019

(212) 474-1000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as determined by market conditions and other factors.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated, or a smaller reporting company. Such the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer    ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company    ¨

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

Title of each class of
securities to be registered
  

Amount to be  

registered(1)(2)  

   Proposed maximum  
offering price per
unit(1)
  

Proposed maximum  
aggregate

offering price(1)

   Amount of
registration
fee(3)

Debt securities of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

                   

Preferred stock of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

                   

Depositary shares representing preferred stock of JPMorgan Chase & Co.(4)

                   

Common stock of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

                   

Warrants of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

                   

Units(5) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

                   

Debt securities, preferred stock, warrants, units and purchase contracts of JPMorgan Chase & Co., depositary shares representing preferred stock of JPMorgan Chase & Co., preferred securities and capital securities of the additional Registrants listed below and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s guarantees of such preferred securities and capital securities

                   

 

 

(1) Not applicable pursuant to Form S-3 General Instruction II(E). An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices.
(2) Includes an unspecified amount of securities that may be reoffered or resold on an ongoing basis after their initial sale by affiliates of the Registrants in market-making transactions. These securities consist of an indeterminate amount of such securities that are initially being registered, and will initially be offered and sold, under this Registration Statement and an indeterminate amount of such securities that were initially registered, and were initially offered and sold, under registration statements previously filed by the Registrants. All such market-making reoffers and resales of these securities that are made pursuant to a registration statement after the effectiveness of this Registration Statement are being made solely pursuant to this Registration Statement.
(3) In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), JPMorgan Chase & Co. is deferring payment of the registration fee, except for (i) $66,213.66, which has previously been paid with respect to unsold securities of JPMorgan Chase & Co. registered under Registration No. 333-146731 filed on October 16, 2007, (ii) $496,290.00, which has previously been paid with respect to unsold securities of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and certain of its affiliates registered under Registration No. 333-146220 filed on September 21, 2007, (iii) $511,278.10, which has previously been paid with respect to unsold securities of an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co. registered under Registration No. 333-137587 filed on February 12, 2007 and (iv) $58,546.16, which has previously been paid with respect to unsold securities of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. registered under Registration No. 333-136666 filed on August 16, 2006.
(4) No separate consideration will be received for the depositary shares representing shares of preferred stock issued by JPMorgan Chase & Co. No separate registration fee will be paid in respect of any such depositary shares.
(5) Each unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. will be issued under a unit agreement and will represent one or more debt securities, shares of preferred stock, depositary shares, shares of common stock and warrants of JPMorgan Chase & Co., as well as debt or equity securities of third parties, in any combination, which may or may not be separable from one another.

 

 

 


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Table of Additional Registrants

 

Exact Name of Additional Registrant, As Specified in Charter

   State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization
   IRS Employer Identification
No.

Chase Capital II

   Delaware    13-391851

Chase Capital III

   Delaware    13-391852

Chase Capital VI

   Delaware    13-3967700

J.P. Morgan Chase Capital X

   Delaware    13-7304730

J.P. Morgan Chase Capital XI

   Delaware    13-7304731

J.P. Morgan Chase Capital XII

   Delaware    13-7304733

J.P. Morgan Chase Capital XIII

   Delaware    13-7304734

JPMorgan Chase Capital XIV

   Delaware    47-6264596

JPMorgan Chase Capital XV

   Delaware    47-6264597

JPMorgan Chase Capital XVI

   Delaware    47-6264599

JPMorgan Chase Capital XVII

   Delaware    47-6264600

JPMorgan Chase Capital XVIII

   Delaware    20-6581657

JPMorgan Chase Capital XIX

   Delaware    13-7474788

JPMorgan Chase Capital XX

   Delaware    20-6581669

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI

   Delaware    20-6581720

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXII

   Delaware    20-6581729

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII

   Delaware    20-6581739

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIV

   Delaware    20-6581749

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV

   Delaware    20-7457837

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVI

   Delaware    20-7457849

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVII

   Delaware    20-7457863

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVIII

   Delaware    20-7457875

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIX

   Delaware    20-7457879

BANK ONE Capital III

   Delaware    74-6493815

BANK ONE Capital VI

   Delaware    36-7367893

First Chicago NBD Capital I

   Delaware    80-6080526


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Explanatory Note

This Registration Statement contains:

 

   

a prospectus to be used by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection with offerings of its debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares representing its preferred stock, warrants, units and common stock at unspecified aggregate initial public offering prices and by affiliates of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection with market-making transactions from time to time in the securities described therein after they are initially offered and sold; and

 

   

a prospectus addendum to be used by affiliates of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection with market-making transactions from time to time in securities of one or more of the same classes that were initially registered under registration statements previously filed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. or its affiliates and that were initially offered and sold prior to the date of the abovementioned prospectus addendum.


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Prospectus

LOGO

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

Debt Securities

Preferred Stock

Depositary Shares

Common Stock

Warrants

Units

 

 

These securities may be offered from time to time, in amounts, on terms and at prices that will be determined at the time they are offered for sale. These terms and prices will be described in more detail in one or more supplements to this prospectus, which will be distributed at the time the securities are offered.

You should read this prospectus and any supplement carefully before you invest.

 

 

This prospectus may not be used to sell any of the securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

 

 

The securities may be sold to or through underwriters, through dealers or agents, directly to purchasers or through a combination of these methods. If an offering of securities involves any underwriters, dealers or agents, then the applicable prospectus supplement will name the underwriters, dealers or agents and will provide information regarding any fee, commission or discount arrangements made with those underwriters, dealers or agents.

 

 

These securities are not deposits or other obligations of a bank and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.

 

 

These securities have not been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission, nor have these organizations determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

This prospectus is dated October 13, 2010


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SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information from this document and may not contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand the terms of our securities, you should carefully read:

 

   

this prospectus, which explains the general terms of the securities we may offer;

 

   

the attached prospectus supplement, which gives the specific terms of the particular securities we are offering and may change or update information in this prospectus; and

 

   

the documents we have referred you to in “Where You Can Find More Information About JPMorgan Chase” on page 7 for information about our company and our financial statements.

Certain capitalized terms used in this summary are defined elsewhere in this prospectus.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., which we refer to as “JPMorgan Chase,” “we” or “us,” is a financial holding company incorporated under Delaware law in 1968. We are a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States, with approximately $2.0 trillion in assets, approximately $171.1 billion in total stockholders’ equity and operations in more than 60 countries as of June 30, 2010. To find out how to obtain more information about us, see “Where You Can Find More Information About JPMorgan Chase” on page 7 of this prospectus.

Our principal executive offices are located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and our telephone number is (212) 270-6000.

The Securities We May Offer

This prospectus is part of a registration statement (the “registration statement”) that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may offer from time to time an indeterminate amount of any of the following securities:

 

   

debt;

 

   

preferred stock;

 

   

depositary shares;

 

   

common stock;

 

   

warrants; and

 

   

units.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities being offered. The prospectus supplement may also add to, update or change information contained in this prospectus. References to this prospectus or the prospectus supplement also means the information contained in other documents we have filed with the SEC and have referred you to in this prospectus. If this prospectus is inconsistent with the prospectus supplement, you should rely on the prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and the additional information that we refer you to, as discussed under “Where You Can Find More Information About JPMorgan Chase” on page 7 of this prospectus.

 

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Debt Securities

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer our unsecured general debt obligations, which may be senior or subordinated. The senior debt securities will have the same rank as all of our other unsecured, unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be entitled to payment only after payment on our “Senior Indebtedness,” which includes the senior debt securities. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or insolvency, the subordinated debt securities will be entitled to payment only after the payment of claims relating to “Additional Senior Obligations.” For the definitions of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations, see “Description of Debt Securities—Subordinated Debt Securities—Subordination” beginning on page 16 below.

New series of senior debt securities will be issued under an indenture between us and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee. New series of subordinated debt securities will be issued under an indenture between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee. We have summarized below certain general features of the debt securities from the indentures. We encourage you to read the indentures, which are exhibits to the registration statement.

We are a holding company that conducts substantially all of our operations through subsidiaries. As a result, claims of the holders of the debt securities will generally have a junior position to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries, except to the extent that JPMorgan Chase may be recognized, and receives payment, as a creditor of those subsidiaries. Claims of our subsidiaries’ creditors other than JPMorgan Chase include substantial amounts of long-term debt, deposit liabilities, federal funds purchased, securities loaned or sold under repurchase agreements, commercial paper and other borrowed funds.

General Indenture Provisions that Apply to the Senior Debt Securities and the Subordinated Debt Securities

 

   

Each indenture allows us to issue different types of debt securities, including indexed securities.

 

   

Neither of the indentures limits the amount of debt securities that we may issue or provides you with any protection should there be a highly leveraged transaction, recapitalization or restructuring involving JPMorgan Chase.

 

   

The indentures allow us to consolidate or merge with another corporation, or to convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our assets to another corporation. If one of these events occurs, the other corporation will be required to assume our responsibilities relating to the debt securities, and, except in the case of a lease, we will be released from all liabilities and obligations.

 

   

The indentures provide that holders of a majority of the total principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any series may vote to change certain of our obligations or certain of your rights concerning the debt securities of that series. However, to change the amount or timing of principal, interest or other payments under the debt securities of a series, every holder in the series affected by the change must consent.

 

   

If an event of default (as described below) occurs with respect to any series of debt securities, the trustee or holders of 25% of the outstanding principal amount of that series may declare the principal amount of the series immediately payable. However, holders of a majority of the principal amount may rescind this action.

General Indenture Provisions that Apply Only to Senior Debt Securities

We have agreed in the indenture applicable to the senior debt securities, which we refer to as the “senior indenture,” that we and our subsidiaries will not sell, assign, transfer, grant a security interest in or otherwise dispose of the voting stock of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, which we refer to as the “Bank,” and

 

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that the Bank will not issue its voting stock, unless the sale or issuance is for fair market value and we and our subsidiaries would own at least 80% of the voting stock of the Bank following the sale or issuance. This covenant would not prevent us from completing a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of our assets. In addition, this covenant would not prevent the merger or consolidation of the Bank into another domestic bank if JPMorgan Chase and its subsidiaries would own at least 80% of the voting stock of the successor entity after the merger or consolidation.

If we satisfy certain conditions in the senior indenture, we may discharge that indenture at any time by depositing with the trustee sufficient funds or government obligations to pay the senior debt securities when due.

Events of Default. The senior indenture provides that the following are events of default with respect to any series of senior debt securities:

 

   

default in the payment of interest on any senior debt securities of that series and continuance of that default for 30 days;

 

   

default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on, any senior debt securities of that series at maturity;

 

   

default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment on that series of senior debt securities and continuance of that default for five days;

 

   

failure by us for 90 days after notice by the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of that series to perform any of the other covenants or warranties in the senior indenture applicable to that series;

 

   

specified events of bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency of JPMorgan Chase or the Bank; and

 

   

any other event of default specified with respect to senior debt securities of that series.

Each series of senior debt securities issued prior to November 1, 2007 (A) includes additional events of default applicable in the event that (i) we default in the payment of principal when due on JPMorgan Chase debt in excess of a specified amount or (ii) the maturity of more than a specified amount of our debt is accelerated and the acceleration is not rescinded and (B) provides a shorter grace period for a covenant breach than provided above. Certain series of debt securities that we assumed in connection with our merger with The Bear Stearns Companies LLC (formerly known as The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.), which we refer to as “Bear Stearns,” include additional events of default as well. Accordingly, the senior debt securities offered by use of this prospectus will not have the benefit of the additional events of default and shorter covenant breach grace period applicable to some of our senior debt.

General Indenture Provisions that Apply Only to Subordinated Debt Securities

The subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to all “Senior Indebtedness,” which includes all indebtedness for money borrowed by us, except indebtedness that is stated not to be senior to, or that is stated to have the same rank as, the subordinated debt securities or other securities having the same rank as or that are subordinated to the subordinated debt securities.

Upon our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or insolvency, creditors holding “Additional Senior Obligations” would also be entitled to full payment before we could distribute any amounts to holders of the subordinated debt securities. Additional Senior Obligations include indebtedness for claims under derivative products, including interest and foreign exchange and commodity contracts, but exclude claims in respect of Senior Indebtedness or claims in respect of subordinated obligations.

At June 30, 2010, approximately $191.4 billion of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations were outstanding.

 

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Events of Default. The indenture for the subordinated debt securities, which we refer to as the “subordinated indenture,” provides that the following are events of default with respect to any series of subordinated debt securities:

 

   

specified events of bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency of JPMorgan Chase; and

 

   

any other event specified with respect to subordinated debt securities of that series.

Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer our preferred stock, par value $1 per share, in one or more series. We will determine the dividend, voting, conversion and other rights of the series being offered, and the terms and conditions relating to the offering and sale of the series, at the time of the offer and sale. We may also issue fractional shares of preferred stock that will be represented by depositary shares and depositary receipts.

Common Stock

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer our common stock, par value $1 per share. Subject to the rights of holders of our preferred stock, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when declared by our board of directors (which may also refer to a board committee). Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote per share. The holders of common stock have no preemptive rights or cumulative voting rights.

Warrants

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer warrants for the purchase of debt securities, preferred stock or common stock, which we refer to as “securities warrants.” We may also offer warrants for the cash value in U.S. dollars of the right to purchase or sell foreign or composite currencies, which we refer to as “currency warrants.” We may issue warrants independently or together with other securities.

Units

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer any combination of debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock and warrants issued by us, debt obligations or other securities of an entity affiliated or not affiliated with us or other property together as units. In the applicable prospectus supplement, we will describe the particular combination of debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock and warrants issued by us, or debt obligations or other securities of an entity affiliated or not affiliated with us or other property constituting any units, and any other specific terms of the units.

Conflicts of Interest

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and, as such, is deemed to have a “conflict of interest” in any offering pursuant to this prospectus within the meaning of NASD Rule 2720 (“Rule 2720”). Consequently, any offer or sale of offered securities will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of Rule 2720. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is not permitted to sell securities pursuant to this prospectus to an account over which it exercises discretionary authority without the prior specific written approval of the account holder.

 

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CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS

Our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and our consolidated ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements are as follows:

 

    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010
   Year Ended December 31,
     2009    2008    2007    2006    2005

Earnings to Fixed Charges:

                

Excluding Interest on Deposits

  3.48    2.47    1.17    1.95    1.93    1.75

Including Interest on Deposits

  2.82    2.02    1.10    1.50    1.52    1.46

Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements:

                

Excluding Interest on Deposits

  3.17    1.88    1.12    1.95    1.93    1.74

Including Interest on Deposits

  2.63    1.66    1.07    1.50    1.52    1.46

For purposes of computing the above ratios, earnings represent net income from continuing operations plus total taxes based on income and fixed charges. Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, include interest expense (other than on deposits), one-third (the proportion deemed representative of the interest factor) of rents, net of income from subleases, and capitalized interest. Fixed charges, including interest on deposits, include all interest expense, one-third (the proportion deemed representative of the interest factor) of rents, net of income from subleases, and capitalized interest.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT JPMORGAN CHASE

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public on the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Our filings can also be inspected and printed or copied, for a fee, at the SEC’s public reference room, 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, or you can contact that office by phone: (800) SEC-0330. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Such documents, reports and information are also available on our website: http://www.jpmorgan.com. Information on our website does not constitute part of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information in documents we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will update and supersede this information.

We incorporate by reference (i) the documents listed below and (ii) any future filings we make with the SEC after the date of this prospectus under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until our offering is completed, other than, in each case, those documents or the portions of those documents which are furnished and not filed:

(a) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009;

(b) Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010;

(c) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2010, January 25, 2010, April 1, 2010, April 14, 2010, May 20, 2010, May 26, 2010, June 24, 2010 (two filings), July 15, 2010 and July 22, 2010; and

(d) The descriptions of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description, and any other Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to any securities offered by this prospectus.

You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at the following address:

Office of the Secretary

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

212-270-4040

You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any other information. We are not making an offer of securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the applicable document.

 

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IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

From time to time, we have made and will make forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements often use words such as “anticipate,” “target,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “believe,” or other words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements provide our current expectations or forecasts of future events, circumstances, results or aspirations. Our disclosures in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We also may make forward-looking statements in other documents filed or furnished with the SEC. In addition, our senior management may make forward-looking statements orally to analysts, investors, representatives of the media and others.

All forward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. JPMorgan Chase’s actual future results may differ materially from those set forth in our forward-looking statements. While there is no assurance that any list of risks and uncertainties or risk factors is complete, below are certain factors which could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements:

 

   

local, regional and international business, economic and political conditions and geopolitical events;

 

   

changes in financial services regulation;

 

   

changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws;

 

   

securities and capital markets behavior, including changes in market liquidity and volatility;

 

   

changes in investor sentiment or consumer spending or savings behavior;

 

   

our ability to manage our liquidity effectively;

 

   

credit ratings assigned to us or our subsidiaries;

 

   

our reputation;

 

   

our ability to deal effectively with an economic slowdown or other economic or market difficulty;

 

   

technology changes instituted by us, our counterparties or competitors;

 

   

mergers and acquisitions, including our ability to integrate acquisitions;

 

   

our ability to develop new products and services, and the extent to which products or services previously sold by us require us to incur liabilities or absorb losses not contemplated at their initiation or origination;

 

   

acceptance of our new and existing products and services by the marketplace and our ability to increase market share;

 

   

our ability to attract and retain employees;

 

   

our ability to control expense;

 

   

competitive pressures;

 

   

changes in the credit quality of our customers and counterparties;

 

   

adequacy of our risk management framework;

 

   

changes in laws and regulatory requirements;

 

   

adverse judicial proceedings;

 

   

changes in applicable accounting policies;

 

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our ability to determine accurate values of certain assets and liabilities; and

 

   

occurrence of natural or man-made disasters or calamities or conflicts, including any effect of any such disasters, calamities or conflicts on our power generation facilities and our other commodity-related activities.

Additional factors that may cause future results to differ materially from forward-looking statements can be found in portions of our periodic and current reports filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference in this prospectus. These factors include, for example, those discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our most recent annual and quarterly reports, to which reference is hereby made.

Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of us in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or in a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus speak only as of the date of this prospectus, the prospectus supplement or the document incorporated by reference, as the case may be. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statement was made.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise described in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will use the net proceeds we receive from the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement for general corporate purposes. General corporate purposes may include the repayment of debt, investments in or extensions of credit to our subsidiaries, redemption of our securities or the financing of possible acquisitions or business expansion. We may invest the net proceeds temporarily or apply them to repay debt until we are ready to use them for their stated purpose.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

General

We have described below some general terms that may apply to the debt securities we may offer by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. We will describe the particular terms of any debt securities we offer to you in the prospectus supplement relating to those debt securities.

The debt securities will be either senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. We will issue the senior debt securities under a senior indenture between us and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee. We will issue the subordinated debt securities under a subordinated indenture between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee.

The following summary is not complete. You should refer to the indentures, copies of which are exhibits to the registration statement.

The indentures do not limit the amount of debt securities that we may issue. Each of the indentures provides that we may issue debt securities up to the principal amount we authorize from time to time. The senior debt securities will be unsecured and will have the same rank as all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be subordinated and junior to all Senior Indebtedness as defined below under “— Subordinated Debt Securities — Subordination.” In addition, under certain circumstances relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or insolvency, the subordinated debt securities will be junior to all Additional Senior Obligations, as defined and to the extent set forth below under “— Subordinated Debt Securities — Subordination.”

We are a holding company that conducts substantially all of our operations through subsidiaries. As a result, claims of the holders of the debt securities will generally have a junior position to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries, except to the extent that JPMorgan Chase is recognized, and receives payment, as a creditor of those subsidiaries. Claims of our subsidiaries’ creditors other than JPMorgan Chase include substantial amounts of long-term debt, deposit liabilities, federal funds purchased, securities sold or loaned under repurchase agreements, commercial paper and other borrowed funds.

We may issue the debt securities in one or more separate series of senior debt securities and/or subordinated debt securities. We will specify in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of debt securities being offered the particular amounts, prices and terms of those debt securities. These terms may include:

 

   

the title and type of the debt securities;

 

   

any limit on the aggregate principal amount or aggregate initial offering price of the debt securities;

 

   

the purchase price of the debt securities;

 

   

the dates on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable and the amount payable upon acceleration;

 

   

the interest rates of the debt securities, including the interest rates, if any, applicable to overdue payments, or the method for determining those rates, and the interest payment dates for the debt securities;

 

   

the places where payments may be made on the debt securities;

 

   

any mandatory or optional redemption provisions applicable to the debt securities;

 

   

any sinking fund or similar provisions applicable to the debt securities;

 

   

the authorized denominations of the debt securities, if other than $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000;

 

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if denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payments on the debt securities will be payable (which currencies may be different for principal, premium and interest payments);

 

   

any conversion or exchange provisions applicable to the debt securities;

 

   

any addition to, deletion from or change in the events of default applicable to the debt securities;

 

   

any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants applicable to the debt securities; and

 

   

any other specific terms of the debt securities.

We may issue some of the debt securities as original issue discount debt securities. Original issue discount debt securities will bear no interest or will bear interest at a below-market rate and will be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. The prospectus supplement will contain any special tax, accounting or other information relating to original issue discount debt securities. If we offer other kinds of debt securities, including debt securities linked to an index or payable in currencies other than U.S. dollars, the prospectus supplement relating to those debt securities will also contain any special tax, accounting or other information relating to those debt securities.

We will issue the debt securities only in registered form without coupons. The indentures permit us to issue debt securities of a series in certificated form or in permanent global form. You will not be required to pay a service charge for any transfer or exchange of debt securities, but we may require payment of any taxes or other governmental charges.

We will pay principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities at the corporate trust office of our paying agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, in New York City. You may also make transfers or exchanges of debt securities at that location. We also have the right to pay interest on any debt securities by check mailed to the registered holders of the debt securities at their registered addresses. In connection with any payment on a debt security, we may require the holder to certify information to JPMorgan Chase. In the absence of that certification, we may rely on any legal presumption to enable us to determine our responsibilities, if any, to deduct or withhold taxes, assessments or governmental charges from the payment.

The indentures do not limit our ability to enter into a highly leveraged transaction or provide you with any special protection in the event of such a transaction. In addition, neither of the indentures provides special protection in the event of a sudden and dramatic decline in our credit quality resulting from a takeover, recapitalization or similar restructuring of JPMorgan Chase.

We may issue debt securities upon the exercise of securities warrants or upon exchange or conversion of exchangeable or convertible debt securities. The prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms of any of those securities warrants or exchangeable or convertible securities. It will also describe the specific terms of the debt securities or other securities issuable upon the exercise, exchange or conversion of those securities. See “Description of Securities Warrants” below.

Each of the indentures contains a provision that, if made applicable to any series of senior or subordinated debt securities, respectively, permits us to elect:

 

   

defeasance, which would discharge us from all of our obligations (subject to limited exceptions) with respect to any debt securities of that series then outstanding, and/or

 

   

covenant defeasance, which would release us from our obligations under specified covenants, including, with respect to any series of senior securities, the covenant described under “Senior Debt Securities—Limitation on Disposition of Stock of the Bank”, and the consequences of the occurrence of an event of default resulting from a breach of those covenants.

 

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To make either of the above elections, we must deposit in trust with the respective trustee money and/or U.S. government obligations (as defined below) which, through the payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms, will provide sufficient money, without reinvestment, to repay in full those senior or subordinated debt securities, as the case may be. As used in the indentures, “U.S. government obligations” are: (1) direct obligations of the United States or of an agency or instrumentality of the United States, in either case that are, or are guaranteed as, full faith and credit obligations of the United States and that are not redeemable by the issuer; and (2) certain depositary receipts with respect to an obligation referred to in clause (1).

As a condition to defeasance or covenant defeasance, we must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel that the holders of the senior or subordinated debt securities, as the case may be, will not recognize income, gain, or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. That opinion, in the case of defeasance but not covenant defeasance, must refer to and be based upon a ruling received by us from the Internal Revenue Service or published as a revenue ruling or be based upon a change in applicable federal income tax law.

If we exercise our covenant defeasance option with respect to a particular series of debt securities, then even if there were a default under the defeased covenant, payment of those debt securities could not be accelerated. We may exercise our defeasance option with respect to a particular series of debt securities even if we previously had exercised our covenant defeasance option. If we exercise our defeasance option, payment of those debt securities may not be accelerated because of any event of default. If we exercise our covenant defeasance option and an acceleration were to occur, the realizable value at the acceleration date of the money and U.S. government obligations in the defeasance trust could be less than the principal and interest then due on those debt securities. This is because the required deposit of money and/or U.S. government obligations in the defeasance trust is based upon scheduled cash flows rather than market value, which will vary depending upon interest rates and other factors.

We and the trustees may modify either indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of each series of outstanding debt securities affected by the modification. However, without the consent of each affected holder, no such modification may:

 

   

change the stated maturity of any debt security;

 

   

reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, on, any debt security;

 

   

change the rate or method of computation of the interest on any debt security;

 

   

reduce the amount of the principal of an original issue discount debt security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;

 

   

reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;

 

   

change the currency or currencies in which any debt security is payable;

 

   

impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on a debt security on or after the stated maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date);

 

   

reduce the percentage of holders of outstanding debt securities of any series required to consent to any modification, amendment or any waiver under the applicable indenture; or

 

   

change the provisions in the applicable indenture that relate to its modification or amendment.

 

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In addition, we and the trustees may amend either indenture without the consent of the holders of debt securities of any series for any of the following purposes:

 

   

to evidence the succession of another company to us;

 

   

to add to our covenants or to surrender any right or power conferred upon us;

 

   

to add any additional events of default;

 

   

to permit or facilitate the issuance of debt securities in bearer form, certificated form or global form;

 

   

to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the applicable indenture in respect of all or any series of debt securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination will neither (i) apply to any debt security issued prior to the execution of such amendment and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the holders of any such debt securities with respect to such provision;

 

   

to conform the text of the applicable indenture or any debt securities to any provision of the “Description of Debt Securities” in this prospectus or a similarly captioned section in any applicable prospectus supplement relating to the offering of debt securities;

 

   

to provide security for or a guarantee of any series of debt securities;

 

   

to establish the form or terms of any series of debt securities;

 

   

to provide for successor trustees or the appointment of more than one trustee; or

 

   

to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision of the applicable indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision thereof, or to make any other provisions as we may deem necessary or desirable, provided such amendment does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of any series of debt securities in any material respect.

We may, without the consent of the holders of any debt securities, consolidate or merge with any other person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our assets to another person or permit another corporation to merge into JPMorgan Chase, provided that:

(1) the successor is a corporation organized under U.S. laws;

(2) the successor, if not us, assumes our obligations on the debt securities and under the indentures;

(3) after giving effect to the 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

(4) other specified conditions are met.

Senior Debt Securities

The senior debt securities will be direct, unsecured general obligations of JPMorgan Chase and will constitute Senior Indebtedness of JPMorgan Chase. For a definition of “Senior Indebtedness,” see “— Subordinated Debt Securities — Subordination” below.

Limitation on Disposition of Stock of the Bank. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of debt securities, the senior indenture contains a covenant by us that, so long as any of the senior debt securities are outstanding, neither we nor any Intermediate Subsidiary (as defined below) will sell, assign, grant a security interest in or otherwise dispose of any shares of voting stock of the Bank, or any securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of voting stock of the Bank, except to JPMorgan Chase or an Intermediate Subsidiary. In addition, the covenant provides that neither we nor any Intermediate Subsidiary will permit the Bank to issue any shares of its voting stock, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of its voting stock, nor will we permit any Intermediate Subsidiary that owns any shares of voting stock of the Bank, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of the Bank’s voting stock, to cease to be an Intermediate Subsidiary.

 

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The above covenant is subject to our rights in connection with a consolidation or merger of JPMorgan Chase with another person or a conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of our assets to another person. The covenant also will not apply if both:

(1) the disposition in question is made for fair market value, as determined by the board of directors of JPMorgan Chase or the Intermediate Subsidiary; and

(2) after giving effect to the disposition, we and any one or more of our Intermediate Subsidiaries will collectively own at least 80% of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Bank or any successor to the Bank, free and clear of any security interest.

The above covenant also does not restrict the Bank from being consolidated with or merged into another domestic banking institution if, after the merger or consolidation, (A) JPMorgan Chase, or its successor, and any one or more Intermediate Subsidiaries own at least 80% of the voting stock of the resulting bank and (B) treating for purposes of the indenture the resulting bank as the Bank, no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have happened and be continuing.

The senior indenture defines an “Intermediate Subsidiary” as a subsidiary (1) that is organized under the laws of any domestic jurisdiction and (2) of which all the shares of capital stock, and all securities convertible into, and options, warrants and rights to purchase shares of capital stock, are owned directly by JPMorgan Chase, free and clear of any security interest. As used above, “voting stock” means a class of stock having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees irrespective of the happening of a contingency.

Defaults and Waivers. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of debt securities, the senior indenture defines an event of default with respect to any series of senior debt securities as any one of the following events:

(1) default in the payment of interest on any senior debt securities of that series and continuance of that default for 30 days;

(2) default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on, any senior debt securities of that series at maturity;

(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment on that series of senior debt securities and continuance of that default for five days;

(4) failure by us for 90 days after notice by the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of that series to perform any of the other covenants or warranties in the senior indenture applicable to that series;

(5) specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of JPMorgan Chase or the Bank; and

(6) any other event of default specified with respect to senior debt securities of that series.

Each series of our senior debt securities created prior to November 1, 2007 (A) includes additional events of default applicable in the event that (i) we default in the payment of principal when due on JPMorgan Chase debt in excess of a specified amount or (ii) the maturity of more than a specified amount of our debt is accelerated and the acceleration is not rescinded and (B) provides a shorter grace period for a covenant breach than provided above. Certain series of debt securities that we assumed in connection with our merger with Bear Stearns include additional events of default as well. Accordingly, new series of senior debt securities offered by use of this prospectus will not have the benefit of the additional events of default and shorter covenant breach grace period applicable to some of our senior debt securities.

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series may declare the principal amount (or, if the senior debt securities of that series are original issue discount senior debt securities, a specified portion of the principal amount) of all senior debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. No such declaration is required upon certain specified events of bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency. Subject to the conditions set forth in the indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of that series may annul the declaration and waive past defaults, except uncured payment defaults and other specified defaults.

We will describe in the prospectus supplement any particular provisions relating to the acceleration of the maturity of a portion of the principal amount of original issue discount senior debt securities upon an event of default.

The senior indenture requires the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default known to it with respect to any outstanding series of senior debt securities, to give the holders of that series notice of the default if uncured or not waived. The trustee may withhold the notice if it determines in good faith that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of those holders. However, the trustee may not withhold the notice in the case of a default in the payment of principal, interest or any sinking or purchase fund installment. The trustee may not give the above notice until at least 60 days after the occurrence of a default in the performance of a covenant in the senior indenture, other than a covenant to make payment. The term “default” for the purpose of this provision means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an event of default with respect to senior debt securities of that series.

Other than the duty to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the senior indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of senior debt securities, unless the holders have offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. The senior indenture provides that the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding senior debt securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee for that series, or exercising any trust or other power conferred on the trustee. However, the trustee may decline to act if the direction is contrary to law or the senior indenture and the trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

The senior indenture includes a covenant requiring us to file annually with the trustee a certificate of no default, or specifying any default that exists.

Subordinated Debt Securities

The subordinated debt securities will be direct, unsecured general obligations of JPMorgan Chase. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness and, in certain circumstances described below relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or insolvency, to all Additional Senior Obligations. The subordinated indenture does not limit the amount of debt, including Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations, we may incur. As of June 30, 2010, Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations totaled approximately $191.4 billion.

Unless otherwise provided in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of subordinated debt securities, holders of the subordinated debt securities may not accelerate the maturity of the subordinated debt securities, except in the event of our bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency, and may not accelerate the subordinated debt securities if we fail to pay interest or fail to perform any other agreement in the subordinated debt securities or the subordinated indenture. See “— Defaults and Waivers” below.

Subordination. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness and, under certain circumstances described below, to all Additional Senior Obligations.

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indenture became effective or created, assumed or incurred after that date, including all indebtedness for money borrowed by another person that we guarantee. However, Senior Indebtedness does not include indebtedness that is stated not to be senior to or to have the same rank as the subordinated debt securities or other securities having the same rank as or that are subordinated to the subordinated debt securities. In particular, Senior Indebtedness does not include (A) outstanding subordinated indebtedness that we assumed in connection with our merger with Bear Stearns or with other entities, (B) the subordinated notes under the amended and restated indenture, dated as of December 15, 1992, as amended, between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee, and (C) other debt of JPMorgan Chase that is expressly stated to have the same rank as or not to rank superior to the subordinated debt securities or other securities having the same rank as or that are subordinated to the subordinated debt securities.

The subordinated indenture defines “Additional Senior Obligations” to mean all indebtedness of JPMorgan Chase, whether outstanding on the date the subordinated indenture became effective or created, assumed or incurred after that date, for claims in respect of derivative products, such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements, except claims in respect of Senior Indebtedness and except claims in respect of obligations that are expressly stated to have the same rank as or not to rank senior to the subordinated debt securities. For purposes of this definition, “claim” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 101(4) of the United States Bankruptcy Code and in effect on the date of execution of the subordinated indenture.

Under the subordinated indenture, we may not make any payment on the subordinated debt securities in the event:

 

   

we have failed to make full payment of all amounts of principal, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due on all Senior Indebtedness; or

 

   

there shall exist any event of default on any Senior Indebtedness permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become such an event of default.

In addition, upon our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or insolvency:

 

   

we must pay to the holders of Senior Indebtedness the full amounts of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Senior Indebtedness before any payment or distribution is made on the subordinated debt securities, and

 

   

if, after we have made those payments on the Senior Indebtedness, there are amounts available for payment on the subordinated debt securities and creditors in respect of Additional Senior Obligations have not received their full payments, then we will first use such amounts to pay in full all Additional Senior Obligations before we may make any payment on the subordinated debt securities.

No series of our subordinated debt securities described above (other than our junior subordinated indebtedness and our Capital Efficient Notes issued in connection with the issuance of securities by our capital trust subsidiaries) is subordinated to any other series of subordinated debt securities or to any other subordinated indebtedness of JPMorgan Chase referred to above. However, due to the subordination provisions of the various series of subordinated indebtedness issued by us and our predecessor institutions, and, in particular the fact that some, but not all, of our outstanding subordinated indebtedness is subordinated in some circumstances to Additional Senior Obligations (or to our derivative obligations or general obligations, as defined in the relevant indentures governing such subordinated indebtedness issued by us or our predecessor institutions), in the event of a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or insolvency, holders of the subordinated debt securities that may be offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement may recover less, ratably, than holders of some of our other series of outstanding subordinated indebtedness and more, ratably, than holders of other series of our outstanding subordinated indebtedness.

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securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of voting stock of the Bank. The subordinated indenture also does not prohibit the Bank from issuing any shares of its voting stock or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of its voting stock.

Defaults and Waivers. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of debt securities, the subordinated indenture defines an event of default with respect to any series of subordinated debt securities as follows:

 

   

specified events of bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency of JPMorgan Chase;

 

   

any other event specified with respect to subordinated debt securities of that series.

If any event of default with respect to subordinated debt securities of any series occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding subordinated debt securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the subordinated debt securities of that series are original issue discount subordinated debt securities, a specified portion of the principal amount) of all subordinated debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. No such declaration is required upon certain specified events of bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency. Subject to the conditions set forth in the subordinated indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding subordinated debt securities of that series may annul the declaration and waive past defaults, except uncured payment defaults.

We will describe in the prospectus supplement any particular provisions relating to the acceleration of the maturity of a portion of the principal amount of original issue discount subordinated debt securities upon an event of default. In the event of the bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or insolvency of JPMorgan Chase, any right to enforce that payment in cash would be subject to the broad equity powers of a federal bankruptcy court and to its determination of the nature and status of the payment claims of the holders of the subordinated debt securities.

Unless otherwise provided in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of subordinated debt securities, there will be no right of acceleration of the payment of principal of the subordinated debt securities of that series upon a default in the payment of principal or interest or a default in the performance of any covenant or agreement in the subordinated debt securities or the subordinated indenture. In the event of a default in the payment of principal, interest or a default in the performance of any covenant or agreement in the subordinated debt securities or the subordinated indenture, the trustee may, subject to specified limitations and conditions, seek to enforce that payment or the performance of that covenant or agreement.

The subordinated indenture requires the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default known to it with respect to any outstanding series of subordinated debt securities, to give the holders of that series notice of the default if uncured or not waived. The trustee may withhold the notice if it determines in good faith that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of those holders. However, the trustee may not withhold the notice in the case of a payment default. The term “default” for the purpose of this provision means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an event of default with respect to subordinated debt securities of that series.

Other than the duty to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the subordinated indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of subordinated debt securities, unless the holders have offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. The subordinated indenture provides that the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding subordinated debt securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee for that series, or exercising any trust or other power conferred on the trustee. However, the trustee may decline to act if the direction is contrary to law or the subordinated indenture and the trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

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The subordinated indenture includes a covenant requiring us to file annually with the trustee a certificate of no default, or specifying any default that exists.

Information Concerning The Trustees

We and our subsidiaries may maintain deposits or conduct other banking transactions with the trustees under the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture in the ordinary course of business. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is a trustee under certain of our existing indentures pursuant to which we have issued and outstanding series of senior debt securities. U.S. Bank Trust National Association is a trustee under certain of our existing indentures pursuant to which we have issued and outstanding series of subordinated debt securities.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK

General

Under our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors is authorized, without further stockholder action, to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $1 par value per share, in one or more series, and to determine the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each series. We may amend our certificate of incorporation to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of preferred stock in a manner permitted by our certificate of incorporation and the Delaware General Corporation Law. As of the date of this prospectus, we have the following issued and outstanding series of preferred stock:

 

   

Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I; and

 

   

8.625% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series J.

We will describe the particular terms of any series of preferred stock being offered in the prospectus supplement relating to that series of preferred stock. Those terms may include:

 

   

the number of shares being offered;

 

   

the title and liquidation preference per share;

 

   

the purchase price;

 

   

the dividend rate or method for determining that rate;

 

   

the dates on which dividends will be paid;

 

   

whether dividends will be cumulative or noncumulative and, if cumulative, the dates from which dividends will begin to accumulate;

 

   

any applicable redemption or sinking fund provisions;

 

   

any applicable conversion provisions;

 

   

whether we have elected to offer depositary shares with respect to that series of preferred stock; and

 

   

any additional dividend, liquidation, redemption, sinking fund and other rights and restrictions applicable to that series of preferred stock.

If the terms of any series of preferred stock being offered differ from the terms set forth below, we will also disclose those different terms in the prospectus supplement relating to that series of preferred stock. The following summary is not complete. You should also refer to our certificate of incorporation and to the certificate of designations relating to the series of the preferred stock being offered for the complete terms of that series of preferred stock. A form of certificate of designations is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. We will file the certificate of designations with respect to the particular series of preferred stock being offered with the SEC promptly after the offering of that series of preferred stock.

The preferred stock will, when issued against full payment of the purchase price relating to a series of preferred stock, be fully paid and nonassessable. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, in the event we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our business, each series of preferred stock being offered will have the same rank as to dividends and distributions as our currently outstanding preferred stock and each other series of preferred stock we may offer in the future by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. The preferred stock will have no preemptive rights.

Dividend Rights

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the dates set forth in the prospectus supplement. Dividend rates may be fixed or variable or both. Different series of preferred stock may be entitled to dividends at different dividend rates or based upon different methods of determination. We will pay each dividend to the holders of record as they appear on our stock register (or, if applicable, the records of the depositary referred to below under “— Depositary Shares”) on record dates determined by our board of directors. Dividends on any series of preferred stock may be cumulative or noncumulative, as specified in the prospectus supplement. If our board of directors fails to declare a dividend on any series of preferred stock for which dividends are noncumulative, then your right to receive that dividend will be lost, and we will have no obligation to pay the dividend for that dividend period, whether or not we declare dividends for any future dividend period.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each series of preferred stock that we offer by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will provide that we may not declare or pay or set aside for payment full dividends on any series of preferred stock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the series of preferred stock we are offering unless we have previously declared and paid or set aside for payment, or we contemporaneously declare and pay or set aside for payment, full dividends (including cumulative dividends still owing, if any) on the series of preferred stock we are offering for, in the case of a series of noncumulative preferred stock, the most recently completed dividend period, or, in the case of a series of cumulative preferred stock, all past dividend periods. If we fail to pay dividends in full as stated above, we may only declare dividends on equally ranking series pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share on the series of preferred stock we are offering and the equally ranking series bear to each other the same ratio that accumulated and unpaid dividends per share on the series being offered and the other series bear to each other. We will not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on any series of preferred stock we are offering.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the preferred stock we offer by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will also provide that, unless we have paid or declared and set aside for payment, in the case of a series of noncumulative preferred stock, full dividends in respect of the most recently completed dividend period, or, in the case of a series of cumulative preferred stock, full dividends, including cumulative dividends, if any, owing on that preferred stock for all past dividend periods, we will not:

 

   

declare or make any dividend payment or distribution on any junior or equally ranking stock, other than a dividend paid in junior or equally ranking stock or as provided in the preceding paragraph, or

 

   

redeem, purchase, otherwise acquire or set aside money for a sinking fund for the redemption of any junior or equally ranking stock, except by conversion into or exchange for junior ranking stock.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will compute the amount of dividends payable by annualizing the applicable dividend rate and dividing by the number of dividend periods in a year, except that the amount of dividends payable for any period greater or less than a full dividend period, other than the initial dividend period, 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 month, the actual number of days elapsed in the period. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward.

Rights Upon Liquidation

In the event we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up, either voluntarily or involuntarily, holders of each series of preferred stock that we offer by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will be entitled to receive liquidating distributions in the amount set forth in the prospectus supplement plus, in the case of a series of noncumulative preferred stock, unpaid dividends, without accumulation of undeclared dividends, if any, from the day following the immediately preceding dividend payment date, to, but not including, the date of the liquidating distribution, but without accumulation of any unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods, or, in the

 

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case of a series of cumulative preferred stock, accumulated and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, before we make any distribution of assets to the holders of our common stock. If we fail to pay in full all amounts payable with respect to preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement, and any stock having the same rank as that series of preferred stock, the holders of the preferred stock and of that other stock will share in any distribution of assets in proportion to the full respective liquidating distributions to which they are entitled. After the holders of each series of preferred stock and any stock having the same rank as their preferred stock are paid in full, they will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets. For any series of preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement, neither the sale of all or substantially all of our property or business nor a merger or consolidation by us with or into any other entity will be considered a dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

Redemption

The applicable prospectus supplement will indicate whether the series of preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement is subject to redemption, in whole or in part, whether at our option or mandatorily and whether or not pursuant to a sinking fund. The redemption provisions that may apply to a series of preferred stock offered, including the redemption dates, the redemption prices for that series and whether those redemption prices will be paid in cash, stock or a combination of cash and stock, will be set forth in the prospectus supplement. If the redemption price is to be paid only from the proceeds of the sale of our capital stock, the terms of the series of preferred stock may also provide that, if our capital stock is not sold or if the amount of cash received is insufficient to pay in full the redemption price then due, the series of preferred stock will automatically be converted into shares of the applicable capital stock pursuant to conversion provisions specified in the prospectus supplement.

If we are redeeming fewer than all the outstanding shares of preferred stock of any series, whether by mandatory or optional redemption, our board of directors will determine the method for selecting the shares to be redeemed, which may be by lot or pro rata or by any other method the board of directors determines to be equitable. From and after the redemption date, dividends will cease to accumulate on the shares of preferred stock called for redemption and all rights of the holders of those shares, except the right to receive the redemption price, will cease.

In the event that we fail to pay full dividends, including accumulated but unpaid dividends, if any, on any series of preferred stock offered, we may not redeem that series in part and we may not purchase or acquire any shares of that series of preferred stock, except by a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to all holders of that series of preferred stock.

Conversion Rights

The prospectus supplement will state the terms, if any, on which shares of the series of preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement are convertible into shares of our common stock or other securities. As described under “— Redemption” above, under certain circumstances, preferred stock may be mandatorily convertible into our common stock or another series of our preferred stock.

Voting Rights

Except as indicated below or in the applicable prospectus supplement, or except as expressly required by applicable law, the holders of the preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will not be entitled to vote. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, each share of preferred stock of each series will be entitled to one vote on matters on which holders of that series of preferred stock are entitled to vote. However, as more fully described below under “— Depositary Shares,” if we use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer depositary shares representing a fraction of a share of a series of preferred stock, each depositary share, in effect, will be entitled to that fraction of a vote, rather

 

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than a full vote. If (unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement) each full share of any series of preferred stock offered is entitled to one vote, the voting power of that series will depend on the number of shares in that series, and not on the aggregate liquidation preference or initial offering price of the shares of that series of preferred stock.

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, if, at any time or times, the equivalent of six quarterly dividends, whether or not consecutive, payable on any series of preferred stock being offered has not been paid, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will be automatically increased by two and the holders of each outstanding series of preferred stock with such voting rights, together with holders of such other preferred stock ranking on a parity with such series of preferred stock entitled to elect preferred directors, voting together as a class, will be entitled to elect those additional two directors at that annual meeting and at each subsequent annual meeting until full dividends have been paid for at least four quarterly consecutive dividend periods. At that point, the right to elect directors will terminate, and the terms of office of the two directors so elected will terminate immediately. The holders of shares of each such outstanding series of preferred stock, together with holders of such other preferred stock ranking on a parity with such series of preferred stock entitled to elect preferred directors, voting together as a class, may remove and replace either of the directors they elected. If the office of either such preferred director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal, the remaining preferred director may choose a successor who will hold office for the unexpired term of the vacant office.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of each series of preferred stock being offered will state that the approval of at least two-thirds of each such outstanding series of preferred stock, together with holders of such other preferred stock ranking on a parity with such series of preferred stock entitled to vote, voting together as a class, will be required to:

 

   

authorize, create or issue any class or series of stock having a preference over such outstanding series of preferred stock other than a series which does not have any right to object to such authorization, creation or issuance; or

 

   

amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the certificate of designations for such series of preferred stock or our certificate of incorporation in a manner, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, that would adversely affect the voting powers or other rights or preferences of the holders of such series of preferred stock;

provided that if the amendment would adversely affect such series but not any other series of outstanding preferred stock, then the amendment will only need to be approved by holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the series of preferred stock adversely affected.

Under regulations adopted by the Federal Reserve Board, if the holders of any series of our preferred stock become entitled to vote for the election of directors because dividends on that series are in arrears, that series may then be deemed a “class of voting securities.” In such a case, a holder of 25% or more of the series, or a holder of 5% or more if that holder would also be considered to exercise a “controlling influence” over JPMorgan Chase, may then be subject to regulation as a bank holding company in accordance with the Bank Holding Company Act. In addition, (1) any other bank holding company may be required to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board to acquire or retain 5% or more of that series, and (2) any person other than a bank holding company may be required to provide notice to the Federal Reserve Board prior to acquiring or retaining 10% or more of that series.

Depositary Shares

General. We may, at our option, elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock, rather than full shares of preferred stock. If we do, we will arrange the issuance by a depositary of receipts for depositary shares, and each of those depositary shares will represent a fraction of a share of a particular series of preferred stock. We will specify that fraction in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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The shares of any series of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will be deposited under a deposit agreement between us and a depositary selected by us. The depositary will be a bank or trust company and will have its principal office in the United States and a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable fractional interest in the share of preferred stock underlying that depositary share, to all the rights and preferences of the preferred stock underlying that depositary share, in proportion to the applicable fraction of a share of the preferred stock which those depositary shares represent. Those rights include dividend, voting, redemption, conversion and liquidation rights.

The depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued under the deposit agreement. The depositary will issue depositary receipts to those persons who purchase the fractional interests in the preferred stock underlying the depositary shares, in accordance with the terms of the offering. The following summary of the deposit agreement, the depositary shares and the depositary receipts is not complete. You should refer to the forms of the deposit agreement and depositary receipts that are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.

Dividends and Other Distributions. The depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the preferred stock to the record holders of related depositary receipts in proportion to the number of depositary shares owned by those holders.

If we make a distribution other than in cash, the depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary receipts that are entitled to receive the distribution as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of depositary shares held by each holder, unless the depositary determines that it is not feasible to make the distribution. If this occurs, the depositary may, with our approval, adopt a method of distribution that it deems practicable, including the sale of the property and distribution of the net proceeds from the sale to the applicable holders of the depositary receipts.

Redemption of Depositary Shares. Upon redemption, in whole or in part, of shares of any series of preferred stock that are held by the depositary, the depositary will redeem, as of the same redemption date, the number of depositary shares representing the shares of preferred stock so redeemed. The redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the applicable fraction of the redemption price per share payable with respect to that series of the preferred stock.

Depositary shares called for redemption will no longer be outstanding after the applicable redemption date, and all rights of the holders of those depositary shares will cease, except the right to receive any money, securities, or other property upon surrender to the depositary of the depositary receipts evidencing those depositary shares.

Voting the Preferred Stock. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of preferred stock are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in the notice of meeting to the record holders of the depositary shares representing that preferred stock. Each record holder of those depositary shares on the record date, which will be the same date as the record date for the preferred stock, will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of the preferred stock underlying that holder’s depositary shares. The depositary will try, to the extent practicable, to vote the number of shares of preferred stock underlying those depositary shares in accordance with those instructions, and we will agree to take all action that the depositary deems necessary in order to enable the depositary to do so. The depositary will not vote the shares of preferred stock to the extent it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary shares representing the preferred stock.

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regarding any depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. However, any amendment that materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of depositary shares or would be materially and adversely inconsistent with the rights granted to holders of the underlying preferred stock pursuant to our certificate of incorporation will not be effective unless the amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of the depositary shares then outstanding. The deposit agreement may be terminated by us or by the depositary only if:

 

   

all outstanding depositary shares have been redeemed; or

 

   

there has been a final distribution of the underlying preferred stock in connection with our liquidation, dissolution or winding up and the preferred stock has been distributed to the holders of depositary receipts.

Charges of Depositary. We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements regarding any depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. We will also pay charges of the depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the preferred stock and any redemption of the preferred stock. Holders of depositary receipts will pay transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and other charges with respect to their depositary receipts as expressly provided in the deposit agreement.

Resignation and Removal of Depositary. The depositary for the depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement may resign at any time by delivering a notice to us of its election to do so. We may remove the depositary at any time. Any such resignation or removal will take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of its appointment. We must appoint a successor depositary within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal. The successor depositary must be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million.

Miscellaneous. The depositary will forward to holders of depositary receipts all reports and communications from us that we deliver to the depositary and that we are required to furnish to the holders of the preferred stock.

Neither we nor the depositary will be liable if either of us is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond our control in performing our respective obligations under the deposit agreement. Our obligations and those of the depositary will be limited to performing in good faith our respective duties under the deposit agreement. Neither we nor the depositary will be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding relating to any depositary shares or preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. We and the depositary may rely upon written advice of counsel or accountants, or upon information provided by persons presenting preferred stock for deposit, holders of depositary receipts or other persons we believe to be competent, and on documents we believe to be genuine.

DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

As of the date of this prospectus, we are authorized to issue up to 9,000,000,000 shares of common stock. As of June 30, 2010, we had 3,975,811,062 shares of common stock issued (excluding 129,122,833 shares held in treasury).

The following summary is not complete. You should refer to the applicable provisions of our certificate of incorporation and to the Delaware General Corporation Law for a complete statement of the terms and rights of our common stock.

Dividends. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends if, as and when declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for payment, subject to the rights of holders of our preferred stock.

 

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Voting Rights. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote per share. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of preferred stock under its applicable certificate of designations and applicable law, all voting rights are vested in the holders of shares of our common stock. Holders of shares of our common stock have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect 100% of the directors and the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any directors.

Rights Upon Liquidation. In the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to share equally in any of our assets available for distribution after we have paid in full all of our debts and after the holders of all series of our outstanding preferred stock have received their liquidation preferences in full.

Miscellaneous. The issued and outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights. Our common stock is not convertible into shares of any other class of our capital stock. Mellon Investor Services LLC is the transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursement agent for our common stock.

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WARRANTS

We may issue securities warrants for the purchase of debt securities, preferred stock or common stock. We may issue securities warrants independently or together with debt securities, preferred stock, common stock or other securities, other property or any combination of those securities in the form of units. Each series of securities warrants will be issued under a separate securities warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company (which may be the Bank), as warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable securities warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation to, or relationship of agency or trust for or with, any registered holders or beneficial owners of securities warrants. This summary of certain provisions of the securities warrants and the securities warrant agreement is not complete. You should refer to the securities warrant agreement relating to the specific securities warrants being offered, including the forms of securities warrant certificates representing those securities warrants, for the complete terms of the securities warrant agreement and the securities warrants. Forms of those documents are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.

Each securities warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the principal amount of debt securities or the number of shares of preferred stock or common stock at the exercise price set forth in, or calculable as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement. The exercise price may be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events, as set forth in the prospectus supplement. We will also specify in the prospectus supplement the place or places where, and the manner in which, securities warrants may be exercised. After the close of business on the expiration date of the securities warrants, unexercised securities warrants will become void.

Prior to the exercise of any securities warrants, holders of the securities warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the debt securities, preferred stock or common stock, as the case may be, that may be purchased upon exercise of those securities warrants, including, (1) in the case of securities warrants for the purchase of debt securities, the right to receive payments of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on those debt securities or to enforce covenants in the senior indenture or subordinated indenture, as the case may be, or (2) in the case of securities warrants for the purchase of preferred stock or common stock, the right to receive payments of dividends, if any, on that preferred stock or common stock or to exercise any applicable right to vote.

DESCRIPTION OF CURRENCY WARRANTS

We have described below certain general terms and provisions of the currency warrants that we may offer. We will describe the particular terms of the currency warrants and the extent, if any, to which the general provisions described below do not apply to the currency warrants offered in the applicable prospectus

 

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supplement. The following summary is not complete. You should refer to the currency warrants and the currency warrant agreement relating to the specific currency warrants being offered for the complete terms of those currency warrants. Forms of those documents are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.

We will issue each issue of currency warrants under a currency warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company (which may be the Bank), as warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable currency warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation to, or relationship of agency or trust for or with, any holders of currency warrants.

We may issue currency warrants either in the form of:

 

   

currency put warrants, which entitle the holders to receive from us the cash settlement value in U.S. dollars of the right to sell a specified amount of a specified foreign currency or composite currency (the “designated currency”) for a specified amount of U.S. dollars; or

 

   

currency call warrants, which entitle the holders to receive from us the cash settlement value in U.S. dollars of the right to purchase a specified amount of a designated currency for a specified amount of U.S. dollars.

As a prospective purchaser of currency warrants, you should be aware of special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to instruments such as the currency warrants. The prospectus supplement relating to each issue of currency warrants will describe those tax considerations.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue the currency warrants in the form of global currency warrant certificates, registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee. See “Book-Entry Issuance” below.

Each issue of currency warrants will be listed on a national securities exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance, as a condition of sale of that issue of currency warrants. In the event that the currency warrants are delisted from, or permanently suspended from trading on, the applicable national securities exchange, the expiration date for those currency warrants will be the date the delisting or trading suspension becomes effective, and currency warrants not previously exercised will be deemed automatically exercised on that expiration date. The applicable currency warrant agreement will contain a covenant from us that we will not seek to delist the currency warrants or suspend their trading on the applicable national securities exchange unless we have concurrently arranged for listing on another national securities exchange.

Currency warrants involve a high degree of risk, including risks arising from fluctuations in the price of the underlying currency, foreign exchange risks and the risk that the currency warrants will expire worthless. Further, the cash settlement value of currency warrants at any time prior to exercise or expiration may be less than the trading value of the currency warrants. The trading value of the currency warrants will fluctuate because that value is dependent, at any time, on a number of factors, including the time remaining to exercise the currency warrants, the relationship between the exercise price of the currency warrants and the price of the designated currency, and the exchange rate associated with the designated currency. Because currency warrants are unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Chase, changes in our perceived creditworthiness may also be expected to affect the trading prices of currency warrants. Finally, the amount of actual cash settlement of a currency warrant may vary as a result of fluctuations in the price of the designated currency between the time you give instructions to exercise the currency warrant and the time the exercise is actually effected.

As a prospective purchaser of currency warrants you should be prepared to sustain a loss of some or all of the purchase price of your currency warrants. You should also be experienced with respect to options and option transactions and should reach an investment decision only after careful consideration with your advisers of the suitability of the currency warrants in light of your particular financial circumstances. You should also consider the information set forth under “Risk Factors” in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular issue of currency warrants being offered and to the other information regarding the currency warrants and the designated currency set forth in the prospectus supplement.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

We may issue units that will consist of any combination of debt securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants issued by us, depositary shares representing preferred stock issued by us, debt obligations or other securities of an entity affiliated or not affiliated with us or other property. We may issue units in one or more series, which will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Each series of units will be issued under a separate unit agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company (which may be the Bank), as unit agent. The below summary of certain provisions of the units and unit agreements is not complete. You should refer to the unit agreement for the complete terms of the unit agreement and the units. Forms of those documents will be filed as exhibits to or incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date. We will describe the particular terms of any series of units being offered in the prospectus supplement relating to that series of units. Those terms may include:

 

   

the designation and the terms of the units and any combination of debt securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants issued by us, depositary shares representing preferred stock issued by us, debt obligations or other securities of an entity affiliated or not affiliated with us or other property constituting the units, including and whether and under what circumstances the debt securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants issued by us, depositary shares representing preferred stock issued by us, debt obligations or other securities of an entity affiliated or not affiliated with us or other securities may be traded separately;

 

   

any additional terms of the governing unit agreement;

 

   

any additional provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the debt securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants issued by us, depositary shares representing preferred stock issued by us, debt obligations or other securities of an entity affiliated or not affiliated with us or other property constituting the units; and

 

   

any applicable U.S. federal income tax consequences.

The terms and conditions described under “Description of Debt Securities,” “Description of Preferred Stock,” “Description of Common Stock,” “Description of Securities Warrants” and “Description of Currency Warrants” will apply to each unit and to any debt securities, preferred stock, common stock or warrants issued by us, depositary shares representing preferred stock issued by us, debt obligations or other securities of an entity affiliated or not affiliated with us or other property included in each unit, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

An investment in units may involve special risks, including risks associated with indexed securities and currency-related risks if the securities comprising the units are linked to an index or are payable in or otherwise linked to a non-U.S. dollar currency.

 

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BOOK-ENTRY ISSUANCE

We may issue series of any securities as global securities and deposit them with a depositary with respect to that series. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, the following is a summary of the depositary arrangements applicable to securities issued in permanent global form and for which The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) will act as depositary (the “global securities”).

Each global security will be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC, as depositary, or its nominee and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC. Except under the limited circumstances described below, global securities will not be exchangeable for certificated securities.

Only institutions that have accounts with DTC or its nominee (“DTC participants”) or persons that may hold interests through DTC participants may own beneficial interests in a global security. DTC will maintain records evidencing ownership of beneficial interests by DTC participants in the global securities and transfers of those ownership interests. DTC participants will maintain records evidencing ownership of beneficial interests in the global securities by persons that hold through those DTC participants and transfers of those ownership interests within those DTC participants. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the securities. You will not receive written confirmation from DTC of your purchase, but we do expect that you will receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of your holdings, from the DTC participant through which you entered the transaction. The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of those securities in certificated form. Those laws may impair your ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.

DTC has advised us that upon the issuance of a global security and the deposit of that global security with DTC, DTC will immediately credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts or number of shares represented by that global security to the accounts of DTC participants.

We will make payments on securities represented by a global security to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and holder of the global security representing those securities. DTC has advised us that upon receipt of any payment on a global security, DTC will immediately credit accounts of DTC participants with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in that security, as shown in the records of DTC. Standing instructions and customary practices will govern payments by DTC participants to owners of beneficial interests in a global security held through those DTC participants, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name.” Those payments will be the sole responsibility of those DTC participants, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements in effect from time to time.

None of JPMorgan Chase, the trustees or any of our respective agents will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records of DTC, any nominee or any DTC participant relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial interests in a global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of the records of DTC, any nominee or any DTC participant relating to those beneficial interests.

A global security is exchangeable for certificated securities registered in the name of a person other than DTC or its nominee only if:

 

   

DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for that global security or DTC ceases to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

 

   

we determine in our discretion that the global security will be exchangeable for certificated securities in registered form; or

 

   

if applicable to the particular type of security, there shall have occurred and be continuing an event of default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default under the securities.

 

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Any global security that is exchangeable as described in the preceding sentence will be exchangeable in whole for certificated securities in registered form, and, in the case of global debt securities, of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount as the global security, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 (or in denominations and integral multiples as otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement). The registrar for the securities will register the certificated securities in the name or names instructed by DTC. We expect that those instructions may be based upon directions received by DTC from DTC participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the global security. In the case of global debt securities, we will make payment of any principal and interest on the certificated securities and will register transfers and exchanges of those certificated securities at the corporate trust office of The Bank of New York Mellon. However, we may elect to pay interest by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to that interest payment as of the record date, as shown on the register for the securities.

Except as provided above, as an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security, you will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of securities in certificated form and will not be considered a holder of securities for any purpose under either of the indentures. No global security will be exchangeable except for another global security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Accordingly, you must rely on the procedures of DTC and the DTC participant through which you own your interest to exercise any rights of a holder under the global security or the applicable indenture.

We understand that, under existing industry practices, in the event that we request any action of holders, or an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security desires to take any action that a holder is entitled to take under the securities or the indentures, DTC would authorize the DTC participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to take that action, and those DTC participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through those DTC participants to take that action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.

DTC has advised us that DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

If specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, investors may elect to hold interests in the offered securities outside the United States through Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”) or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”), if they are participants in those systems, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in those systems. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold interests on behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in Clearstream’s and Euroclear’s names on the books of their respective depositaries. Those depositaries in turn hold those interests in customers’ securities accounts in the depositaries’ names on the books of DTC. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, The Bank of New York Mellon will act as depositary for each of Clearstream and Euroclear.

Clearstream has advised us that it is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a professional depositary. Clearstream holds securities for its participants and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between its participants through electronic book-entry transfers between their accounts. Clearstream provides its participants with, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream interfaces with domestic securities markets in several countries through established depository and custodial relationships. As a professional depositary, Clearstream is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector, also known as the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. Clearstream participants are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations. Clearstream’s participants in the United States are limited to securities brokers and dealers and banks. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to other institutions such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with Clearstream participants.

 

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Distributions with respect to interests in global securities held through Clearstream will be credited to cash accounts of its customers in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Clearstream.

Euroclear has advised us that it was created in 1968 to hold securities for its participants and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear provides various other services, including securities lending and borrowing, and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (the “Euroclear operator”) under contract with Euroclear plc, a U.K. corporation. Euroclear participants include banks, including central banks, securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries. Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly.

Distributions with respect to interests in global securities held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with Euroclear’s terms and conditions and operating procedures and applicable Belgian law, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Euroclear.

Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement with respect to a particular series of global securities, initial settlement for global securities will be made in immediately available funds. DTC participants will conduct secondary market trading with other DTC participants in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC rules. Thereafter, secondary market trades will settle in immediately available funds using DTC’s same day funds settlement system.

If the prospectus supplement specifies that interests in the global securities may be held through Clearstream or Euroclear, Clearstream customers and/or Euroclear participants will conduct secondary market trading with other Clearstream customers and/or Euroclear participants in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear. Thereafter, secondary market trades will settle in immediately available funds.

Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream customers or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by the U.S. depositary for that system; however, those cross-market transactions will require delivery by the counterparty in the relevant European international clearing system of instructions to that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to the U.S. depositary for that system to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in global securities in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream customers and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to DTC.

Because of time-zone differences, credits of interests in global securities received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and will be credited the business day following the DTC settlement date. Those credits or any transactions in global securities settled during that processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear participants or Clearstream customers on that business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of interests in global securities by or through a Clearstream customer or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.

Although DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the procedures described above in order to facilitate transfers of interests in global securities among DTC participants, Clearstream and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform those procedures and those procedures may be discontinued at any time.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock, securities warrants, currency warrants or units being offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement:

 

   

through underwriters;

 

   

through dealers;

 

   

through agents; or

 

   

directly to purchasers.

We will set forth the terms of the offering of any securities being offered in the applicable prospectus supplement.

If we utilize underwriters in an offering of securities using this prospectus, we will execute an underwriting agreement with those underwriters. The underwriting agreement will provide that the obligations of the underwriters with respect to a sale of the offered securities are subject to certain conditions precedent and that the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the offered securities if any are purchased, other than securities subject to an underwriter’s overallotment option. Underwriters may sell those securities to or through dealers. The underwriters may change any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers from time to time. If we utilize underwriters in an offering of securities using this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement will contain a statement regarding the intention, if any, of the underwriters to make a market in the offered securities.

If we utilize a dealer in an offering of securities using this prospectus, we will sell the offered securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell those securities to the public at a fixed price or at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale.

We may also use this prospectus to offer and sell securities through agents designated by us from time to time. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, any agent will be acting on a reasonable efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

Underwriters, dealers or agents participating in a distribution of securities by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the offered securities, whether received from us or from purchasers of offered securities for whom they act as agent, may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933.

Under agreements that we may enter into, underwriters, dealers or agents who participate in the distribution of securities by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribution with respect to payments that those underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make.

We may offer to sell securities either at a fixed price or at prices that may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

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

Our direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, including J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, may use this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement in connection with offers and sales of securities in the secondary market. Those subsidiaries may act as principal or agent in those transactions. Secondary market sales will be made at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale.

 

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We may also use this prospectus to directly solicit offers to purchase securities. Except as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, none of our directors, officers, or employees nor those of our bank subsidiaries will solicit or receive a commission in connection with those direct sales. Those persons may respond to inquiries by potential purchasers and perform ministerial and clerical work in connection with direct sales.

Conflicts of Interest

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and, as such, is deemed to have a “conflict of interest” in any offering within the meaning of Rule 2720. Consequently, any offer or sale of offered securities will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of Rule 2720. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is not permitted to sell securities in any offering to an account over which it exercises discretionary authority without the prior specific written approval of the account holder.

EXPERTS

The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of that firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

LEGAL OPINIONS

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York, will provide an opinion for us regarding the validity of the offered securities and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York, will provide such an opinion for the underwriters. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP acts as legal counsel to us and our subsidiaries in a substantial number of matters on a regular basis.

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

Debt Securities

Preferred Stock

Depositary Shares

Warrants

Units

Purchase Contracts

CHASE CAPITAL II

CHASE CAPITAL III

CHASE CAPITAL VI

J.P. MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL X

J.P. MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XI

J.P. MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XII

J.P. MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XIII

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XIV

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XV

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XVI

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XVII

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XVIII

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XIX

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XX

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXI

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXII

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXIII

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXIV

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXV

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXVI

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXVII

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXVIII

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXIX

BANK ONE CAPITAL III

BANK ONE CAPITAL VI

FIRST CHICAGO NBD CAPITAL I

Preferred Securities and Capital Securities

fully and unconditionally guaranteed by

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

Affiliates of JPMorgan Chase & Co., including J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, may use this prospectus addendum in connection with offers and sales in the secondary market of the debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, units, purchase contracts, preferred securities, capital securities or guarantees referenced herein. These affiliates may act as principal or agent in those transactions. Secondary market sales made by them will be made at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale.

These securities have not been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any state securities commission, nor have these organizations determined that this prospectus addendum is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

In making your investment decision, you should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus addendum or any supplement to this prospectus addendum. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any other information.

Neither we nor any of our affiliates is making an offer of securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

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You should not assume that the information contained or incorporated in this prospectus addendum and any supplement to this prospectus addendum is accurate as of any date other than its date.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT JPMORGAN CHASE

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JP Morgan Chase” or the “Firm”) files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. JPMorgan Chase’s SEC filings are available to the public on the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. JPMorgan Chase’s filings can also be inspected and printed or copied, for a fee, at the SEC’s public reference room, 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, or you can contact that office by phone: (800) SEC-0330. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Such documents, reports and information are also available on our website: http://www.jpmorgan.com. Information on our website does not constitute part of this prospectus addendum or any prospectus or accompanying prospectus supplement.

The SEC allows JPMorgan Chase to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus addendum the information in documents it files with the SEC, which means that JPMorgan Chase can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus addendum, and later information that JPMorgan Chase files with the SEC will update and supersede this information.

JPMorgan Chase incorporates by reference (i) the documents listed below and (ii) any future filings it makes with the SEC after the date of this prospectus addendum under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until its offering is completed, other than, in each case, those documents or the portions of those documents which are furnished and not filed:

(a) JPMorgan Chase’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009;

(b) JPMorgan Chase’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010;

(c) JPMorgan Chase’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2010, January 25, 2010, April 1, 2010, April 14, 2010, May 20, 2010, May 26, 2010, June 24, 2010 (two filings), July 15, 2010 and July 22, 2010; and

(d) Any Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to any securities covered by this prospectus addendum.

You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning JPMorgan Chase at the following address:

Office of the Secretary

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

212-270-4040

You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus addendum or any prospectus or prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any other information. Neither we nor any of our affiliates is making an offer of securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus addendum or any prospectus or prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the applicable document.

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., which we refer to as “JPMorgan Chase,” “we” or “us,” is a financial holding company incorporated under Delaware law in 1968. We are a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States, with approximately $2.0 trillion in assets, approximately $171.1 billion in total stockholders’ equity and operations in more than 60 countries as of June 30, 2010. To find out how to obtain more information about us, see “Where You Can Find More Information About JPMorgan Chase” on page 1 of this prospectus addendum.

Our principal executive offices are located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and our telephone number is (212) 270-6000.

 

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THE TRUSTS

Each of the trusts listed on the cover page of this prospectus addendum, which we refer to herein as the “Trusts”, is a statutory trust organized under Delaware law. Additional information with respect to such Trusts may be found in the prospectuses with respect to the preferred securities issued by such Trusts referred to below and incorporated by reference herein.

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

The outstanding securities being offered by use of this prospectus addendum consist of debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, units, purchase contracts, preferred securities, capital securities and guarantees previously registered under the following registration statements of JPMorgan Chase, the Trusts or predecessor companies of JPMorgan Chase: 333-128506, 333-117770, 333-52826, 333-152214, 333-155535, 333-146731, 333-117775, 333-107207, 333-71876, 333-94393, 333-130051, 333-14959, 333-14959-02, 333-14959-03, 333-37567, 333-37567-03, 333-68500, 333-68500-02, 333-68500-03, 333-68500-04, 333-117785, 333-117785-01, 333-117785-02, 333-117785-03, 333-117785-04, 333-117785-05, 333-126750, 333-126750-01, 333-126750-02, 333-126750-03, 333-126750-04, 333-126750-05, 333-126750-06, 333-126750-07, 333-146220, 333-146220-01, 333-146220-02, 333-146220-03, 333-146220-04, 333-146220-05, 333-146220-06, 333-146220-07, 333-146220-08, 333-116775, 333-116775-02, 333-116771, 333-116771-03, 333-116773, 333-116773-01, 333-80903, 33-58144, 333-70639, 33-49965, 33-64261, 33-45651, 33-64193, 333-37315, 333-51961, 33-60807, 33-64195, 33-35971, 333-22413, 333-38387, 33-26890, 333-38756, 333-70940, 33-65904, 333-15649, 333-47022, 333-136666, 333-121744, 333-109793, 333-104455, 333-136599, 333-83049, 333-76894, 333-66861, 333-61437, 333-52902, 333-43565 and 33-50393. The descriptions of the securities being offered hereby are contained in the prospectuses and supplements thereto pursuant to which such securities were initially offered that are contained in or deemed a part of the registration statements referred to above. The instruments governing such securities and other exhibits in respect of such securities were filed as exhibits or incorporated by reference in such registration statements. Such descriptions and exhibits are incorporated by reference into this prospectus addendum; except that information contained in such prospectuses and supplements thereto that (i) constitutes a description of JPMorgan Chase & Co. or any of its predecessors or (ii) incorporates by reference any information contained in our current or periodic reports filed with the SEC, are superseded by the information in this prospectus addendum.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

This prospectus addendum may be used by affiliates of JPMorgan Chase, including J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in connection with offers and sales related to market-making transactions in the debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, units, purchase contracts or guarantees of JPMorgan Chase and preferred securities and capital securities of the Trusts referred to above. These affiliates of JPMorgan Chase may act as principal or agent in such transactions. Such sales will be made at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale. JPMorgan Chase will not receive any of the proceeds of such sales. These affiliates of JPMorgan Chase do not have any obligation to make a market in the debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, units, purchase contracts or guarantees of JPMorgan Chase or preferred securities or capital securities of the Trusts, and may discontinue their market-making activities at any time with notice, in their sole discretion.

EXPERTS

The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus addendum by reference to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of that firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

Estimated expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered other than underwriting compensation are as follows:

 

Registration fee — Securities and Exchange Commission

   $   † 

Attorneys’ fees and expenses

     (350,000)

Accountants’ fees and expenses

     (150,000)

Printing and engraving expenses

     (150,000)

Rating agency fees

     (100,000)

Trustee fees

     (100,000)

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. fee

     (75,500)   

Miscellaneous expenses

     (75,500)
        

Total

   $ (1,000,000)   
        

 

Deferred in reliance upon Rules 456(b) and 457(r), other than $1,132,327.92 of registration fees that have previously been paid and may be applied to amounts payable pursuant to this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 457(p).
* Estimated

 

ITEM 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), a corporation may indemnify any person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than a derivative action by or in the right of such corporation) who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or serving at the request of such corporation in such capacity for 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 in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

The DGCL also permits indemnification by a corporation under similar circumstances for expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with the defense or settlement of a derivative action, 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 to such corporation unless the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.

The DGCL provides that the indemnification described above shall not be deemed exclusive of any other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation pursuant to its by-laws, disinterested directors’ vote, stockholders’ vote, agreement or otherwise.

The DGCL also provides corporations with the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation in a similar capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability as described above.

 

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The certificate of incorporation of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JPMorgan Chase”) provides that, to the fullest extent that the DGCL as from time to time in effect permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, no director of JPMorgan Chase shall be personally liable to JPMorgan Chase or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

JPMorgan Chase’s certificate of incorporation empowers JPMorgan Chase to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of JPMorgan Chase or any other person who is serving at JPMorgan Chase’s request in any such capacity with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, an employee benefit plan) to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL as from time to time in effect, and any such indemnification may continue as to any person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and may inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

JPMorgan Chase’s certificate of incorporation also empowers JPMorgan Chase by action of its board of directors, notwithstanding any interest of the directors in the action, to purchase and maintain insurance in such amounts as the Board of Directors deems appropriate to protect any director, officer, employee or agent of JPMorgan Chase or any other person who is serving at JPMorgan Chase’s request in any such capacity with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, an employee benefit plan) against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such (including, without limitation, expenses, judgments, fines (including any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement) to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL as from time to time in effect, whether or not JPMorgan Chase would have the power or be required to indemnify any such individual under the terms of any agreement or by-law or the DGCL.

In addition, JPMorgan Chase’s by-laws require JPMorgan Chase to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, as from time to time in effect, any person who was or is involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a party or witness), or is threatened to be made so involved, in any threatened, pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (including without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of JPMorgan Chase to procure a judgment in its favor, but excluding any action, suit, or proceeding, or part thereof, brought by such person against JPMorgan Chase or any of its affiliates unless consented to by JPMorgan Chase) (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, or employee of JPMorgan Chase, or is or was serving at the request of JPMorgan Chase as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such Proceeding (or part thereof). The by-laws specify that the right to indemnification so provided is a contract right, set forth certain procedural and evidentiary standards applicable to the enforcement of a claim under the by-laws and entitle the persons to be indemnified to have all expenses incurred in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding paid by JPMorgan Chase. Such provisions, however, are intended to be in furtherance and not in limitation of the general right to indemnification provided in the by-laws, which right of indemnification and of advancement of expenses is not exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may otherwise be entitled.

JPMorgan Chase’s by-laws also provide that JPMorgan Chase may enter into contracts with any director, officer or employee of JPMorgan Chase in furtherance of the indemnification provisions in the by-laws, as well as create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure payment of amounts indemnified.

Lastly, JPMorgan Chase’s by-laws also provide that any repeal or modification of the indemnification rights provided in the by-laws shall not adversely affect any right or protection thereunder of any person with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL and the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of JPMorgan Chase.

 

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ITEM 16. Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Document Description

1.1    Form of Debt Securities Underwriting Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-146731) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
1.2    Form of Equity Securities Underwriting Agreement.
4.1    Form of Certificate for shares of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.2    Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock.
4.3    Form of Deposit Agreement.
4.4    Form of Depositary Receipt representing Depositary Shares, included in Exhibit 4.3 hereto.
4.5    Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.24 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.6    Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.25 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.7    Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.26 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.8    Form of Currency Warrants Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.27 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.9    Form of Indenture between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
4.10    Form of Senior Debt Security, included in Exhibit 4.9 hereto.
4.11    Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1989 (as amended, together with the form of indenture included in Exhibit 4.9, the “Senior Indentures”), between Chemical Banking Corporation (now known as JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) (succeeded by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas), as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(a) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.12    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2007, between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1989 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) filed November 7, 2007).
4.13    Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2008, between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1989 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(c) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.14    Form of Senior Debt Security, included in Exhibit 4.11 hereto.
4.15    Form of Indenture between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and U.S. Bank Trust National Association.
4.16    Form of Subordinated Debt Security, included in Exhibit 4.15 hereto.

 

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Exhibit

Number

  

Document Description

4.17    Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992 (as amended, together with the form of indenture included in Exhibit 4.15, the “Subordinated Indentures”), between Chemical Banking Corporation (now known as JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York (succeeded by U.S. Bank Trust National Association), as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2005).
4.18    Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000, between The Chase Manhattan Corporation (now known as JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(c) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2005).
4.19    Form of Subordinated Debt Security, included in Exhibit 4.17 hereto.
4.20    Form of Unit Agreement.*
4.21    Form of Units.*
5.1    Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
12.1    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Periods Ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for each of the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805)).
12.2    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements for Periods Ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.2 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for each of the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805)).
12.3    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed July 15, 2010).
12.4    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements for Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed July 15, 2010).
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2    Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Powers of Attorney of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
25.1    Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas under the Senior Indentures.
25.2    Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of U.S. Bank Trust National Association under the Subordinated Indentures.

 

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ITEM 17. Undertakings.

Each of the Registrants hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrants pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

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

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) Each prospectus filed by such Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of each Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, each undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of such undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, such undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of such undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of such undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by such undersigned Registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about such undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by such undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

Each undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 each filing of such Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this 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 New York, State of New York, on October 12, 2010.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
By:   /s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        
Name:   Anthony J. Horan

Title:

  Corporate Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed on behalf of the Registrant by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

*

James Dimon

  

Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 12, 2010

*

Crandall C. Bowles

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

Stephen B. Burke

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

David M. Cote

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

James S. Crown

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

Ellen V. Futter

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

William H. Gray, III

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

Laban P. Jackson, Jr.

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

David C. Novak

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

Lee R. Raymond

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

*

William C. Weldon

  

Director

  October 12, 2010

 

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

*

Douglas L. Braunstein

  

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 12, 2010

*

Louis Rauchenberger

  

Managing Director and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 12, 2010

 

* Anthony J. Horan hereby signs this Registration Statement on behalf of each of the indicated persons for whom he is attorney-in-fact on October 12, 2010 pursuant to powers of attorney filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement.

 

By:   /S/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        
  Anthony J. Horan

Dated: October 12, 2010

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of Registrants named below 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 New York, State of New York, on October 12, 2010.

CHASE CAPITAL II

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

CHASE CAPITAL III

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

CHASE CAPITAL VI

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

J.P. MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL X

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

J.P. MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XI

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

J.P. MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XII

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

 

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J.P. MORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XIII

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XIV

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XV

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XVI

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XVII

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XVIII

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XIX

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XX

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXI

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXII

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXIII

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXIV

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXV

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXVI

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXVII

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXVIII

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

JPMORGAN CHASE CAPITAL XXIX

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

BANK ONE CAPITAL III

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

BANK ONE CAPITAL VI

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

FIRST CHICAGO NBD CAPITAL I

(Registrant)

By: JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Depositor

By:  

/s/    ANTHONY J. HORAN        

Name:   Anthony J. Horan
Title:   Corporate Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Document Description

1.1    Form of Debt Securities Underwriting Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-146731) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
1.2    Form of Equity Securities Underwriting Agreement.
4.1    Form of Certificate for shares of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.2    Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock.
4.3    Form of Deposit Agreement.
4.4    Form of Depositary Receipt representing Depositary Shares, included in Exhibit 4.3 hereto.
4.5    Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.24 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.6    Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.25 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.7    Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.26 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.8    Form of Currency Warrants Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.27 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71876) of JPMorgan Chase & Co.).
4.9    Form of Indenture between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
4.10    Form of Senior Debt Security, included in Exhibit 4.9 hereto.
4.11    Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1989 (as amended, together with the form of indenture included in Exhibit 4.9, the “Senior Indentures”), between Chemical Banking Corporation (now known as JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) (succeeded by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas), as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(a) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.12    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2007, between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1989 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) filed November 7, 2007).
4.13    Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2008, between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1989 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(c) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.14    Form of Senior Debt Security, included in Exhibit 4.11 hereto.
4.15    Form of Indenture between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and U.S. Bank Trust National Association.
4.16    Form of Subordinated Debt Security, included in Exhibit 4.15 hereto.
4.17    Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992 (as amended, together with the form of indenture included in Exhibit 4.15, the “Subordinated Indentures”), between Chemical Banking Corporation (now known as JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York (succeeded by U.S. Bank Trust National Association), as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2005).


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Exhibit

Number

  

Document Description

4.18    Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000, between The Chase Manhattan Corporation (now known as JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(c) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2005).
4.19    Form of Subordinated Debt Security, included in Exhibit 4.17 hereto.
4.20    Form of Unit Agreement.*
4.21    Form of Units.*
5.1    Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
12.1    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Periods Ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for each of the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805)).
12.2    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements for Periods Ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.2 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for each of the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (File No. 1-5805)).
12.3    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed July 15, 2010).
12.4    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements for Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed July 15, 2010).
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2    Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Powers of Attorney of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
25.1    Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas under the Senior Indentures.
25.2    Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of U.S. Bank Trust National Association under the Subordinated Indentures.

 

* To be filed by amendment or with a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

EX-1.2 2 dex12.htm FORM OF EQUITY SECURITIES UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Form of Equity Securities Underwriting Agreement

Exhibit 1.2

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

[                ] Shares of

[                                     ] Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

[Date]

[UNDERWRITERS]

c/o [Address]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

1. Introductory. JPMorgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell [    ] shares of its [    ] Stock (the “Securities”). The Company hereby agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”) as follows:

At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively[with the pricing information set forth on [Annex B]], the “Time of Sale Information”): [a Basic Prospectus dated [      ] (the “Basic Prospectus”), a preliminary prospectus supplement dated [      ] (the “Preliminary Prospectus”)] and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on [Annex B] hereto.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-[            ]) relating to the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Such Registration Statement (including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness and all documents incorporated therein by reference) is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”. As used herein, “Basic Prospectus”

 

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means the prospectus (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) relating to the Registration Statement, in the form in which such prospectus has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date hereof (but without regard to any prospectus supplements relating specifically to securities other than the Securities); and “Prospectus” means the Basic Prospectus together with the prospectus supplement (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) specifically relating to the Securities, as such prospectus supplement is first filed with the Commission on or after the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act; provided, however, that if a previously unfiled form of prospectus with an issue date later than the issue date of the Basic Prospectus is to be filed with the Commission together with the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, then “Prospectus” means such new form of prospectus (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) together with such prospectus supplement (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) as first filed with the Commission on or after the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act.

(b) The Registration Statement (as of each effective date) conformed, the Registration Statement (as of the date hereof) conforms, and the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (when filed with the Commission) and any amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will conform, in all respects to the applicable requirements of the Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the Rules and Regulations (as hereinafter defined); the Registration Statement (as of each effective date) did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Registration Statement (as of the date hereof) does not, and the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required, or required but for Rule 172 under the Act, to be delivered under the Act) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made); provided that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter of the Securities expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities.

(c) Any reference herein to the terms “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing under the Exchange Act on or after the date hereof of any document deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. “Rules and Regulations” means the respective rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act and the Exchange Act.

 

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(d) Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to it with respect to the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither [J.P. Morgan Securities LLC] nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

(e) The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date (as defined below) will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.

(f) The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) below), an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) the Preliminary Prospectus, (ii) the Prospectus, (iii) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Act or Rule 134 under the Act and (iv) the documents listed on [Annex A] hereto and other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Underwriters. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Act, has been filed in accordance with the Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under

 

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which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(g) The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission.

(h) The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a well known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under the Act, in each case at the times specified in the Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $[    ] per share, plus accrued dividends, if any, from [    ] to the Closing Date (as defined below), the number of Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.

The Company will deliver the Securities to [J.P. Morgan Securities LLC] for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer in federal available funds payable to the Company, at the office of [the Company, at 10:00 a.m.], New York time, on [    ], or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”. The Securities to be so delivered will be issued in [the form of one or more fully registered global securities, which will be deposited with, or in accordance with the instructions of] [book-entry form through the facilities of] The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) and registered in the name of the Depositary’s nominee.

4. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.

(a) Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to [INSERT ANY RELEVANT OFFERING RESTRICTIONS].

 

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(b) Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(i) it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (A) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (B) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on [Annex B] or prepared pursuant to Section 2(f) above, or (C) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (A) or (C), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”);

(ii) it has not and will not distribute any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus referred to in clause (b)(i) in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination;

(iii) it has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; and

(iv) it is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(a) The Company will cause the Prospectus (or, if permitted by Rule 424(c) under the Act, the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that forms a part thereof), properly completed, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and consented to by you, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)) within the time periods prescribed by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act; will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Act; and will provide evidence satisfactory to you of such timely filing. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date. The Company will advise you promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than an amendment or a supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Securities or by reason of filing a report under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and

 

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does not relate specifically to the Securities); the Company will also advise you promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement, and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement, any proceedings under Section 401(g)(2) under the Act or any proceeding pursuant to Section 8A of the Act, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting if issued; before preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, for review and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Underwriters reasonably object.

(b) (1) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Act) any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (a) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Underwriters may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading. The expense of complying with the requirements of this Section 5(b) shall be borne (a) during the period of nine months after the date of this Agreement, by the Company, and (b) after the expiration of such nine-month period, by you, if you request copies of the Prospectus or of an amendment or amendments of or a supplement or supplements to the Prospectus.

(c) As soon as practicable but in no event later than 16 months after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.

 

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(d) The Company will furnish to you copies of the Registration Statement (including all exhibits), the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available in such quantities as you request (and will make available to your counsel a manually executed copy of the Registration Statement and manually executed copies of all amendments thereto to the extent not previously furnished to such counsel, in each case with all exhibits).

(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

(f) During the period of two years hereafter, and if not publicly available through the Commission’s website, the Company will furnish to you from time to time, such information concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.

(g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse you for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by you in connection with qualification of the Securities for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto and for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Securities.

(h) From the date of this Agreement through the close of business on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without your prior consent, offer or sell (other than upon exercise of warrants therefor) any shares of any class of capital stock of the Company (other than the Securities) [that is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any liquidation or dissolution of the Company, over shares of any other class of capital stock of the Company].

(i) The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Act.

6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

 

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(b) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries (other than changes resulting from the accretion of premium or amortization of debt discount on long-term debt and changes resulting from the issuance of debt securities by the Company that have occurred, and have been disclosed by the Company to the Underwriters, prior to the date hereof), any change in the capital stock of the Company (except for increases in outstanding capital stock that are not material), or any change or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, viewed as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case, is, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters after discussion with the Company, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(c) You shall have received an opinion letter of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company, or such other counsel as is acceptable to [J.P. Morgan Securities LLC], including in-house counsel, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the law of the State of Delaware, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association has been duly formed and is validly existing as a national banking association under the law of the United States, in each case with full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(ii) The Securities have been duly authorized and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with this Agreement, the Securities will be, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(iii) There are no preemptive rights under federal or New York State law or under the Delaware General Corporation Law to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Securities. There are no preemptive or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares of the Securities pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws.

 

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(iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(v) The issue and sale of the Securities by the Company and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the Securities will not breach, or result in a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any of the Company’s reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act [TO BE IDENTIFIED IN OPINION] (collectively the “Exchange Act Documents”), nor will such actions violate the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any federal or New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law or any rule or regulation that has been issued pursuant to any federal or New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law or any order known to us issued pursuant to any federal or New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law by any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties.

(vi) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any federal or New York governmental agency or body or any Delaware governmental agency or body acting pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law or, to our knowledge, any federal or New York court or any Delaware court acting pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law is required for the issue and sale of the Securities by the Company, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Exchange Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(vii) The statements made in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the captions “[    ]” and “[    ]”, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of certain terms of documents referred to therein, constitute accurate summaries of such documents in all material respects.

(viii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and the Prospectus was filed on [DATE] with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act; and, to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

 

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(d) You shall have received a letter of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(i) Such counsel shall advise the Underwriters that each of the Registration Statement as of the date it first became effective under the Securities Act, and the Prospectus, as of its date, appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive, in all material respects, to the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that in each case such counsel shall express no belief with respect to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained in, incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in, or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents; and

(ii) Nothing has come to such counsel’s attention that causes such counsel to believe that (A) the Registration Statement (including the Exchange Act Documents and the Prospectus deemed to be a part thereof) as of the date of this Underwriting Agreement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) the Time of Sale Information (including the documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference therein), as of the time of the pricing of the offering of the Securities on the date of this Underwriting Agreement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (C) that the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference therein), as of the date of this Underwriting Agreement or as of the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that in each case such counsel shall express no belief in any of clauses (A), (B) or (C) above with respect to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained in, incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in, or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale of Information, the Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents.

(e) You shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and other related matters as you may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(f) You shall have received a certificate of the Chairman, the President, any Vice-Chairman, any Senior Executive Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, the Treasurer or any Senior Vice President, dated the Closing Date, in which such officer, to the best of his or her

 

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knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act have been instituted or, to the best of his or her knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries except as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

(g) You shall have received letters of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated [            ] and the Closing Date, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and stating in effect that (i) in their opinion the financial statements and schedules examined by them and included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that (A) the unaudited financial statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, if any, do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, or are not stated on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (B) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than five days prior to such Closing Date, there was any change in the common stock, preferred stock or long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or any decrease (other than as occasioned by the declaration of regular dividends) in consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as compared with amounts shown on the latest audited annual or unaudited quarterly (whichever the case may be) balance sheet included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or (C) for the period from the date of the latest audited income statement included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus to the date of the latest available income statement read by such accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in the consolidated net income of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, except in all instances for changes or decreases set forth in such letter or which the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur, and (iii) they have compared certain agreed dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information (and ratios) included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (to the extent that such dollar

 

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amounts, percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the Company’s accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter, and have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter. For purposes of this subsection, “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus as amended and supplemented on the date of such letter. All financial statements included in material incorporated by reference into the Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Prospectus for purposes of this subsection.

(h) The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.

7. Indemnification. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the

 

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Registration Statement or caused by the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that such Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in [            ] in the prospectus supplement forming a part of the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and you confirm that such statements are correct.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notified the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Securities

 

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(taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation. No Underwriter or any person controlling such Underwriter shall be obligated to make contribution hereunder that in the aggregate exceeds the total public offering price of the Securities purchased by such Underwriter under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Underwriter and its controlling persons have otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Securities hereunder and the number of Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of the Securities, you may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the number of Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than the above number and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

9. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if (a) prior to such time (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially limited, (ii) trading in the Common Stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by Federal or New York authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis having an adverse effect on the financial markets of the United States and (b) the occurrence or consequences of any one or more of such events shall have, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, made it impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

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10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If for any reason the purchase of the Securities by the several Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall remain in effect.

11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Underwriters will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [    ], Attention: [    ], or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 270 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017, Attention: Office of the Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed to such Underwriter at its address furnished to the Company by such Underwriter.

12. Successors. This Underwriting Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and you in accordance with its terms.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.,
by    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
by    
  Name:
  Title:

On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

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EX-4.2 3 dex42.htm FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR PREFERRED STOCK Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock

Exhibit 4.2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, POWERS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS

OF THE

                     [CONVERTIBLE] [NONCUMULATIVE] [CUMULATIVE]

[PERPETUAL] PREFERRED STOCK

OF

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

Pursuant to Section 151 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES that the following resolution[s] [was][were] duly adopted by the Stock Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and pursuant to the authority duly delegated thereto by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 141(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and Section 3.03 of the By-Laws of the Corporation:

RESOLVED, that the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized to issue a new series of its [Convertible] [Noncumulative] [Cumulative] [Perpetual] Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, [with a liquidation preference of $     per share] on the following terms, with the following relative designations, powers, preferences, privileges, rights and restrictions:

1. Designation. The series of preferred stock shall be designated as                      [Convertible] [Noncumulative] [Cumulative] [Perpetual] Preferred Stock (hereinafter referred to as this “Series”), and the number of shares constituting this Series shall be                 . [This Series shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 3 hereof.] Shares of this Series shall have a stated value of $             per share. The number of authorized shares of this Series may be increased or decreased by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the Stock Committee of the Board of Directors or by any other duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (collectively, the “Board of Directors”) and by the filing of a certificate pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that no increase shall increase the number of shares of this Series such that the total number of outstanding shares of preferred stock are in excess of the total number of authorized shares of preferred stock of the Corporation; and provided, further, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of this Series below the number of shares then issued and outstanding plus the number of shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding rights, options or warrants or upon conversion of outstanding securities issued by the Corporation.

2. Dividends. (a) The holders of shares of this Series shall be entitled to receive cash dividends, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of assets legally available for that purpose, in the amounts or at the rate set forth below in this Section 2. Dividends on the shares of this Series shall be payable, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, on                 ,                 ,                  and                  of each year (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on                 . In the event that any Dividend Payment Date

 

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would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no additional dividend will accumulate as a result of that postponement. Each such dividend shall be paid to the holders of record of shares of this Series as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date, not more than [60 nor less than 10] days preceding the payment date thereof, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

A “Business Day” shall mean any weekday that is not a legal holiday in New York, New York and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or regulation to be closed.

[IF THIS SERIES HAS FIXED RATE DIVIDENDS, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

(b) Dividends payable on the shares of this Series for the period from                  through and including                      (the “Initial Dividend Period”) shall be                  per share. For each quarterly dividend period after the Initial Dividend Period (each such quarterly dividend period and the Initial Dividend Period being hereinafter referred to individually as a “Dividend Period”), which quarterly Dividend Periods shall commence on             ,             ,              and              of each year and shall end on and include the day next preceding the first day of the next such Dividend Period, dividends payable on the shares of this Series shall be payable at         % per annum of the stated value thereof. [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: Dividends on the shares of this Series shall not be cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of this Series on any Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Dividend Payment Date, then such unpaid dividends shall not cumulate and shall cease to accumulate and be payable, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of shares of this Series shall have no right to receive, dividends accumulated for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or interest with respect to such dividends, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to shares of this Series.] [IF THIS SERIES IS CUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: Dividends shall be cumulative from                     . Dividends on account of arrears for any past Dividend Periods may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record on such date, not more than [60 nor less than 10] days preceding the payment date thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.]] [IF THIS SERIES HAS ADJUSTABLE DIVIDENDS, INSERT THE APPROPRIATE CALCULATION OF SUCH RATE]

[(b)[(c)] Dividends payable on this Series for any period greater or less than a full Dividend Period, other than the Initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than one month, the actual number of days elapsed in the period. [Dividends payable on this Series for each full Dividend Period shall be computed by annualizing the Dividend Rate and dividing by the number of Dividend Periods in a year.] Dollar amounts resulting from any such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward.

 

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[(c)[(d)] No full dividends shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment on the Preferred Stock of any series ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or junior to this Series for any period unless [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: full dividends on the shares of this Series for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for such payment)] [IF THIS SERIES IS CUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for such payment on this Series for all Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative dividends]. When dividends are not paid in full, as aforesaid, upon the shares of this Series and any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with this Series, all dividends declared upon shares of this Series and any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with this Series shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share on this Series and such other Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that [accumulated and] unpaid dividends per share [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: (which in the case of this Series shall include unpaid dividends for the Dividend Period commencing on the day following the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date but shall not include accumulation of any dividends for prior Dividend Periods, unless previously declared)] on the shares of this Series and such other Preferred Stock bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on this Series which may be in arrears.

[(d)][(e)] So long as any shares of this Series are outstanding, no dividend (other than a dividend in Common Stock or in any other stock ranking on a parity with or junior to this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and other than as provided in paragraph [(c)][(d)] of this Section 2) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment or other distribution declared or made upon the Common Stock or upon any other stock ranking junior to or on a parity with this Series as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, nor shall any Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with this Series as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Corporation (except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation ranking junior to this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation), unless, in each case, [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: full dividends on all outstanding shares of this Series shall have been paid or declared and set aside for payment in respect of the most recently completed Dividend Period] [IF THIS SERIES IS CUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of this Series shall have been paid or declared and set aside for payment for all past Dividend Periods].

[INSERT ANY OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DIVIDENDS WITH RESPECT TO THIS SERIES.]

 

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3. Redemption.

[IF THIS SERIES IS REDEEMABLE AT A FIXED PRICE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

(a) [The shares of this Series are not redeemable prior to                             .] The Corporation, at its option, may redeem out of funds legally available therefor, in whole or in part, shares of this Series, at any time or from time to time, [on or after                 ,] at a redemption price of                          per share plus [accumulated and] unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: from the day following the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption (but without any accumulation for unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods on the shares of this Series)].]

[IF THIS SERIES IS REDEEMABLE AT VARIABLE PRICES, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: (a) [The shares of this Series are not redeemable prior to                         .] The Corporation, at its option, may redeem out of funds legally available therefor, in whole or in part, shares of this Series, at any time or from time to time, [on or after                 ,] at the applicable redemption price set forth below, plus [accumulated and] unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: from the day following the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption (but without any accumulation for unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods on the shares of this Series)]:

 

Date of Redemption

 

Redemption Price Per Share

On or after                      but prior to                     

   

On or after                      but prior to                     

   

On or after                         

   
  ]

[IF THIS SERIES IS REDEEMABLE PURSUANT TO A SINKING FUND, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

(b) So long as any shares of this Series shall be outstanding, the Corporation shall on each of the dates set forth in the following schedule (“Sinking Fund Payment Dates”) set aside out of funds legally available therefor as is determined by the Board of Directors an amount sufficient for the redemption of, and shall redeem, the number of shares of this Series (or if less than that number of shares of this Series is then outstanding, that lesser number of shares) set forth opposite such Sinking Fund Payment Date:

 

Sinking Fund Payment Date

  

Number of Shares to be Redeemed

The redemption price of shares of this Series to be redeemed pursuant to the aforesaid sinking fund shall be $         per share, plus [accumulated and] unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: from the day following the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption (but without any accumulation for unpaid dividends for prior Dividend

 

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Periods on the shares of this Series)]. The Corporation may, at its option, apply toward its sinking fund obligation any shares of this Series purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation or redeemed by the Corporation otherwise than through the sinking fund which have not previously been credited toward a sinking fund obligation. The obligation of the Corporation to redeem shares of this Series shall be cumulative, so that if for any year or years such requirements shall not be fully discharged as they accumulate, funds legally available therefor, after payment or provision for dividends, for each year thereafter shall be applied thereto until such requirements are fully discharged.]

[IF THIS SERIES IS SUBJECT TO EITHER OPTIONAL OR MANDATORY REDEMPTION, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

[(b)][(c)] In the event that fewer than all the outstanding shares of this Series are to be redeemed [(by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise)], the number of shares to be redeemed shall be determined by the Board of Directors and the shares to be redeemed shall be determined by lot or pro rata as may be determined by the Board of Directors or by any other method as may be determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion to be equitable, provided that such method satisfies any applicable requirements of any securities exchange on which this Series is listed. Subject to the provisions of this Section 3, the Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the shares of this Series shall be redeemed from time to time.

[(c)][(d)] In the event the Corporation shall redeem shares of this Series [(by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise)], notice of such redemption shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 or more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, to each holder of record of the shares to be redeemed, at such holder’s address as the same appears on the stock register of the Corporation. Any notice mailed as provided in this Section 3[(c)][(d)] shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure to duly give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of this Series designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for redemption of any other shares of this Series. Each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of this Series to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; [and] (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate on the redemption date [IF THIS SERIES IS CONVERTIBLE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING; and (vi) that such holder has the right to convert such shares into a number of shares of Common Stock prior to the close of business on the redemption date]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of this Series are held in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by The Depository Trust Company.

[(d)][(e)] If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust for the pro

 

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rata benefit of the holders of the shares of this Series called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by it (the “Depositary Company”) in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares of this Series called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date all shares so called for redemption shall be cancelled and shall cease to be outstanding, all dividends with respect to such shares shall cease to accumulate after such redemption date, and all other rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except for the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the Depositary Company at any time after the redemption date from the funds so deposited, without interest [IF THIS SERIES IS CONVERTIBLE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: ; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this paragraph and any holder of shares of this Series shall, prior to the close of business on the redemption date, surrender for conversion any or all of the shares to be redeemed held by such holder in accordance with Section 4, then the conversion of such shares to be redeemed shall become effective as provided in Section 4]. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest. Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the certificates for any shares so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Board of Directors shall so require and the notice shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at the redemption price aforesaid. In case fewer than all the shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without cost to the holder thereof.

[(e)][(f)] Any shares of this Series which shall at any time have been redeemed shall, after such redemption, have the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board of Directors.

[(f)][(g)] Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3, if full dividends on all outstanding shares of this Series are in arrears, no shares of this Series shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of this Series are simultaneously redeemed, and the Corporation shall not purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of this Series; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of shares of this Series pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of this Series.]

 

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[IF THIS SERIES IS NOT CONVERTIBLE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

4. Conversion. The holders of shares of this Series shall not have any rights to convert such shares into shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.]

[IF THIS SERIES IS CONVERTIBLE FOR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, INSERT THE FOLLOWING]

4. Conversion. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 4, each holder of shares of this Series shall have the right, at such holder’s option, at any time [from and after             ], to convert any or all of the shares of this Series held by such holder into the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (calculated as to each conversion, for the purpose of determining the amount of any cash payments provided for under paragraph (c) of this Section 4, to the nearest .01 of a share of Common Stock, as the case may be, with one-half cent and .005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward) obtained by dividing the stated value of a share of this Series by the Conversion Price (as defined below) and multiplying such resulting number by the number of shares of this Series to be converted, and by surrender of such shares of this Series so to be converted, such surrender to be made in the manner provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 4; provided, however, that the right to convert shares called for redemption pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall terminate at the close of business on the date fixed for such redemption unless the Corporation shall default in making payment of the amount payable upon such redemption.

The term “Conversion Price” shall mean $                , as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.

(b) In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the holder of each share of this Series to be converted shall surrender the certificate representing such share at the office of any transfer agent for the Common Stock and shall give written notice to the Corporation at said office that such holder elects to convert the same, specifying the name or names and denominations in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for the Common Stock to be issued (which notice may be in the form of a notice of election to convert which may be printed on the reverse of the certificates for the shares of this Series). Unless the shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such share of this Series is registered, each share surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder or his duly authorized attorney, and by an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax.

The holders of shares of this Series at the close of business on a dividend payment record date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares (except that holders of shares of this Series called for redemption on a redemption date between such record date and the Dividend Payment Date shall not be entitled to receive such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date) on the corresponding dividend payment date notwithstanding the conversion thereof or the Corporation’s default in payment of the dividend due on such Dividend Payment Date. However, shares of this Series surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of business on any dividend payment record date and the opening of business on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date (except shares called for redemption on a redemption date during such period) must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such shares on such Dividend Payment Date. A holder of shares of this Series on a

 

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dividend payment record date who (or whose transferee) tenders any of such shares for conversion into shares of Common Stock on a Dividend Payment Date will receive the dividend payable by the Corporation on such shares of this Series on such date, and the converting holder need not include payment in the amount of such dividend upon surrender of shares of this Series for conversion. Except as provided above, the Corporation shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in arrears, on converted shares or for dividends on the shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion.

As promptly as practicable after the surrender of the certificates for shares of this Series as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue and shall deliver at the office of any transfer agent for the Common Stock to such holder, or on his written order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4, together with a certificate or certificates representing any shares of this Series which are not to be converted but which shall have constituted part of the shares of this Series represented by the certificate or certificates so surrendered, and any fractional interest in respect of a share of Common Stock arising upon such conversion shall be settled as provided in subparagraph (c) of this Section 4.

Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date on which the certificates for shares of this Series shall have been surrendered and such notice (and, if applicable, payment of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such shares) received by the Corporation as aforesaid, and the person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the shares represented thereby at such time on such date and such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect at such time on such date, unless the stock transfer register of the Corporation shall be closed on such date, in which event such person or persons shall be deemed to have become such holder or holders of record at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer register are open, but such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date upon which such shares shall have been surrendered and such notice (and, if applicable, payment) received by the Corporation. All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the shares of this Series will upon delivery be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free of all liens and charges and not subject to any preemptive rights.

(c) No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of shares of this Series. Instead of any fractional interest in a share of Common Stock which would otherwise be deliverable upon the conversion of a share of this Series, the Corporation shall pay to the holder of such share of this Series an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward) equal to the reported last sales price (as defined in subparagraph (d)(v) of this Section 4) of the Common Stock on the Trading Day (as defined in subparagraph (d)(v) of this Section 4) next preceding the day of conversion multiplied by the fraction of a share of Common Stock represented by such fractional interest. If more than one share of this Series shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate stated value of the shares of this Series so surrendered.

 

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(d) The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(i) In case the Corporation shall (x) pay a dividend or make a distribution on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (y) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares or (z) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the holder of any share of this Series thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation which he would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had such share been converted immediately prior to the record date in the case of a dividend or the effective date in the case of subdivision or combination. An adjustment made pursuant to this subparagraph (i) shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend, except as provided in subparagraph (viii) below, and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made if, at the same time as the Corporation shall issue shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of Common Stock which would otherwise call for an adjustment in the Conversion Price, the Corporation shall issue shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of this Series equivalent to the number of shares distributable on the shares of Common Stock into which this Series is then convertible.

(ii) In case the Corporation shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of shares of Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date mentioned below) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the current market price per share of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of this subparagraph (ii) in subparagraph (v) below), at the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock receivable upon exercise of such rights or warrants. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately, except as provided in subparagraph (viii) below, after such record date. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitled the holders of the shares of this Series to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such current market price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such rights or warrants plus the exercise price thereof, the value of such consideration or exercised price, as the case may be, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

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(iii) In case the Corporation shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Corporation (other than Common Stock) or evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding cash dividends or distributions paid from retained earnings of the Corporation or dividends payable in Common Stock) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of its securities (excluding those rights or warrants referred to in subparagraph (ii) above) (any of the foregoing being hereinafter in this subparagraph (iii) called the “Securities”), then, in each such case, unless the Corporation elects to reserve such Securities for distribution to the holders of the shares of this Series upon the conversion of the shares of this Series so that any such holder converting shares of this Series will receive upon such conversion, in addition to the shares of the Common Stock to which such holder is entitled, the amount and kind of such Securities which such holder would have received if such holder had, immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the Securities, converted its shares of this Series into Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the current market price per share (as defined for purposes of this subparagraph (iii) in subparagraph (v) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned above less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the current market price per share (as defined in subparagraph (v) below) of the Common Stock; provided, however, that in the event the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of the Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the current market price per share (as defined in subparagraph (v) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each holder of shares of this Series shall have the right to receive the amount and kind of Securities such holder would have received had such holder converted each such share of this Series immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the Securities. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as provided in subparagraph (viii) below, after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution.

(iv) If, pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above, the number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of this Series is convertible shall have been adjusted because the Corporation has declared a dividend, or made a distribution, on the outstanding shares of Common Stock in the form of any right or warrant to purchase securities of the Corporation, or the Corporation has issued any such right or warrant, then, upon the expiration of any such unexercised right or unexercised warrant, the Conversion Price shall forthwith be adjusted to equal the Conversion Price that would have applied had such right or warrant never been declared, distributed or issued.

(v) For the purpose of any computation under subparagraph (ii) above, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the reported last sales prices for the thirty consecutive Trading Days (as defined below) commencing forty-five Trading Days before the date in question. For the purpose of any computation under subparagraph (iii) above, the current market price per

 

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share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the reported last sales prices for the ten consecutive Trading Days before the date in question. The reported last sales price for each day (whether for purposes of subparagraph (ii) or subparagraph (iii)) shall be the reported last sales price, regular way, or, in case no sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange at such time, on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter market or, if bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on each such day shall not have been reported, the average of the bid and asked prices for such date as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market in the Common Stock selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors or, if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by a New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market in the Common Stock selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors. As used herein, the Term “Trading Day” with respect to Common Stock means (x) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other national securities exchange is open for business or (y) otherwise, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

(vi) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subparagraph (F) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest .01 of a share, as the case may be, with one-half cent and .005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Anything in this paragraph (d) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by this paragraph (d), as it in its discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any stock dividend, subdivision of shares, distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock or securities, or distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the Corporation to its stockholders shall not be taxable.

(vii) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Corporation shall file with the transfer agent a certificate, signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President, a Managing Director, a Vice President, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any Attorney-in-Fact of the Corporation, setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment; provided, however, that the failure of the Corporation to file such officers’ certificate shall not invalidate any corporate action by the Corporation.

 

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(viii) In any case in which this paragraph (d) provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Corporation may defer until the occurrence of such event (y) issuing to the holder of any share of this Series converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (z) paying to such holder any amount of cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 4.

(e) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as provided in paragraph (d), the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each holder of shares of this Series at its then registered address by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth such adjusted Conversion Price and the effective date of such adjusted Conversion Price; provided, however, that the failure of the Corporation to give such notice shall not invalidate any corporate action by the Corporation.

(f) The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or its issued shares of Common Stock held in its treasury, or both, for the purpose of effecting conversions of shares of this Series, the full number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of this Series not theretofore converted. For purposes of this paragraph (f), the number of shares of Common Stock which shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of this Series shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single holder.

(g) The Corporation will pay any and all documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversions of shares of this Series pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the holder of shares of this Series to be converted and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, if any of the following events occur, namely (w) any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock), (x) any consolidation, merger or combination of the Corporation with or into another corporation as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, or (y) any sale or conveyance of the properties and assets of the Corporation as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other entity as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, then appropriate provision shall be made so that the holder of each share of this Series then outstanding shall have the right to convert such share into the kind

 

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and amount of the shares of stock and securities or other property or assets (including cash) that would have been receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such share of this Series immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance. The adjustments described in this paragraph (h) shall be subject to further adjustments as appropriate that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the relevant adjustment provided for in this paragraph (h). If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and property receivable thereupon by a holder of shares of Common Stock includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) of an entity other than the successor or acquiring entity, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance, then the Corporation shall enter into an agreement with such other entity for the benefit of the holders of this Series that shall contain such provisions to protect the interests of such holders as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.

(i) Upon any conversion of shares of this Series, the shares of this Series so converted shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board of Directors.

5. Liquidation Rights. (a) Upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of this Series shall be entitled to receive and to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders, before any payment or distribution shall be made on the Common Stock or on any other class of stock ranking junior to this Series upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the amount of $       per share, plus an amount equal to [IF THIS SERIES IS CUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared)] [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: unpaid dividends (without accumulation of undeclared dividends), if any, from the day following the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date, to, but not including, the date of the liquidating distribution (but without any accumulation of unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods).]

(b) After the payment to the holders of the shares of this Series of the full liquidation distribution provided for in this Section 5, the holders of this Series as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

(c) If, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to the shares of this Series and any other shares of stock of the Corporation ranking as to any such distribution on a parity with the shares of this Series are not paid in full, the holders of the shares of this Series and of such other shares shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.

(d) Neither the sale of all or substantially all the property or business of the Corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other entity or the merger or consolidation of any other entity into or with the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, voluntary or involuntary, for the purposes of this Section 5.

 

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6. Ranking. For purposes of this resolution, any stock of any class or classes or series of the Corporation shall be deemed to rank:

(a) prior to the shares of this Series, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, if the holders of stock of such class or classes or series shall be entitled by the terms thereof to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of shares of this Series;

(b) on a parity with shares of this Series, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or both, whether or not the dividend rates, dividend payment dates or redemption or liquidation prices per share or sinking fund provisions, if any, be different from those of this Series (and whether or not such dividends shall accumulate), if the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be entitled by the terms thereof to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, in proportion to or otherwise based on their respective dividend rates or liquidation prices, without preference or priority, one over the other, as between the holders of such stock and the holders of shares of this Series; and

(c) junior to shares of this Series, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, if such class or classes or series shall be Common Stock or if the holders of shares of this Series shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of shares of such class or classes or series.

7. Voting Rights. [IF THIS SERIES HAS VOTING RIGHTS, INSERT THE APPLICABLE PROVISION: The shares of this Series shall have the voting rights set forth in the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted on                             .]

[(a) The shares of this Series, except as provided herein or as otherwise from time to time required by law, shall have no voting rights. If and whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the shares of this Series have not been paid for an aggregate of six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the shares of this Series shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of any stock on a parity with the shares of this Series, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or both, as the content may require (such stock, “Parity Preferred Stock”) outstanding at the time upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable (“Voting Parity Stock”), voting together as a class, to elect two directors (hereinafter the “Preferred Directors” and each a “Preferred Director”) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of stockholders and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until full dividends have been paid on the shares of this Series for at least four quarterly consecutive Dividend Periods, as applicable, at which time such right shall

 

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terminate, except as herein or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of shares of this Series and Voting Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as provided above, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled only by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of this Series voting separately as a class together with the holders of shares of Voting Parity Stock, to the extent the voting rights of such holders described above are then excercisable. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

(b) So long as any shares of this Series remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds in voting power of the shares of this Series and any Voting Parity Stock, voting together as a class, (i) authorize, create or issue any capital stock of the Corporation ranking, as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, prior to such shares of this Series, or reclassify any authorized capital stock of the Corporation into any such shares of such capital stock or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares of capital stock, or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the certificate of designations for such shares of this Series, or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of such shares of this Series; provided, however, that if such amendment, alteration or repeal would adversely affect the voting powers, preferences or special rights of this Series but not any other series of preferred stock at the time outstanding, consent of the holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all of the shares of this Series, voting as a class, shall be required in lieu of the consent of the holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the shares of this Series and any Voting Parity Stock, voting together as a class. Any increase in the amount of authorized Common Stock or other authorized preferred stock, or any increase or decrease in the number of shares of any series of preferred stock or the authorization, creation and issuance of other classes or series of stock, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the shares of this Series with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, shall not be deemed to adversely affect such powers, preferences or special rights.

(c) In exercising the voting rights set forth in this Section 7 or when otherwise granted voting rights by operation of law or by the Corporation, each share of this Series shall be entitled to [__] vote (the holders of shares of any other class or series of Voting Parity Stock being entitled to such number of votes, if any, for each share of such stock held as may be granted to them).

(d) The foregoing voting provisions shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required or upon which the holders of shares of this Series shall be entitled to vote shall be effected, all outstanding shares of this Series shall have been redeemed or called for redemption and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption.]

 

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8. Amendment of Resolution. The Board of Directors reserves the right from time to time to amend this Certificate of Designations within the limitations provided by law, this resolution and the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, does hereby affirm, under penalties of perjury, that this certificate is the act and deed of the Corporation and that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly has hereunto set his hand this          day of                                     , 20[     ].

 

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:   Corporate Secretary

 

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EX-4.3 4 dex43.htm FORM OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT Form of Deposit Agreement

Exhibit 4.3

FORM OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT

Dated                     

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

                                             ,

AS DEPOSITARY, REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT,

And

ALL HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF RECEIPTS ISSUED HEREUNDER

RELATING TO RECEIPTS, DEPOSITARY SHARES AND RELATED

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I   

Definitions

   1
ARTICLE II   
Form of Receipts, Deposit of Preferred Stock, Execution And Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Redemption of Receipts    3

SECTION 2.01. Form and Transferability of Receipts

   3

SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof

   6

SECTION 2.03. Optional Redemption of Preferred Stock for Cash

   6

SECTION 2.04. Registration of Transfers of Receipts

   8

SECTION 2.05. Combinations and Split-ups of Receipts

   8

SECTION 2.06. Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Preferred Stock

   8

SECTION 2.07. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Split-up. Combination, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts

   9

SECTION 2.08. Lost Receipts, etc.

   10

SECTION 2.09. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts

   10

SECTION 2.10. No Pre-Release

   10
ARTICLE III   
Certain Obligations of Holders of Receipts and the Company    10

SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information

   10

SECTION 3.02. Payment of Fees and Expenses

   11

SECTION 3.03. Representations and Warranties as to Preferred Stock

   11

SECTION 3.04. Representation and Warranty as to Receipts and Depositary Shares

   11
ARTICLE IV   
The Preferred Stock; Notices    11

SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions

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SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other Than Cash

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SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges

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SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts

   13

SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights

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SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Preferred Stock and Reorganization Events

   14

SECTION 4.07. Inspection of Reports

   15

SECTION 4.08. Lists of Receipt Holders

   15
ARTICLE V   
The Depositary and the Company    15

SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary and the Registrar

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SECTION 5.02. Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Company

   16

SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Company

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SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary

   20

SECTION 5.05. Indemnification by the Company

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SECTION 5.06. Fees, Charges and Expenses

   21
ARTICLE VI   
Amendment and Termination    22

SECTION 6.01. Amendment

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SECTION 6.02. Termination

   22
ARTICLE VII   
Miscellaneous    23

SECTION 7.01. Counterparts

   23

SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefits of Parties

   23

SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions

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SECTION 7.04. Notices

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SECTION 7.05. Depositary’s Agents

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SECTION 7.06. Holders of Receipts Are Parties

   24

SECTION 7.07. Governing Law

   24

SECTION 7.08. Inspection of Deposit Agreement and Certificate of Designations

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SECTION 7.09. Headings

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EXHIBIT A - Form of Face of Receipt; Form of Reverse of Receipt

EXHIBIT B - Certificate of Designations

 

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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT

DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated                     , among JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation,                                 , a                      organized under the laws of                     , as Depositary, and all holders from time to time of Receipts (as hereinafter defined) issued hereunder.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined) with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Depositary Shares representing a fractional interest in the Preferred Stock deposited and for the execution and delivery of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares;

WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the terms and conditions of the Preferred Stock are substantially set forth in the Certificate of Designations attached hereto as Exhibit B; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises contained herein, it is agreed by and among the parties hereto as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

The following definitions shall apply to the respective terms (in the singular and plural forms of such terms) used in this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts:

“Certificate of Designations” shall mean the certificate that amends the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, establishing and setting forth the rights, preferences and privileges of the Preferred Stock, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on                      and attached hereto as Exhibit B, and as such certificate may be amended or restated from time to time.

“Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated April 3, 2006, including any certificates of designation, and as restated or amended from time to time.

 

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“Company” shall mean JPMorgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

“Deposit Agreement” shall mean this agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“Depositary” shall mean                             .

“Depositary Office” shall mean the principal office of the Depositary at which at any particular time its business in respect of matters governed by this Deposit Agreement shall be administered, which at the date of this Deposit Agreement is located at                                                                                               .

“Depositary Share” shall mean the security representing a              fractional interest in a share of Preferred Stock deposited with the Depositary hereunder and the same proportionate interest in any and all other property received by the Depositary in respect of such share of Preferred Stock and held under this Deposit Agreement, all as evidenced by the Receipts issued hereunder. Subject to the terms of this Deposit Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Share is entitled, proportionately, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Share (including the dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation rights contained in the Certificate of Designations).

“Depositary’s Agent” shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary as provided, and for the purposes specified, in Section 7.05.

“Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

“Dividend Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

“DTC Receipts” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

“Preferred Stock, Series             ” or “Preferred Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s                      [(liquidation preference              per share)], $             par value per share, heretofore validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

“Receipt” shall mean a receipt issued hereunder to evidence one or more Depositary Shares, whether in definitive or temporary form, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.

“record date” shall mean the date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04.

 

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“Record holder” or “holder” as applied to a Receipt shall mean the individual, entity or person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books maintained by the Depositary for such purpose.

“redemption date” has the meaning set forth under Section 2.03.

“redemption price” has the meaning set forth under Section 2.03.

“Registrar” shall mean                                  or any bank or trust company appointed to register ownership and transfers of Receipts and the deposited Preferred Stock, as herein provided.

“Reorganization Event” shall mean:

(1) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another person (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing corporation and in which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation are not exchanged for cash, securities other property of the Company or another corporation);

(2) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another person of all or substantially all the property and assets of the Company; or

(3) any statutory exchange of securities of the Company with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition) or any binding share exchange which reclassifies or changes its outstanding Common Stock.

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Transfer Agent” shall mean                                  or any bank or trust company appointed to transfer the Receipts and the deposited Preferred Stock, as herein provided.

ARTICLE II

Form of Receipts, Deposit of Preferred Stock, Execution And Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Redemption of Receipts

SECTION 2.01. Form and Transferability of Receipts. Definitive Receipts shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, in each case with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided. Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon, and pursuant to, the written order of the Company delivered in compliance with Section 2.02 shall be authorized and instructed to, and shall, execute and deliver temporary Receipts which shall be substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine (but which do not affect the rights or duties of the Depositary), as evidenced by

 

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their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Company and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at the Depositary Office without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary is hereby authorized and instructed to, and shall, execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company’s expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Deposit Agreement, and with respect to the Preferred Stock deposited, as definitive Receipts.

Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary; provided, that if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed then such Receipts shall also be countersigned by manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Registrar. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed as provided in the preceding sentence. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt executed as provided above and delivered as hereinafter provided. Receipts bearing the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary who was at any time a proper signatory of the Depositary shall bind the Depositary, notwithstanding that such signatory ceased to hold such office prior to the execution and delivery of such Receipts by the Registrar or did not hold such office on the date of issuance of such Receipts.

Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares. All Receipts shall be dated the date of their issuance.

Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary and approved by the Company, or which the Company has determined are required to comply with any applicable law or regulation or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Depositary Shares may be listed for trading or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject, in each case as directed by the Company.

Title to any Receipt (and to the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt) that is properly endorsed, or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, or endorsement shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.04, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or payments with respect to the Preferred Stock, to exercise any redemption or voting rights or to receive any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon request by the Company, the Depositary and the Company will make application to DTC for acceptance of all or a portion of the Receipts for its book-entry settlement system. In connection with any such request, the Company hereby appoints the Depositary acting through any authorized officer thereof as its attorney-in-fact, with full power to delegate, for purposes of executing any agreements, certifications or other instruments or documents necessary or desirable in order to effect the acceptance of such Receipts for DTC eligibility. So long as the Receipts are eligible for book-entry settlement with DTC, unless otherwise required by law, all Depositary Shares to be traded with book-entry settlement through DTC shall be represented by one or more receipts (the “DTC Receipts”), which shall be deposited with DTC (or its custodian) evidencing all such Depositary Shares and registered in the name of the nominee of DTC (initially expected to be Cede & Co.). The Depositary or such other entity as is agreed to by DTC may hold the DTC Receipts as custodian for DTC. Ownership of beneficial interests in the DTC Receipts shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained by (i) DTC or its nominee for such DTC Receipts, or (ii) institutions that have accounts with DTC.

If issued, the DTC Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts only if (i) DTC notifies the Company at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Receipts and a successor to DTC is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing, (ii) DTC notifies the Company at any time that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under applicable law and a successor to DTC is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing or (iii) the Company executes and delivers to DTC a notice to the effect that such DTC Receipts shall be so exchangeable. If the beneficial owners of interests in Depositary Shares are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Receipts as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such beneficial interests may be so exchanged, the Depositary is hereby directed to and shall provide written instructions to DTC to deliver to the Depositary for cancellation the DTC Receipts, and the Company shall instruct the Depositary in writing to execute and deliver to the beneficial owners of the Depositary Shares previously evidenced by the DTC Receipts definitive Receipts in physical form evidencing such Depositary Shares. The DTC Receipts shall be in such form and shall bear such legend or legends as may be appropriate or required by DTC in order for it to accept the Depositary Shares for its book-entry settlement system. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, if the Receipts are at any time eligible for book-entry settlement through DTC, delivery of shares of Preferred Stock and other property in connection with the withdrawal or redemption of Depositary Shares will be made through DTC and in accordance with its procedures, unless the holder of the relevant Receipt otherwise requests and such request is reasonably acceptable to the Depositary and the Company.

 

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SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof. Concurrently with the execution of this Deposit Agreement, the Company is delivering to the Depositary a certificate or certificates, registered in the name of the Depositary and evidencing                  shares of Preferred Stock, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with (i) all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and (ii) a written order of the Company directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the Depositary Shares representing such deposited Preferred Stock registered in such names specified in such written order. The Depositary acknowledges receipt of the aforementioned                  shares of Preferred Stock and related documentation and agrees to hold such deposited Preferred Stock in an account to be established by the Depositary at the Depositary Office or at such other office as the Depositary shall determine. The Company hereby appoints                              as the Registrar and Transfer Agent for the Preferred Stock deposited hereunder and                                               hereby accepts such appointment and, as such, will reflect changes in the number of shares (including any fractional shares) of deposited Preferred Stock held by it by notation, book-entry or other appropriate method.

Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for Preferred Stock deposited hereunder, together with the other documents specified above, and upon registering such Preferred Stock in the name of the Depositary, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver to, or upon the order of, the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this Section 2.02, a Receipt or Receipts for the number of whole Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons. The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of any person requesting such delivery, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such person. Other than in the case of splits, combinations or other reclassifications affecting the Preferred Stock, or in the case of dividends or other distributions of Preferred Stock, if any, there shall be deposited hereunder not more than the number of shares constituting the Preferred Stock as set forth in the Certificate of Designations, as such may be amended. To the extent that the Company issues shares of Preferred Stock in excess of the amount set forth in the Certificate of Designations as of the date hereof (which shares have been validly authorized by the Company), the Company shall notify the Depositary of such issuance in writing.

SECTION 2.03. Optional Redemption of Preferred Stock for Cash. Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem shares of deposited Preferred Stock for cash in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 40 nor more than 70 days’ prior written notice of the date fixed for redemption of such Preferred Stock (the “redemption date”) and of the number of such shares of Preferred Stock held

 

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by the Depositary to be redeemed and the applicable redemption price (the “redemption price”), as set forth in the Certificate of Designations. The Depositary shall mail, first-class postage prepaid, notice of the redemption of Preferred Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, to the holders of record on the record date fixed for such redemption pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as the same appear on the records of the Depositary; but neither the failure to mail any such notice to one or more such holder nor any defect in any such notice shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption except as to the holder to whom notice was defective or not given.

The Company shall prepare and provide the Depositary with such notice, and each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the redemption price (including any declared and unpaid dividends); (iii) the number of shares of deposited Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares to be redeemed; (iv) if fewer than all Depositary Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; (v) the place or places where the Preferred Stock and the Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares to be redeemed are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (vi) that on the redemption date dividends in respect of the Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate.

In the event that notice of redemption has been made as described in the immediately preceding paragraphs and the Company shall then have paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price (determined pursuant to the Certificate of Designations) of the Preferred Stock deposited with the Depositary to be redeemed, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Stock so called for redemption by the Company and on the redemption date (unless the Company shall have failed to pay for the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed by it as set forth in the Company’s notice provided for in the preceding paragraph), all dividends in respect of the shares of Preferred Stock called for redemption shall cease to accumulate, the Depositary Shares called for redemption shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price (including any declared and unpaid dividends)) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate. Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to              of the redemption price per share paid in respect of the shares of Preferred Stock, plus declared and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption.

If less than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with payment of the redemption price for and all other amounts payable in respect of the Depositary Shares called for redemption, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption; provided, however, that such replacement Receipt shall be issued only in denominations of whole Depositary Shares and cash will be payable in respect of fractional interests.

 

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If less than all of the Preferred Stock is redeemed pursuant to the Company’s exercise of its optional redemption right, the Depositary will select the Depositary Shares to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 2.03 on a pro rata basis, by lot or in such other manner as the Depositary may determine to be fair and equitable.

SECTION 2.04. Registration of Transfers of Receipts. The Company hereby appoints                              as the Registrar and Transfer Agent for the Receipts and                                 hereby accepts such appointment and, as such, shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the holder in person or by a duly authorized attorney, agent or representative properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, together with evidence of the payment by the applicable party of any transfer taxes as may be required by law. Upon such surrender, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts and deliver the same to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

SECTION 2.05. Combinations and Split-ups of Receipts. Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary Office or such other office as the Depositary may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of Receipts, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denominations requested evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

SECTION 2.06. Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Preferred Stock. Any holder of a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw any number of whole shares of deposited Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts and all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts to the Depositary or at such other office as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals; provided, that a holder of a Receipt or Receipts may not withdraw such Preferred Stock (or money and other property, if any, represented thereby) which has previously been called for redemption. If such holder’s Depositary Shares are being held by DTC or its nominee, such holder shall request, withdrawal from the book-entry system of the number of Depositary Shares specified in the preceding sentence. Upon such surrender, upon payment of the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of Receipts to the extent provided in Section 5.06 and payment of all taxes and governmental charges in connection with such surrender and withdrawal of Preferred Stock, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such holder, or to the person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of such Preferred Stock and all such money and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or

 

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Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but holders of such whole shares of Preferred Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Preferred Stock hereunder or to receive Depositary Shares therefor. If the Receipt or Receipts delivered by the holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of deposited Preferred Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Preferred Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be withdrawn, deliver to such holder, or (subject to Section 2.04) upon his order, a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery of such Preferred Stock and such money and other property, if any, being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate, which, if required by the Depositary, shall be properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer.

If the deposited Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, being withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the record holder of the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Preferred Stock, such holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such shares of Preferred Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement in blank.

The Depositary shall deliver the deposited Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal at the Depositary Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such holder.

SECTION 2.07. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Split-up. Combination, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts. As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Company may require any or all of the following: (i) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any tax or other governmental charge and stock transfer or registration fee with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge with respect to the Preferred Stock being deposited or withdrawn); (ii) the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature (or the authority of any signature); and (iii) compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by any securities exchange on which the deposited Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be included for quotation or listed or any applicable self-regulatory body.

 

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The deposit of Preferred Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against Preferred Stock may be suspended, the transfer of Receipts may be refused, and the transfer, split-up, combination, surrender, exchange or redemption of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed reasonably necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission, or under any other provision of this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 2.08. Lost Receipts, etc. In case any Receipt shall be mutilated and surrendered to the Depositary or destroyed or lost or stolen, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt; provided, that the holder thereof shall have (a) filed with the Depositary (i) a request for such execution and delivery before the Depositary has notice that the Receipt has been acquired by a protected purchaser and (ii) an indemnity bond and (b) satisfied any other reasonable requirements imposed by the Depositary.

SECTION 2.09. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary’s Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized, but not required, to destroy such Receipts so cancelled.

SECTION 2.10. No Pre-Release. The Depositary shall not deliver any deposited Preferred Stock evidenced by Receipts prior to the receipt and cancellation of such Receipts or other similar method used with respect to Receipts held by DTC. The Depositary shall not issue any Receipts prior to the receipt by the Depositary of the corresponding Preferred Stock evidenced by such Receipts. At no time will any Receipts be outstanding if such Receipts do not represent Preferred Stock deposited with the Depositary.

ARTICLE III

Certain Obligations of Holders of Receipts and the Company

SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any person presenting Preferred Stock for deposit or any holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file with the Depositary such proof of residence, guarantee of signature or other information and to execute such certificates as the Depositary may reasonably deem necessary or proper or the Company may reasonably require by written request to the Depositary. The Depositary or the Company may withhold or delay the delivery of any Receipt, the transfer, redemption or exchange of any Receipt, the withdrawal of the deposited Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt, the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof, until such proof or other information is filed, or such certificates are executed.

 

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SECTION 3.02. Payment of Fees and Expenses. Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain fees and expenses and taxes or other governmental charges to the extent provided in Section 5.06, or provide evidence satisfactory to the Depositary that such fees and expenses and taxes or other governmental charges have been paid. Until such payment is made, transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of the Preferred Stock or money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused, any dividend or other distribution may be withheld, and any part or all of the Preferred Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder a reasonable number of days prior to such sale). Any dividend or other distribution so withheld and the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such fees or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

SECTION 3.03. Representations and Warranties as to Preferred Stock. In the case of the initial deposit of the Preferred Stock hereunder, the Company represents and warrants that such Preferred Stock and each certificate therefor are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representations and warranties shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Stock and the issuance of Receipts.

SECTION 3.04. Representation and Warranty as to Receipts and Depositary Shares. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when issued, will evidence legal and valid interests in the Depositary Shares and each Depositary Share will represent a legal and valid              fractional interest in a share of deposited Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Share. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Stock and the issuance of Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares.

ARTICLE IV

The Preferred Stock; Notices

SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the deposited Preferred Stock, including any cash received upon redemption of any shares of Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 2.03, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of such sum as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided, however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required by law to and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Preferred Stock represented by the Receipts held by any holder an amount on account of taxes or as otherwise required by law, regulation or court process, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares represented by such Receipts subject to such withholding shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary, however, shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount as can be distributed without attributing to any holder of Receipts a fraction of one cent. Any

 

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such fractional amounts shall be rounded to the nearest whole cent and so distributed to registered holders entitled thereto and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next succeeding distribution to record holders of such Receipts. Each holder of a Receipt shall provide the Depositary with a properly completed Form W-8 (i.e., Form W-8BEN, Form W-8EXP, Form W-8IMY, Form W8ECI or another applicable Form W-8) or Form W-9 (which form shall set forth such holder’s certified taxpayer identification number if requested on such form), as may be applicable. Each holder of a Receipt acknowledges that, in the event of non-compliance with the preceding sentence the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, may require withholding by the Depositary of a portion of any of the distribution to be made hereunder.

SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other Than Cash. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash on the deposited Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders, in any manner that the Depositary and the Company may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. The Depositary shall not make any distribution of securities to the holders of Receipts unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel stating that such securities have been registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered. If in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such record holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after consultation with the Company, such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall be, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash.

SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names deposited Preferred Stock is registered on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Company shall instruct (including by the issue to such record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges); provided, however, that (a) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Company determines upon advice of its legal counsel that it is not lawful or feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to the holders of Receipts (by the issue of warrants or otherwise) or (b) if and to the extent instructed by holders of

 

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Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, the Depositary shall then, if so directed by the Company, and if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges so permit, sell such rights, preferences or privileges of such holders at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, be distributed by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Depositary shall not make any distribution of such rights, preferences or privileges, unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel stating that such rights, preferences or privileges have been registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered.

If registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, the Company agrees that it will promptly notify the Depositary of such requirement, that it will promptly file a registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such a registration statement shall have become effective or unless the offering and sale of such securities to such holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act.

If any other action under the law of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to holders of Receipts, the Company agrees that it will promptly notify the Depositary of such requirement and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.

The Depositary will not be deemed to have any knowledge of any item for which it is supposed to receive notification under any Section of this Deposit Agreement unless and until it has received such notification.

SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable, any distribution other than cash shall be made, or any rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the deposited Preferred Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of (i) any meeting at which holders of such Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of such Preferred Stock are entitled to notice or (ii) any election on the part of the Company to redeem any shares of such Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the

 

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Preferred Stock) for the determination of the holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting or to receive notice of such meeting or whose Depositary Shares are to be so redeemed.

SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of deposited Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice, which shall be provided by the Company and which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting, (ii) a statement that the holders of Receipts at the close of business on a specified record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 will be entitled, subject to any applicable provision of law, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Preferred Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares and (iii) a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of a Receipt on such record date, the Depositary shall insofar as practicable vote or cause to be voted the amount of Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. To the extent any such instructions request the voting of a fractional interest of a share of deposited Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall aggregate such interest with all other fractional interests resulting from requests with the same voting instructions and shall vote the number of whole votes resulting from such aggregation in accordance with the instructions received in such requests. Each share of Preferred Stock is entitled to [        ] vote and, accordingly, each Depositary Share is entitled to              of a vote. The Company hereby agrees to take all reasonable action that may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Preferred Stock or cause such Preferred Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will not vote Depositary Shares held by it. In the absence of authorization from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting (but, at its discretion, not from appearing at any meeting with respect to the Preferred Stock unless directed to the contrary by the record holders of all the related Receipts) to the extent of the shares of Preferred Stock (or portion thereof) represented by the applicable Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Preferred Stock and Reorganization Events. Upon any change in liquidation preference, par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Preferred Stock, any Reorganization Event or any exchange of the Preferred Stock for cash, securities or other property, the Depositary shall, upon the written instructions of the Company setting forth any of the following adjustments, (i) reflect such adjustments in the Depositary’s books and records in (a) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one share of Preferred Stock and (b) the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price of a share of Preferred Stock, as may be required by or as is consistent with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations to fully reflect the effects of such change in liquidation preference, par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of Preferred Stock, of such Reorganization Event or of such exchange and (ii) treat any shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) that shall be

 

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received by the Depositary in exchange for or in respect of the Preferred Stock as new deposited property under this Deposit Agreement, and Receipts then outstanding shall thenceforth represent the proportionate interests of holders thereof in the new deposited property so received in exchange for or in respect of such Preferred Stock. In any such case the Depositary may, upon the receipt of written request of the Company, execute and deliver additional Receipts, or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited property. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in liquidation preference, par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Preferred Stock or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Preferred Stock represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property and cash into which the Preferred Stock represented by such Receipts might have been converted or for which such Preferred Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.

SECTION 4.07. Inspection of Reports. The Depositary shall make available for inspection by record holders of Receipts at the Depositary Office and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable during normal business hours any reports and communications received from the Company that are both received by the Depositary as the holder of deposited Preferred Stock and made generally available to the holders of the Preferred Stock. In addition, the Depositary shall transmit, upon written request by the Company, certain notices and reports to the holders of Receipts as provided in Section 7.04.

SECTION 4.08. Lists of Receipt Holders. Promptly upon request from time to time by the Company, the Registrar shall furnish to the Company a list, as of a recent date specified by the Company, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all persons in whose names Receipts are registered on the books of the Registrar.

ARTICLE V

The Depositary and the Company

SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary and the Registrar. The Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary Office facilities for the execution and delivery, transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up, combination and redemption of Receipts and deposit and withdrawal of Preferred Stock and at the offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up, combination and redemption of Receipts and deposit and withdrawal of Preferred Stock, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

 

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The Registrar shall keep books at the Depositary Office for the registration and transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times, shall be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts as provided by applicable law. The Company may cause the Registrar to close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.

If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange, the Depositary may, with the written approval of the Company, appoint a registrar (acceptable to the Company) for registration of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with the requirements of such exchange. Such registrar (which may be the Registrar if so permitted by the requirements of such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Registrar upon the request or with the written approval of the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Preferred Stock are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Registrar will, at the request and expense of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender, redemption and exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Preferred Stock as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange regulations.

SECTION 5.02. Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Company. None of the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent, or the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar or Transfer Agent, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Certificate of Incorporation or, in the case of the Company, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, the Transfer Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing that the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, the Transfer Agent, any Registrar or the Company incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing that the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Company. The Company does not assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement or any Receipt to holders of Receipts other than from acts or omissions arising out of conduct constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Transfer Agent or Registrar assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to holders of Receipts, the Company or any other person or

 

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entity other than for its gross negligence or willful misconduct (which gross negligence or willful misconduct must be determined by a final, non-appealable order, judgment, decree or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Depositary, nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Transfer Agent or Registrar shall be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, lost profits, even if such person or entity alleged to be liable has knowledge of the possibility of such damages. Any liability of the Depositary and any Registrar or Transfer Agent under this Deposit Agreement will be limited to the amount of annual fees paid by the Company to the Depositary or any Registrar or Transfer Agent.

None of the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or Transfer Agent or the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding with respect to the deposited Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or Receipts that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.

None of the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or Transfer Agent or the Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information provided by any person presenting Preferred Stock for deposit or any holder of a Receipt. The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or Transfer Agent and the Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

In the event the Depositary shall receive conflicting claims, requests or instructions from any holders of Receipts, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, the Depositary shall be entitled to act on such claims, requests or instructions received from the Company, and shall incur no liability and shall be entitled to the full indemnification set forth in Section 5.05 in connection with any action so taken.

The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the deposited Preferred Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action does not result from bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Depositary (which bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct must be determined by a final, non-appealable order, judgment, decree or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction). The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar or Transfer Agent shall be required to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Depositary or any Registrar or Transfer Agent.

The Depositary, its parent, affiliate, or subsidiaries, any Depositary’s Agent, and any Registrar or Transfer Agent may own, buy, sell or deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts or Depositary Shares or

 

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become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company or its affiliates may be interested or contract with or lend money to or otherwise act as fully or as freely as if it were not the Depositary or the Depositary’s Agent hereunder. The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates or act in any other capacity for the Company or its affiliates.

It is intended that neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent shall be deemed to be an “issuer” of the securities under the federal securities laws or applicable state securities laws, it being expressly understood and agreed that the Depositary and any Depositary’s Agent are acting only in a ministerial capacity as Depositary for the deposited Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Depositary agrees to comply with all information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it under law or this Deposit Agreement in its capacity as Depositary.

Neither the Depositary (or its officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates) nor any Depositary’s Agent makes any representation or has any responsibility as to the validity of the registration statement pursuant to which the Depositary Shares are registered under the Securities Act, the deposited Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares, the Receipts (except its countersignature thereon) or any instruments referred to therein or herein, or as to the correctness of any statement made therein or herein; provided, however, that the Depositary is responsible for its representations in this Deposit Agreement.

The Company agrees that it will register the deposited Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares in accordance with the applicable federal securities laws.

In the event the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or any Registrar or Transfer Agent believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by it pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall promptly notify the Company of the details of such alleged ambiguity or uncertainty, and may, in its sole discretion, refrain from taking any action, and the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall be fully protected and shall incur no liability to any person from refraining from taking such action, absent bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct (which bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct must be determined by a final, non-appealable order, judgment, decree or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction), unless and until (i) the rights of all parties have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of appropriate jurisdiction or (ii) the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar receives written instructions with respect to such matter signed by the Company that eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar.

Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such fact or matter

 

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(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively provided and established by a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President, a Managing Director, a Vice President, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any Attorney-in-Fact of the Company and delivered to the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar; and such certificate shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar and the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Deposit Agreement in reliance upon such certificate. The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.

The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar will not be under any duty or responsibility to ensure compliance with any applicable federal or state securities laws in connection with the issuance, transfer or exchange of the Receipts, Stock or Depositary Shares.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no amendment to the Certificate of Designations shall affect the rights, duties, obligations or immunities of the Depositary, Transfer Agent, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar hereunder.

The Depositary, Transfer Agent and any Registrar hereunder:

(i) shall have no duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein (and no implied duties or obligations), or as may subsequently be agreed to in writing by the parties;

(ii) shall have no obligation to make payment hereunder unless the Company shall have provided the necessary federal or other immediately available funds or securities or property, as the case may be, to pay in full amounts due and payable with respect thereto;

(iii) shall not be obligated to take any legal or other action hereunder; if, however, the Depositary determines to take any legal or other action hereunder, and, where the taking of such action might in the Depositary’s judgment subject or expose it to any expense or liability, the Depositary shall not be required to act unless it shall have been furnished with an indemnity satisfactory to it;

(iv) may rely on and shall be authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, facsimile transmission or other document or security delivered to the Depositary and believed by the Depositary to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party or parties, and shall have no responsibility for determining the accuracy thereof;

 

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(v) may rely on and shall be authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon the written, telephonic, electronic and oral instructions, with respect to any matter relating to the Depositary’s actions as depositary covered by this Deposit Agreement (or supplementing or qualifying any such actions) of officers of the Company;

(vi) may consult counsel satisfactory to it, and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Depositary hereunder in accordance with the advice of such counsel;

(vii) shall not be called upon at any time to advise any person with respect to the Depositary Shares or Receipts;

(viii) shall not be liable or responsible for any recital or statement contained in any documents relating hereto or the Depositary Shares or Receipts; and

(ix) shall not be liable in any respect on account of the identity, authority or rights of the parties (other than with respect to the Depositary) executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver this Deposit Agreement or any documents or papers deposited or called for under this Deposit Agreement.

The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 5.03 shall survive the replacement, removal or resignation of any Depositary, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Depositary’s Agent or termination of this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary. The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Company shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor depositary, which shall be an entity having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If a successor depositary shall not have been appointed and have accepted appointment in 60 days, the resigning Depositary may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor depositary. Every

 

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successor depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Company, shall promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all rights, title and interest in the deposited Preferred Stock and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor and shall deliver to such successor a list of the record holders of all outstanding Receipts. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the record holders of Receipts.

Any corporation or other entity into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted, or any corporation or other entity to which all or a substantial part of the assets of the Depositary may be transferred, shall be the successor of such Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act. Such successor depositary may execute the Receipts either in the name of the predecessor depositary or in the name of the successor depositary.

The provisions of this Section 5.04 as they apply to the Depositary apply to the Registrar and Transfer Agent, as if specifically enumerated herein.

SECTION 5.05. Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Transfer Agent or Registrar against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including the costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of (i) acts performed or omitted in connection with this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts (a) by the Depositary, any Transfer Agent or Registrar or any of their respective agents (including any Depositary’s Agent), except for any liability arising out of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final, non-appealable order, judgment, decree or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction) on the respective parts of any such person or persons, or (b) by the Company or any of its agents, or (ii) the offer, sale or registration of the Receipts or shares of Preferred Stock pursuant to the provisions hereof. The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 5.05 shall survive the replacement, removal or resignation of any Depositary, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Depositary’s Agent or termination of this Deposit Agreement. In no event shall the Depositary have any right of set off or counterclaim against the Depositary Shares or the Preferred Stock.

SECTION 5.06. Fees, Charges and Expenses. The Company shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. The Company shall pay all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Preferred Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares and any redemption of the Preferred Stock at the option of the Company. All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and fees for the withdrawal of Preferred Stock upon surrender of Receipts shall be at the expense of

 

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holders of Depositary Shares. If, at the request of a holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which it is not otherwise liable hereunder, such holder will be liable for such charges and expenses. All other charges and expenses of the Depositary and any Depositary’s Agent hereunder and of any Registrar and Transfer Agent (including, in each case, fees and expenses of counsel) incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will be paid upon consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company as to the amount and nature of such charges and expenses. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Company once every three months or at such other intervals as the Company and the Depositary may agree.

ARTICLE VI

Amendment and Termination

SECTION 6.01. Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any provision of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary without the consent of holders of Receipts in any respect that the Company and the Depositary may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other than any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent that are payable by the Company) shall be effective that (i) shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts or (ii) would be materially and adversely inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, unless such amendment shall have been approved by the holders of Receipts evidencing at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. In no event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Section 2.06 and Section 2.07 and Article III, of any holder of any Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares to surrender any Receipt with instructions to the Depositary to deliver to the holder the deposited Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law. Every holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by this Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

SECTION 6.02. Termination. This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company or the Depositary only if (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.03 or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the deposited Preferred Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.02, as applicable.

Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Transfer Agent or Registrar under Section 5.05 and Section 5.06.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.01. Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Deposit Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefits of Parties. This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.

SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby; provided, however, that if such provision affects the rights, duties, liabilities or obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary shall be entitled to resign immediately.

SECTION 7.04. Notices. Any and all notices to be given to the Company hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to the Company at:

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Office of the Corporate Secretary

or at any other address of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary in writing.

Any notices to be given to the Depositary, Transfer Agent or Registrar hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or telecopier confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary:                                 

Any notices given to any record holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if transmitted through the facilities of DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures or personally delivered or sent by mail, recognized next-day courier service or telecopier

 

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confirmed by letter, addressed to such record holder at the address of such record holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary; provided, that any record holder may direct the Depositary to deliver notices to such record holder at an alternate address or in a specific manner that is reasonably requested by such record holder in a written request timely filed with the Depositary and that is reasonably acceptable to the Depositary.

Delivery of a notice sent by mail shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a facsimile message) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box, or in the case of a next-day courier service, when deposited with such courier, courier fees prepaid. The Depositary or the Company may, however, act upon any facsimile message received by it from the other or from any holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such facsimile message shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter as aforesaid.

SECTION 7.05. Depositary’s Agents. The Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary’s Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary’s Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary’s Agents. The Depositary will notify the Company of any such action.

SECTION 7.06. Holders of Receipts Are Parties. The holders of Receipts from time to time shall be deemed to be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery thereof to the same extent as though such person executed this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 7.07. Governing Law. This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

SECTION 7.08. Inspection of Deposit Agreement and Certificate of Designations. Copies of this Deposit Agreement and the Certificate of Designations shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary’s Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Depositary Office by any holder of any Receipt.

SECTION 7.09. Headings. The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and                              have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth and all holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.,  
  By        
    ,
as Depositary, Registrar and Transfer Agent,  
  By      

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT

[IF GLOBAL RECEIPT IS ISSUED: UNLESS THIS RECEIPT IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY RECEIPT ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL RECEIPT SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL RECEIPT SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT MAY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

Certificate Number                        

Aggregate Amount of Depositary Shares

Number of Depositary Shares

  
      CUSIP NO.:

RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES,

Each Representing              Interest in a Share of

 

 

(par value $             per share)

[(liquidation preference $             per share)]

of

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

                                             , as Depositary (the “Depositary”), hereby certifies that                                                           is the registered owner of                             aggregate principal amount of Depositary Shares (“Depositary

 

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Shares”), equivalent to                      aggregate amount, each Depositary Share representing              of one share of                             , $             par value per share [and liquidation preference of $             per share], of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated                          (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Company, the Depositary and the holders from time to time of Receipts for Depositary Shares. Terms defined in the Deposit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined in the Deposit Agreement. By accepting this Receipt, the holder hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement. This Receipt shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer or, if a Registrar in respect of the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed, by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer of such Registrar.

Dated:

 

[Countersigned:                                  , as Depositary
By       ]   By:    
        Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT]

The following abbreviations when used in the instructions on the face of this receipt shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.

 

TEN COM - as tenant in common    UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -                     
   Custodian                     
                           (Cust)                         (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties    Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of     
survivorship and not as tenants in common    (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

ASSIGNMENT

For value received,                                                                           hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE, AS APPLICABLE

 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS

INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

 

                                  aggregate principal amount of Depositary Shares, equivalent to                      aggregate amount, represented by the within Receipt, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                               Attorney to transfer the said Depositary Shares on the books of the within named Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated          
      NOTICE: The signature to the assignment must corresponds with the name as written upon the face of this Receipt in every particular, without alteration or enlargement

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

NOTICE: The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations, and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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EXHIBIT B

Certificate of Designations

EX-4.9 5 dex49.htm FORM OF INDENTURE OF DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS Form of Indenture of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Exhibit 4.9

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

AND

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of             

 

 

 

 

 


JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of             

 

Trust Indenture
Act Section

  

Indenture Section

  §310(a) (1)

   609

 (a) (2)

   609

 (a) (3)

   Not Applicable

 (a) (4)

   Not Applicable

 (b)

   608
   610

  §311(a)

   613

 (b)

   613

  §312(a)

   701
   702(a)

 (b)

   702(b)

 (c)

   702(c)

  §313(a)

   703(a)

 (b)

   703(a)

 (c)

   703(a)

 (d)

   703(b)

  §314(a)

   704

 (b)

   Not Applicable

 (c) (1)

   102

 (c) (2)

   102

 (c) (3)

   Not Applicable

 (d)

   Not Applicable

 (e)

   102

  §315(a)

   601(a)

 (b)

   602
   703(a)

 (c)

   601(b)

 (d)

   601(c)

 (d) (1)

   601(a) (1)
   601(a) (2)

 (d) (2)

   601(c) (2)

 (d) (3)

   601(c) (3)

 (e)

   514

  §316(a) (1) (A)

   502
   512

 (a) (1) (B)

   513

 (a) (2)

   Not Applicable

 (b)

   508

 (c)

   Not Applicable

  §317(a) (1)

   503

 (a) (2)

   504

 (b)

   1003

  §318(a)

   107

 

Note: this reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

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ARTICLE ONE: DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

   1

Section 101.

  

Definitions

   1

Section 102.

  

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

   7

Section 103.

  

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

   7

Section 104.

  

Acts of Holders

   8

Section 105.

  

Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company

   8

Section 106.

  

Notice to Holders; Waiver

   9

Section 107.

  

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

   9

Section 108.

  

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

   9

Section 109.

  

Successors and Assigns

   10

Section 110.

  

Separability Clause

   10

Section 111.

  

Benefits of Indenture

   10

Section 112.

  

Governing Law

   10

Section 113.

  

Legal Holidays

   10

Section 114.

  

No Recourse Against Others

   10

ARTICLE TWO: SECURITY FORMS

   11

Section 201.

  

Forms Generally

   11

Section 202.

  

Form of Face of Security

   11

Section 203.

  

Form of Reverse of Security

   13

Section 204.

  

Additional Provisions Required in Global Security

   17

Section 205.

  

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

   17

ARTICLE THREE: THE SECURITIES

   18

Section 301.

  

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

   18

Section 302.

  

Denominations

   20

Section 303.

  

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

   21

Section 304.

  

Temporary Securities

   22

Section 305.

  

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

   23

Section 306.

  

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

   24

Section 307.

  

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

   25

Section 308.

  

Persons Deemed Owners

   26

Section 309.

  

Cancellation

   26

Section 310.

  

Computation of Interest

   27

Section 311.

  

CUSIP Numbers

   27

ARTICLE FOUR: SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   27

Section 401.

  

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

   27

 

Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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Section 402.

  

Application of Trust Money

   28

ARTICLE FIVE: REMEDIES

   29

Section 501.

  

Events of Default

   29

Section 502.

  

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

   30

Section 503.

  

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

   32

Section 504.

  

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

   32

Section 505.

  

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

   33

Section 506.

  

Application of Money Collected

   33

Section 507.

  

Limitation on Suits

   34

Section 508.

  

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

   34

Section 509.

  

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

   34

Section 510.

  

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

   35

Section 511.

  

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

   35

Section 512.

  

Control by Holders

   35

Section 513.

  

Waiver of Past Defaults

   36

Section 514.

  

Undertaking for Costs

   36

ARTICLE SIX: THE TRUSTEE

   36

Section 601.

  

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

   36

Section 602.

  

Notice of Defaults

   37

Section 603.

  

Certain Rights of Trustee

   38

Section 604.

  

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

   39

Section 605.

  

May Hold Securities

   39

Section 606.

  

Money Held in Trust

   39

Section 607.

  

Compensation and Reimbursement

   39

Section 608.

  

Disqualifications; Conflicting Interests

   40

Section 609.

  

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

   40

Section 610.

  

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

   40

Section 611.

  

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

   42

Section 612.

  

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

   43

Section 613.

  

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

   43

Section 614.

  

Appointment of Authenticating Agent

   43

ARTICLE SEVEN: HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

   44

Section 701.

  

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

   44

Section 702.

  

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

   45

Section 703.

  

Reports by Trustee

   45

Section 704.

  

Reports by Company

   45

ARTICLE EIGHT: CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

   46

Section 801.

  

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

   46

Section 802.

  

Successor Corporation Substituted

   46

 

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ARTICLE NINE: SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

   47

Section 901.

  

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

   47

Section 902.

  

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

   48

Section 903.

  

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

   49

Section 904.

  

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

   49

Section 905.

  

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

   49

Section 906.

  

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

   49

ARTICLE TEN: COVENANTS

   50

Section 1001.

  

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

   50

Section 1002.

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency

   50

Section 1003.

  

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

   51

Section 1004.

  

Corporate Existence

   52

Section 1005.

  

Limitation on Disposition of Stock of Bank

   52

Section 1006.

  

Statement as to Compliance

   53

Section 1007.

  

Waiver of Certain Covenants

   53

ARTICLE ELEVEN: REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

   54

Section 1101.

  

Applicability of Article

   54

Section 1102.

  

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

   54

Section 1103.

  

Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed

   54

Section 1104.

  

Notice of Redemption

   55

Section 1105.

  

Deposit of Redemption Price

   56

Section 1106.

  

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

   56

Section 1107.

  

Securities Redeemed in Part

   56

ARTICLE TWELVE: SINKING FUNDS

   56

Section 1201.

  

Applicability of Article

   56

Section 1202.

  

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

   57

Section 1203.

  

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

   57

ARTICLE THIRTEEN: DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

   58

Section 1301.

  

Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

   58

Section 1302.

  

Defeasance and Discharge

   58

Section 1303.

  

Covenant Defeasance

   58

Section 1304.

  

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

   59

Section 1305.

  

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

   61

Section 1306.

  

Verification of Identification

   61

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of             , between JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a corporation

duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the

“Company”), having its principal office at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017,

and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

a New York banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of

the State of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE:

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 101. Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) pronouns used herein shall be deemed to refer to the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter genders;

(2) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(3) 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; 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.

“Act,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

 

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“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.

“Attorney-in-Fact” means an officer of the Bank who has been duly appointed as an attorney-in-fact by the Company.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.

“Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States, and its successors (whether by consolidation, merger, conversion, transfer of all or substantially all their assets and business or otherwise) so long as JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or any successor is a Subsidiary.

“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 directors or officers of the Company or Attorneys-in-Fact to whom such board of directors or such committee shall have duly 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, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order delivered to the Trustee and signed in the name of the Company by (i) the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, its Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President, a Managing Director or any Attorney-in-Fact of the Company, and by (ii) any additional officer having any of the foregoing titles or by the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

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“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, such office being currently located at 60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10005.

“corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.

“covenant defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

“default”, when used in Section 602, has the meaning specified in that section.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

“Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depository by the Company pursuant to Section 301.

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

“Global Security” means a Security in the form prescribed in Section 204 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

“Indebtedness for money borrowed,” when used with respect to the Company, means any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written instruments.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms or particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

“interest,” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

“Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

“Intermediate Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in Section 1005.

“Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

 

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“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate delivered to the Trustee and signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President, a Managing Director, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any Attorney-in-Fact of the Company.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel who may be an employee of the Company or other counsel to the Company.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

“Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

(iv) Securities as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has been delivered (or such delivery has been made available), or as to which any other particular conditions have been satisfied, in each case as may be provided for in such Securities as contemplated in Section 301;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit, the U.S. dollar

 

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equivalent as of the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above), (iii) the principal amount of a Security for which the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Security may be determined with reference to an index shall be determined as of the date of original issuance of such Security and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the 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 request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee established 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 of such other obligor.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment,” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as contemplated by Section 301.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Record Date” means a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date, as the case may be.

“Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier,

 

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any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporation trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. “Security” shall have a corresponding meaning.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

“Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.

“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 Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 905 and except that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 1304(1).

“Vice President,” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

“Voting Stock” means stock of the class or classes having a general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

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Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s 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 certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he 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 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of, or Attorney-in-Fact for, 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 or Attorney-in-Fact 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, or an Attorney-Fact or Attorneys-in-Fact for, 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.

 

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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 104. Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished in, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, and a copy to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 100 Plaza One, 6 th Floor – MS 0699, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311-3901 or

 

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(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it, Attention: Secretary, at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give one’s notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to a Holder of a Global Security, such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depository for such Security (or its designee), pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depository, not later than the latest date, if any, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice in such procedures.

Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, such 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, such Trust Indenture Act provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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Section 109. Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 110. Separability Clause.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 112. Governing Law.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Section 113. Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) 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 or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

Section 114. No Recourse Against Others.

A director, officer, employee, Attorney-in-Fact or stockholder as such of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. This waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

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ARTICLE TWO:

SECURITY FORMS

Section 201. Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form (including permanent global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company or any Attorney-in-Fact executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. If all of the Securities of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.

The definitive Securities shall be printed or may be produced in any other manner (provided that if any Securities are to be listed on any securities exchange, then in such manner as may be permitted by the rules of any such securities exchange), all as determined by the officers of the Company or any Attorney-in-Fact executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

Section 202. Form of Face of Security.

[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder]

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

 

 

 

No.                 $            

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                             , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                                       Dollars on                                  [if the Security is to bear interest prior to

 

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Maturity, insert —, and to pay interest thereon from                      or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, [insert appropriate period] on                      and                      in each year, commencing                     , at the rate of __% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert —, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of __% per annum on any overdue principal and premium [if applicable, insert — and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the              or              as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. [In the event that any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a business day, the interest payment due on that date will be paid on the next day that is a business day, and interest shall be paid on that business day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, without any interest or other payment with respect to the delay. A “business day” is any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day that, in New York City, banking institutions generally are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.]

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. [Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand].]

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in                     , in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [unless otherwise specifically provided with respect to the Securities of the series, insert —; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].

 

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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, or an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

 
By    
 

Attest:

 

  

Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior debt securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of                      (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), duly executed and delivered by the Company. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. Terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as so defined. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated as the [        ] Notes due [__] of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), which series shall have a current aggregate principal amount of $[            ], which principal amount may be increased from time to time through the issuance of additional Notes.

Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of [__].

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 premium, if any) and interest (if any) on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

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[If applicable, insert — This Security is not redeemable prior to maturity and is not subject to any sinking fund.]

[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail [if applicable, insert — (1) on                      in any year commencing with the year              and ending with the year              through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after                     , 20__], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before                     , __%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning             of the years indicated,

 

Year

 

Redemption

Price

 

Year

  

Redemption

Price

 

And thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to __% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail (1) on                      in any year commencing with the year              and ending with the year              through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after                     ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning                      of the years indicated,

 

Year

 

Redemption Price

For Redemption

Through Operation

Of the

Sinking Fund

 

Redemption Price For

Redemption Otherwise

Than Through Operation

of the Sinking Fund

 

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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to __% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to                     , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than __% per annum.]

[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on                      in each year beginning with the year              and ending with the year              of [not less than] $             [(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than $            ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert — in the inverse order in which they become due].]

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

[If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [(a)] [the entire indebtedness evidenced by this Security] [and (b)] certain restrictive covenants,] [in each case] upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.]

[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert

 

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formula for determining the amount.] Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (if any) on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $             and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on this Security or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in this 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 corporation, either directly or through the Company, or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statue 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 issue hereof, expressly waived and released by each holder of this Security.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York

Section 204. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.

Any Global Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions contained in Sections 202 and 203, bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee of a Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository) may be registered except in such limited circumstances.”

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any Global Security shall provide, in addition to the provisions set forth in Sections 202 and 203 and the preceding paragraph, that the Depository will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in such Global Security unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for Securities of such series, and that the Depository, by accepting such Global Security, agrees to be bound by such provision.

Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:    
  Authorized Officer
[or]  

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:   THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
  Authenticating Agent
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE THREE:

THE SECURITIES

Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount or the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, shall not have been issued and sold by the Company and are therefore deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable; the provisions, if any, for extension of such date or dates;

(5) the rate or rates (or the formula pursuant to which such rate or rates shall be determined) at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, including the rate of interest applicable to overdue payments of principal, and the rate of interest, if any, applicable to overdue payments of interest if different from the rate of interest stated in the title of the Security; the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

 

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(6) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable;

(7) if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(10) if other than the currency of the United States, the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable, which may be different for principal (and premium, if any) and interest;

(11) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;

(12) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

(14) any addition to, deletion from or change in the Events of Default specified in Section 501 which applies to the Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;

(15) any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;

 

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(16) the application, if any, of either or both of Section 1302 and Section 1303 to the Securities of the series.

(17) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depository for such Global Security or Securities, which Depository shall be, if then required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act;

(18) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for cash and/or any securities or other property of any Person (including the Company), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable and

(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture), including any covenants to be applicable to Securities of such series if not set forth herein.

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the Officer’s Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at one time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

Unless otherwise specifically provided with respect to the Securities of a series, at the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series that bears interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

If any of the terms of Securities of a series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series. If all of the Securities of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

Section 302. Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any particular series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

 

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Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed, by facsimile or otherwise on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairman, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, Managing Directors or Attorneys-in-Fact, and by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices on the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and make available for delivery such Securities. If all of the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. In authenticating Securities of any series, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

(a) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equitable principles (whether considered a proceeding in equity or at law) and, if applicable, to provisions of law which may require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed in United States dollars.

If such forms or terms have been so established, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s or the Authenticating Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

 

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the time of authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. After the original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued, any separate request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for original issuance will be deemed to be a certification by the Company that it is in compliance with all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 304. Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, reproduced or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any

 

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series the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series and tenor of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Company shall cause to be kept at the corporate trust office of the Security Registrar designated pursuant to this Section 305 a register (the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Bank of New York Mellon is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and of the series of which such Security is a part and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities of such series to be redeemed, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Security representing a series of Securities shall be exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 for Securities registered in the names of Persons other than the Depository or its nominee only if (i) subject to any other terms of the series applicable to such Global Security, such Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when such Depository is required to be so registered to act as such Depository, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as such Depository shall direct.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities evidenced in whole or in part by a Global Security, the Depository may not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in a Global Security evidencing all or part of the Securities of such series unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for Securities of such series.

Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security of the same series, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

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Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities 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 Securities.

Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Person or Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special

 

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Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (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 the Securities of any series 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.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depository or impair, as between a Depository and holders of beneficial interests in any Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depository as Holder of such Global Security.

Section 309. Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and a certificate of destruction shall be delivered to the Company.

 

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Section 310. Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.

The Company in issuing any series of the Securities may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers and/or other similar numbers to identify such Securities, if then generally in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice of redemption with respect to such series; 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 of such series 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 of such series, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

ARTICLE FOUR:

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall upon request by the Company cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when

(1) either

(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all such Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

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(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 of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s 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.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money or U.S. Government Obligations shall have been deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the conditions of Section 609) in accordance with Section 1302, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) under the fourth paragraph of Section 1305, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive with respect to such series.

Section 402. Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the applicable series of Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except as required by law.

 

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ARTICLE FIVE:

REMEDIES

Section 501. Events of Default.

Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of any series, “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to 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 or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) default in the payment of interest, if any, upon any Securities of that 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 (or premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series at its Maturity; or

(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of any Securities of that series and continuance of such default for a period of 5 days; or

(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or any Securities of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, or

(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or the Bank in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or the Bank or of all or substantially all of their respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their respective affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

 

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(6) the commencement by the Company or the Bank of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or the consent by either to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or the Bank or of all or substantially all of their respective property, or the making by either of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by either in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or the Bank in furtherance of any such action; or

(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

Upon receipt by the Trustee of any Notice of Default pursuant to Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such Notice of Default, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such Notice of Default. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such Notice of Default, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, or their proxies, shall have joined in such Notice of Default prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, such Notice of Default shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new Notice of Default which is identical to a Notice of Default which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 501.

Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of any series, if an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable, except that no such declaration shall be required upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6). If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) with respect to the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of such series (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series), together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount, all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal and interest of the Securities of such series shall terminate.

 

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Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of any series, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to 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 Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, and any Event of Default giving rise to such declaration shall not be deemed to have occurred, if

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest, if any, upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513 or otherwise remedied.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Upon receipt by the Trustee of any written notice declaring such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission or annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 502.

 

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Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Company covenants that if:

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any 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 any Security and such default continues for 5 days;

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal, including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration 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 (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of all series and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

 

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(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 506. Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively.

 

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Section 507. Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security 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 or an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

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Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 512. Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Upon receipt by the Trustee of any written notice directing the time, method or place of conducting any such proceeding or exercising any such trust or power with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have joined in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new notice identical to a notice which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 512.

 

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Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past 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, if any, on any Security of such series, or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any past default hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any default hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such majority in principal amount shall have waived such default prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver of such default previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess reasonable costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.

ARTICLE SIX:

THE TRUSTEE

Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

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(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 provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that

(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in Section 512, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and

(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

Section 602. Notice of Defaults.

With respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of all defaults known to the trustee within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act, provided that, in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

 

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Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(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 Officer’s 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 pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

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(i) Neither the Trustee nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted under this Indenture or in connection therewith except to the extent caused by the Trustee’s negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. The provisions of this Section 603(i) shall survive the termination of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 605. May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 606. Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company agrees

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or any documents executed in connection herewith (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;

 

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(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder; and

(4) The provisions of this Section 607 shall survive the termination of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

Section 608. Disqualifications; Conflicting Interests.

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series or any other indenture between the Trustee and the Company.

Section 609. 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 or Territory thereof 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, Territorial or District of Columbia authority and having its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

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(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, 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 securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

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postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees cotrustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(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 paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

 

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(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of any series), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company.

Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

As of the date of the Indenture and at any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which may be an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Company) with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State or Territory thereof or 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 subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital 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.

 

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Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation, to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice or resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

The Bank of New York Mellon is initially designated as the Authenticating Agent for the Securities.

ARTICLE SEVEN:

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

If and for so long as the Trustee shall not be the Security Registrar for the Securities of any series, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

(a) semi-annually, not more than fifteen days after each Regular Record Date, or, in the case of any series of Securities on which no interest is payable, not more than fifteen days after each coupon date or other date specified by the Trustee, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of such series as of such Record Date, and

 

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(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.

Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee if and so long as it is acting as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities of any series, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 703. Reports by Trustee.

(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 704. Reports by Company.

The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports as may be required by the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports filed electronically with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be deemed filed with, and delivered to, the Trustee and transmitted to the Holders at the same time as filed with the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee and transmission thereof to the Holders is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute a representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the reports, information or documents. The Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information or documents 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 conclusively rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT:

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of any series, the Company shall not consolidate or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, unless:

(1) the Person formed by such consolidation or merger 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 organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and such successor Person (if not the Company) 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 Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall have happened and be continuing; and

(3) if requested by the Trustee, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any such consolidation or merger with any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger 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 Securities.

 

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ARTICLE NINE:

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or

(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in certificated form or global form; or

(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of all or any Securities of any series (and if such addition, change or elimination is to apply with respect to less than all Securities of any series, stating that it is expressly being made to apply solely with respect to such Securities within such series), provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security issued prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of any Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

(6) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Securities of any series to any provision of the section entitled “Description of Debt Securities” or any similarly captioned section in the prospectus, as supplemented by any applicable prospectus supplement, relating to the offering of such series of Securities; or

(7) to secure the Securities of any series or provide for guarantees of the Securities of any series; or

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(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or

(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in the Indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision in the Indenture, or to make any other provisions as the Company may find necessary or desirable, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.

Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for Securities), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of, or method of computation of the rate of, interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium of the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1007, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, 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 1007, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(9).

 

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A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee may receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

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notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE TEN:

COVENANTS

Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

The Company shall have the right to require a Holder, in connection with the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on a Security, to present at the office or agency of the Company at which such payment is made a certificate, in such form as the Company may from time to time prescribe, to enable the Company to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes, assessments or governmental charges which it may be required to deduct or withhold therefrom under any present or future law of the United States of America or of any State, County, Municipality or taxing authority therein, and the Company shall be entitled to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to such deduction or withholding on the basis of information contained in such certificate or, if no such certificate shall be so presented, on the basis of any presumption created by any such law, and shall be entitled to act in accordance with such determination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company or the Paying Agent may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold taxes imposed by the United States of America or other domestic or foreign taxing authorities from the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest payments hereunder.

Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment (provided, however, that, unless otherwise provided with respect to any series of Securities, at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register), where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially appoints The Bank of New York Mellon as its agent for purposes of presentation and surrender of Securities for payment, registration of transfer or exchange and for service of notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of a series and this Indenture. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any

 

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change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, with a copy to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 100 Plaza One, 6th Floor – MS 0699, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311-3901, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and 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 for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless 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 for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

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(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.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security 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 on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 1004. Corporate Existence.

Except as permitted by the provisions of Article Eight and subject to Section 1005, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of the Bank and material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises of the Company and the Bank; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 1005. Limitation on Disposition of Stock of Bank.

So long as any Securities shall be Outstanding, neither the Company nor any Intermediate Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) will (except to the Company or an Intermediate Subsidiary) sell, assign, transfer, grant a security interest in or otherwise dispose of any shares of, securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Voting Stock of the Bank, nor will the Company or any Intermediate Subsidiary permit the Bank to issue any shares of, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Voting Stock of the Bank, nor will the Company permit any Intermediate Subsidiary that owns any shares of, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Voting Stock of the Bank to cease to be an Intermediate Subsidiary, except that (i) the Company or an Intermediate Subsidiary may make any such sale, assignment, transfer, or grant of a security interest or other disposition for fair market value on the date thereof, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or such Intermediate Subsidiary, as the case may be (which determination shall be conclusive), and evidenced by a

 

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duly adopted resolution thereof, and (ii) in each such case, after giving effect thereto, the Company and any one or more Intermediate Subsidiaries will own at least 80% of the Voting Stock of the Bank then issued and outstanding free and clear of any security interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Bank may be merged into or consolidated with another banking institution organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, if after giving effect to such merger or consolidation the Company and any one or more Intermediate Subsidiaries own at least 80% of the Voting Stock of such other banking institution and immediately after giving effect thereto and treating any such resulting bank thereafter as the Bank for purposes of this Indenture, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing. For purposes of this Section, an “Intermediate Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary (i) that is organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and (ii) of which all the shares of each class of capital stock issued and outstanding, and all securities convertible into, and options, warrants and rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, such capital stock, are owned directly by the Company, free and clear of any security interest.

The provisions of this Section 1005 shall not prohibit the Company from consolidating or merging with any other Person or from conveying, transferring or leasing all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to any Person as otherwise permitted pursuant to Article Eight.

Section 1006. Statement as to Compliance.

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, or, if later, December 31 of the first year during which Securities are Outstanding under this Indenture, a written statement, which need not comply with Section 102, signed by an Officer of the Company stating that

(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his supervision, and

(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company has fulfilled all its obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.

Section 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, covenant or condition set forth in Sections 1004 to 1006, inclusive, with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such

 

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compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any such term, provision or condition. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any such term, provision or condition hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have waived such term, provision or condition prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.

ARTICLE ELEVEN:

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 1101. Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of fewer than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the tenor, if applicable, of the Securities to be redeemed, and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If fewer than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series subject to such redemption and not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (but subject to compliance with the rules of any securities exchange on which the securities of such series may

 

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be listed) and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. If fewer than all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

(3) if fewer than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,

(4) the CUSIP or ISIN number of the Securities to be redeemed,

(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and

(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

 

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Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a Global Security is so surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a new Global Security.

ARTICLE TWELVE:

SINKING FUNDS

Section 1201. Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.

 

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The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited; provided further that, in the case of (1) above, with respect to any Outstanding Securities so delivered, and in the case of (2) above, with respect to any such Securities so credited, such Outstanding Securities or Securities, as the case may be, be Securities subject to the sinking fund payment required to be made with respect to the Securities of such series. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 45 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

 

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ARTICLE THIRTEEN:

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 1301. Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

If pursuant to Section 301 provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1302 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1303, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article Thirteen, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 1302 (if applicable) or Section 1303 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.

Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction of the conditions subsequent set forth below (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of the series of Securities defeased pursuant to this Section 1302 to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and such obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, immunities and other provisions in respect of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Thirteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Thirteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303 with respect to the Securities of such series. Following a defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.

Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 1004 and Section 1005 (and any other Sections applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision) and the occurrence of an event of default specified in Section 501(4) (insofar as it is with respect to Section 1004 and Section 1005 or any other Section applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision) shall

 

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be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction of the conditions subsequent set forth below (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”). For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. Following a covenant defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified by reference to such Sections as are specified above in this Section 1303.

Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions precedent or, as specifically noted below, subsequent to application of either Section 1302 or Section 1303 to the Outstanding Securities of such series:

(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 609 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Thirteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the due dates thereof. Before such a deposit the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date or dates in accordance with Article Eleven, which shall be given effect in applying the foregoing. For this purpose, “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (y) 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, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such

 

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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 principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

(2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing (A) on the date of such deposit or (B) insofar as Sections 501(5) and 501(6) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in this clause (B) is a condition subsequent and shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such 90 day period).

(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (A) cause the Trustee for the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act or for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any securities of the Company or (B) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute, unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(4) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

(5) In the case of an election under Section 1302, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.

(6) In the case of an election under Section 1303, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.

(7) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.

 

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(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 1302 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1303 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee — collectively, for purposes of this Section 1305, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (but not including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if and to the extent the deposited money or U.S. Government Obligations (or the proceeds thereof) either (i) cannot be applied by the Trustee in accordance with this Section because of a court order or (ii) are for any reason insufficient in amount, then the Company’s obligations to pay principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of such series shall be reinstated to the extent necessary to cover the deficiency on any due date for payment. In any case specified in clause (i), the Company’s interest in the deposited money and U.S. Government Obligations (and proceeds thereof) shall be reinstated to the extent the Company’s payment obligations are reinstated.

Section 1306. Verification of Identification.

The parties hereto acknowledge that, in accordance with Section 326 of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001 (the “USA PATRIOT Act”), the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with it. The parties to this agreement agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

    JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
      By    
Attest:      
       
      DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
      By    
Attest:      
       

 

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EX-4.15 6 dex415.htm FORM OF INDENTURE OF U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Form of Indenture of U.S. Bank Trust National Association

Exhibit 4.15

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

AND

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of                     

 

 

 

 

 


JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of _____________

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

  

Indenture Section

§310(a) (1)

   609

        (a) (2)

   609

        (a) (3)

   Not Applicable

        (a) (4)

   Not Applicable

        (b)

   608
   610

§311(a)

   613

        (b)

   613

§312(a)

   701
   702(a)

        (b)

   702(b)

        (c)

   702(c)

§313(a)

   703(a)

        (b)

   703(a)

        (c)

   703(a)

        (d)

   703(b)

§314(a)

   704

        (b)

   Not Applicable

        (c) (1)

   102

        (c) (2)

   102

        (c) (3)

   Not Applicable

        (d)

   Not Applicable

        (e)

   102

§315(a)

   601(a)

        (b)

   602
   703(a)

        (c)

   601(b)

        (d)

   601(c)

        (d) (1)

  

601(a) (1)

601(a) (2)

        (d) (2)

   601(c) (2)

        (d) (3)

   601(c) (3)

        (e)

   514

§316(a) (1) (A)

   502
   512

        (a) (1) (B)

   513

        (a) (2)

   Not Applicable

        (b)

   508

        (c)

   Not Applicable

§317(a) (1)

   503

        (a) (2)

   504

        (b)

   1003

§318(a)

   107

 

Note: this reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

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ARTICLE ONE: DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

   1

Section 101.

  

Definitions

   1

Section 102.

  

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

   7

Section 103.

  

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

   8

Section 104.

  

Acts of Holders

   8

Section 105.

  

Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company

   9

Section 106.

  

Notice to Holders; Waiver

   9

Section 107.

  

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

   10

Section 108.

  

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

   10

Section 109.

  

Successors and Assigns

   10

Section 110.

  

Separability Clause

   10

Section 111.

  

Benefits of Indenture

   10

Section 112.

  

Governing Law

   11

Section 113.

  

Legal Holidays

   11

Section 114.

  

No Recourse Against Others

   11

ARTICLE TWO: SECURITY FORMS

   11

Section 201.

  

Forms Generally

   11

Section 202.

  

Form of Face of Security

   12

Section 203.

  

Form of Reverse of Security

   13

Section 204.

  

Additional Provisions Required in Global Security

   18

Section 205.

  

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

   18

ARTICLE THREE: THE SECURITIES

   19

Section 301.

  

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

   19

Section 302.

  

Denominations

   21

Section 303.

  

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

   21

Section 304.

  

Temporary Securities

   23

Section 305.

  

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

   24

Section 306.

  

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

   25

Section 307.

  

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

   26

Section 308.

  

Persons Deemed Owners

   27

Section 309.

  

Cancellation

   27

Section 310.

  

Computation of Interest

   28

Section 311.

  

CUSIP Numbers

   28

ARTICLE FOUR: SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   28

Section 401.

  

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

   28

 

Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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Section 402.

  

Application of Trust Money

   29

ARTICLE FIVE: REMEDIES

   30

Section 501.

  

Events of Default

   30

Section 502.

  

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

   30

Section 503.

  

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

   32

Section 504.

  

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

   32

Section 505.

  

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

   33

Section 506.

  

Application of Money Collected

   33

Section 507.

  

Limitation on Suits

   34

Section 508.

  

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

   34

Section 509.

  

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

   34

Section 510.

  

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

   35

Section 511.

  

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

   35

Section 512.

  

Control by Holders

   35

Section 513.

  

Waiver of Past Defaults

   36

Section 514.

  

Undertaking for Costs

   36

ARTICLE SIX: THE TRUSTEE

   36

Section 601.

  

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

   36

Section 602.

  

Notice of Defaults

   37

Section 603.

  

Certain Rights of Trustee

   38

Section 604.

  

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

   38

Section 605.

  

May Hold Securities

   39

Section 606.

  

Money Held in Trust

   39

Section 607.

  

Compensation and Reimbursement

   39

Section 608.

  

Disqualifications; Conflicting Interests

   39

Section 609.

  

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

   40

Section 610.

  

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

   40

Section 611.

  

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

   41

Section 612.

  

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

   42

Section 613.

  

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

   42

Section 614.

  

Appointment of Authenticating Agent

   43

ARTICLE SEVEN: HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

   44

Section 701.

  

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

   44

Section 702.

  

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

   44

Section 703.

  

Reports by Trustee

   45

Section 704.

  

Reports by Company

   45

ARTICLE EIGHT: CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

   45

Section 801.

  

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

   45

Section 802.

  

Successor Corporation Substituted

   46

 

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ARTICLE NINE: SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

   46

Section 901.

  

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

   46

Section 902.

  

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

   47

Section 903.

  

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

   49

Section 904.

  

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

   49

Section 905.

  

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

   49

Section 906.

  

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

   49

ARTICLE TEN: COVENANTS

   49

Section 1001.

  

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

   49

Section 1002.

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency

   50

Section 1003.

  

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

   50

Section 1004.

  

Corporate Existence

   52

Section 1005.

  

Statement as to Compliance

   52

Section 1006.

  

Waiver of Certain Covenants

   52

ARTICLE ELEVEN: REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

   53

Section 1101.

  

Applicability of Article

   53

Section 1102.

  

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

   53

Section 1103.

  

Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed

   53

Section 1104.

  

Notice of Redemption

   54

Section 1105.

  

Deposit of Redemption Price

   54

Section 1106.

  

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

   54

Section 1107.

  

Securities Redeemed in Part

   55

ARTICLE TWELVE: SINKING FUNDS

   55

Section 1201.

  

Applicability of Article

   55

Section 1202.

  

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

   55

Section 1203.

  

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

   56

ARTICLE THIRTEEN: DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

   56

Section 1301.

  

Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

   56

Section 1302.

  

Defeasance and Discharge

   56

Section 1303.

  

Covenant Defeasance

   57

Section 1304.

  

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

   57

Section 1305.

  

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

   60

ARTICLE FOURTEEN: SUBORDINATION

   60

Section 1401.

  

Agreement that the Securities be Subordinated to the Extent Provided

   60

 

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Section 1402.    Company Not to Make Payments with Respect to Securities in Certain Circumstances    61
Section 1403.    Securities Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Indebtedness on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of the Company    61
Section 1404.    Securities Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Additional Senior Obligations on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of the Company    62
Section 1405.    Obligation of the Company to Give Prompt Notice to Trustee; Trustee and Holders of Securities May Rely on Certificate of Liquidating Agent; Trustee May Require Further Evidence as to Ownership of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations    64
Section 1406.    Obligation of the Company Unconditional    65
Section 1407.    No Fiduciary Duty to Holders of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations    65
Section 1408.    Notice to Trustee of Facts Prohibiting Payments    65
Section 1409.    Application by Trustee of Moneys Deposited with It    66
Section 1410.    Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations    66
Section 1411.    Authorization of Trustees to Effectuate Subordination of the Securities    66
Section 1412.    Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations    66
Section 1413.    Article Fourteen Not to Prevent Defaults    66

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of             , between JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a corporation

duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the

“Company”), having its principal office at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017,

and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of

the United States, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured subordinated bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE:

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 101. Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) pronouns used herein shall be deemed to refer to the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

(2) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(3) 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; 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.

“Act,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

 

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“Additional Senior Obligations” means, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, all indebtedness of the Company for claims in respect of derivative products such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements, provided, however, that Additional Senior Obligations shall not include claims in respect of Senior Indebtedness or obligations which, by their terms, are expressly stated (x) to be not senior in right of payment to the Securities or (y) to rank pari passu in right of payment with the Securities. For purposes of this definition, “claim” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 101(4) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended and in effect on the date of execution of this Indenture.

“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.

“Attorney-in-Fact” means an officer of the Bank who has been duly appointed as an attorney-in-fact by the Company.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.

“Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States, and its successors (whether by consolidation, merger, conversion, transfer of all or substantially all their assets and business or otherwise) so long as JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or any successor is a Subsidiary.

“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 directors or officers of the Company or Attorneys-in-Fact to whom such board of directors or such committee shall have duly 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, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

 

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“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order delivered to the Trustee and signed in the name of the Company by (i) the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, its Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President, a Managing Director or any Attorney-in-Fact of the Company, and by (ii) any additional officer having any of the foregoing titles or by the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, such office being currently located at 100 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005.

“corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.

“covenant defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

“default”, when used in Section 602, has the meaning specified in that section.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

“Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depository by the Company pursuant to Section 301.

“Excess Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 1404.

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

“Global Security” means a Security in the form prescribed in Section 204 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

“Indebtedness for money borrowed,” when used with respect to the Company, means any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written instruments.

 

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“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms or particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

“interest,” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

“Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

“Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate delivered to the Trustee and signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President, a Managing Director, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any Attorney-in-Fact of the Company.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel who may be an employee of the Company or other counsel to the Company.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

“Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

 

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(iv) Securities as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has been delivered (or such delivery has been made available), or as to which any other particular conditions have been satisfied, in each case as may be provided for in such Securities as contemplated in Section 301;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit, the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above), (iii) the principal amount of a Security for which the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Security may be determined with reference to an index shall be determined as of the date of original issuance of such Security and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the 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 request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee established 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 of such other obligor.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment,” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as contemplated by Section 301.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Record Date” means a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date, as the case may be.

 

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“Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporation trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. “Security” shall have a corresponding meaning.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

“Senior Indebtedness” of the Company means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on: (i) all indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except (A) the Securities; (B) all securities issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of December 15, 1992, as amended by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 8, 1996, and the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000, between the Company (as successor-by-merger to The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a Delaware corporation) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (formerly known as First Trust of New York, National Association), a national banking association, as successor to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, a New York banking corporation, as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; and (C) such other indebtedness of the Company as is by its terms expressly stated not to be senior in right of payment to, or to rank pari passu with, the Securities or the other securities referred to in clause (B); and (ii) any deferrals, renewals or extensions of any such Senior Indebtedness. The term “indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed” means any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the repayment of money borrowed, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written instruments, and any deferred obligation for the payment of the purchase price of property or assets. The Securities shall rank pari passu with the securities referred to in clause (i)(B) above, subject to the subordination provisions of Article Fourteen.

 

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“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

“Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.

“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 Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 905 and except that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 1304(1).

“Vice President,” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

“Voting Stock” means stock of the class or classes having a general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s 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 certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include

 

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(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he 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 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of, or Attorney-in-Fact for, 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 or Attorney-in-Fact 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, or an Attorney-Fact or Attorneys-in-Fact for, 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 104. Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished in, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it, Attention: Secretary, at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person

 

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entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give one’s notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to a Holder of a Global Security, such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depository for such Security (or its designee), pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depository, not later than the latest date, if any, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice in such procedures.

Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, such 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, such Trust Indenture Act provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 109. Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 110. Separability Clause.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

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Section 112. Governing Law.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Section 113. Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) 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 or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

Section 114. No Recourse Against Others.

A director, officer, employee, Attorney-in-Fact or stockholder as such of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. This waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

ARTICLE TWO:

SECURITY FORMS

Section 201. Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form (including permanent global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company or any Attorney-in-Fact executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. If all of the Securities of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

 

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The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.

The definitive Securities shall be printed or may be produced in any other manner (provided that if any Securities are to be listed on any securities exchange, then in such manner as may be permitted by the rules of any such securities exchange), all as determined by the officers of the Company or any Attorney-in-Fact executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

Section 202. Form of Face of Security.

[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder]

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

 

 

 

No.             

   $             

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                                         , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                                               Dollars on                                          [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert —, and to pay interest thereon from             or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, [insert appropriate period] on                              and                              in each year, commencing                         , at the rate of         % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert —, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of __% per annum on any overdue principal and premium [if applicable, insert — and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the              or              as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. [In the event that any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a business day, the interest payment due on that date will be paid on the next day that is a business day, and interest shall be paid on that business day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, without any interest or other payment with respect to the delay. A “business day” is any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day that, in New York City, banking institutions generally are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.]

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days

 

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prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. [Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand].]

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in                     , in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [unless otherwise specifically provided with respect to the Securities of the series, insert —; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, or an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

 
By    

 

Attest:
 

Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of subordinated debt securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of                      (herein called the

 

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“Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), duly executed and delivered by the Company. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. Terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as so defined. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated as the [            ] Subordinated Notes due [__] of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), which series shall have a current aggregate principal amount of $[            ], which principal amount may be increased from time to time through the issuance of additional Notes.

Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of [__].

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 premium, if any) and interest (if any) on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

[If applicable, insert — This Security is not redeemable prior to maturity and is not subject to any sinking fund.]

[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail [if applicable, insert — (1) on                      in any year commencing with the year                      and ending with the year                      through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after                     , 20__], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before                     , __%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning                      of the years indicated,

 

Year    Redemption
Price
   Year    Redemption
Price

 

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And thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to __% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail (1) on                      in any year commencing with the year              and ending with the year              through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after                     ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning                      of the years indicated,

 

Year

   Redemption Price
For Redemption
Through Operation
Of the
Sinking Fund
   Redemption Price For
Redemption Otherwise
Than Through Operation
of the Sinking Fund

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to __% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to                         , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than __% per annum.]

 

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[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on                      in each year beginning with the year              and ending with the year              of [not less than] $             [(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than $            ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert — in the inverse order in which they become due].]

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

[If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [(a)] [the entire indebtedness evidenced by this Security] [and (b)] certain restrictive covenants,] [in each case] upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.]

The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and, in certain circumstances, to Additional Senior Obligations, as provided in the Indenture, 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 actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so 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, waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.

[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the amount.] Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of

 

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the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (if any) on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $             and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on this Security or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in this 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 corporation, either directly or through the Company, or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statue 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 issue hereof, expressly waived and released by each holder of this Security.

 

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All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York

Section 204. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.

Any Global Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions contained in Sections 202 and 203, bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee of a Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository) may be registered except in such limited circumstances.”

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any Global Security shall provide, in addition to the provisions set forth in Sections 202 and 203 and the preceding paragraph, that the Depository will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in such Global Security unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for Securities of such series, and that the Depository, by accepting such Global Security, agrees to be bound by such provision.

Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:    
  Authorized Officer

 

[or]

 

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

By:

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
  Authenticating Agent
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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ARTICLE THREE:

THE SECURITIES

Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount or the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, shall not have been issued and sold by the Company and are therefore deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable; the provisions, if any, for extension of such date or dates;

(5) the rate or rates (or the formula pursuant to which such rate or rates shall be determined) at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, including the rate of interest applicable to overdue payments of principal, and the rate of interest, if any, applicable to overdue payments of interest if different from the rate of interest stated in the title of the Security; the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

(6) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable;

(7) if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

 

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(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(10) if other than the currency of the United States, the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable, which may be different for principal (and premium, if any) and interest;

(11) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;

(12) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

(14) any addition to, deletion from or change in the Events of Default specified in Section 501 which applies to the Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;

(15) any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;

(16) the application, if any, of either or both of Section 1302 and Section 1303 to the Securities of the series.

(17) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depository for such Global Security or Securities, which Depository shall be, if then required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act;

(18) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for cash and/or any securities or other property of any Person (including the Company), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable and

 

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(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture), including any covenants to be applicable to Securities of such series if not set forth herein.

The Securities shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness and, in certain circumstances, to Additional Senior Obligations, as provided in Article Fourteen.

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the Officer’s Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at one time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

Unless otherwise specifically provided with respect to the Securities of a series, at the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series that bears interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

If any of the terms of Securities of a series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series. If all of the Securities of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

Section 302. Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any particular series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed, by facsimile or otherwise on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairman, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, Managing Directors or Attorneys-in-Fact and by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices a the date of such Securities.

 

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At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and make available for delivery such Securities. If all of the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. In authenticating Securities of any series, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

(a) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equitable principles (whether considered a proceeding in equity or at law) and, if applicable, to provisions of law which may require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed in United States dollars.

If such forms or terms have been so established, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s or the Authenticating Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the time of authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series

 

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to be issued. After the original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued, any separate request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for original issuance will be deemed to be a certification by the Company that it is in compliance with all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 304. Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, reproduced or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series and tenor of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

 

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Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Company shall cause to be kept at the corporate trust office of the Security Registrar designated pursuant to this Section 305 a register (the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Bank of New York Mellon is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and of the series of which such Security is a part and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities of such series to be redeemed, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Security representing a series of Securities shall be exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 for Securities registered in the names of Persons other than the Depository or its nominee only if (i) subject to any other terms of the

 

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series applicable to such Global Security, such Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when such Depository is required to be so registered to act as such Depository, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as such Depository shall direct.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities evidenced in whole or in part by a Global Security, the Depository may not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in a Global Security evidencing all or part of the Securities of such series unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for Securities of such series.

Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security of the same series, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

 

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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Person or Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (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).

 

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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of 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.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depository or impair, as between a Depository and holders of beneficial interests in any Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depository as Holder of such Global Security.

Section 309. Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and a certificate of destruction shall be delivered to the Company.

 

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Section 310. Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.

The Company in issuing any series of the Securities may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers and/or other similar numbers to identify such Securities, if then generally in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice of redemption with respect to such series; 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 of such series 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 of such series, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

ARTICLE FOUR:

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall upon request by the Company cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when

(1) either

(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all such Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(i) have become due and payable, or

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(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s 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.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money or U.S. Government Obligations shall have been deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the conditions of Section 609) in accordance with Section 1302, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) under the fourth paragraph of Section 1305, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive with respect to such series.

Section 402. Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the applicable series of Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except as required by law.

 

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ARTICLE FIVE:

REMEDIES

Section 501. Events of Default.

Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of any series, “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article Fourteen or be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of all or substantially all of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

(2) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or the consent by the Company to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of all or substantially all of its property, or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company 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 Securities of that series.

Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of any series, if an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable, except that no such declaration shall be required upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(2). If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(2) with respect to the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of such series (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series), together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount, all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal and interest of the Securities of such series shall terminate.

 

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Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of any series, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to 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 Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, and any Event of Default giving rise to such declaration shall not be deemed to have occurred, if

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest, if any, upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513 or otherwise remedied.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Upon receipt by the Trustee of any written notice declaring such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission or annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 502.

 

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Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Company covenants that if:

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any 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 any Security and such default continues for 5 days;

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal, including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration 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 (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of all series and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have

 

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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 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 custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 506. Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall, subject to the subordination provisions set forth in Article Fourteen hereof, 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 (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively.

 

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Section 507. Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security 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 or an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

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Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 512. Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Upon receipt by the Trustee of any written notice directing the time, method or place of conducting any such proceeding or exercising any such trust or power with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have joined in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new notice identical to a notice which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 512.

 

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Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any past default hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any default hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such majority in principal amount shall have waived such default prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver of such default previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess reasonable costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.

ARTICLE SIX:

THE TRUSTEE

Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

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(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that

(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in Section 512, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and

(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

Section 602. Notice of Defaults.

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder known to the Trustee with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

 

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Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(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 Officer’s Certificate;

(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

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Section 605. May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 606. Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company agrees

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and

(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

Section 608. Disqualifications; Conflicting Interests.

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series or any other indenture between the Trustee and the Company.

 

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Section 609. 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 or Territory thereof 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, Territorial or District of Columbia authority and having its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, 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 securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

 

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(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such

 

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successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees cotrustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(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 paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of any series), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company.

 

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Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

As of the date of the Indenture and at any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which may be an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Company) with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State or Territory thereof or 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 subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation, to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice or resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

 

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The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

The Bank of New York Mellon is initially designated as the Authenticating Agent for the Securities.

ARTICLE SEVEN:

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

If and for so long as the Trustee shall not be the Security Registrar for the Securities of any series, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

(a) semi-annually, not more than fifteen days after each Regular Record Date, or, in the case of any series of Securities on which no interest is payable, not more than fifteen days after each coupon date or other date specified by the Trustee, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of such series 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.

Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee if and so long as it is acting as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities of any series, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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Section 703. Reports by Trustee.

(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 704. Reports by Company.

The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports as may be required by the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports filed electronically with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be deemed filed with, and delivered to, the Trustee and transmitted to the Holders at the same time as filed with the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee and transmission thereof to the Holders is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute a representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the reports, information or documents. The Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information or documents 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 conclusively rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).

ARTICLE EIGHT:

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of any series, the Company shall not consolidate or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, unless:

(1) the Person formed by such consolidation or merger 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 organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and such successor Person (if not the Company) 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 Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

 

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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall have happened and be continuing; and

(3) if requested by the Trustee, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any such consolidation or merger with any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger 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 Securities.

ARTICLE NINE:

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

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(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in certificated form or global form; or

(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of all or any Securities of any series (and if such addition, change or elimination is to apply with respect to less than all Securities of any series, stating that it is expressly being made to apply solely with respect to such Securities within such series), provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security issued prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of any Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

(6) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Securities of any series to any provision of the section entitled “Description of Debt Securities” or any similarly captioned section in the prospectus, as supplemented by any applicable prospectus supplement, relating to the offering of such series of Securities; or

(7) to secure the Securities of any series or provide for guarantees of the Securities of any series; or

(8) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or

(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or

(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in the Indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision in the Indenture, or to make any other provisions as the Company may find necessary or desirable, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.

Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for Securities), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

 

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(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of, or method of computation of the rate of, interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium of the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, 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 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(9).

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.

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.

 

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Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee may receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE TEN:

COVENANTS

Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

The Company shall have the right to require a Holder, in connection with the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on a Security, to present at the office or agency of the Company at which such payment is made a certificate, in such form as the Company may from time to time prescribe, to enable the Company to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes, assessments or governmental charges which it may be

 

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required to deduct or withhold therefrom under any present or future law of the United States of America or of any State, County, Municipality or taxing authority therein, and the Company shall be entitled to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to such deduction or withholding on the basis of information contained in such certificate or, if no such certificate shall be so presented, on the basis of any presumption created by any such law, and shall be entitled to act in accordance with such determination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company or the Paying Agent may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold taxes imposed by the United States of America or other domestic or foreign taxing authorities from the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest payments hereunder.

Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment (provided, however, that, unless otherwise provided with respect to any series of Securities, at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register), where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially appoints The Bank of New York Mellon as its agent for purposes of presentation and surrender of Securities for payment, registration of transfer or exchange and for service of notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of a series and this Indenture. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and 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.

 

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Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless 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 for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that 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.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security 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 on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured subordinated 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.

 

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Section 1004. Corporate Existence.

Except as permitted by the provisions of Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises of the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 1005. Statement as to Compliance.

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, or, if later, December 31 of the first year during which Securities are Outstanding under this Indenture, a written statement, which need not comply with Section 102, signed by an Officer of the Company stating that

(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his supervision, and

(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company has fulfilled all its obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.

Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, covenant or condition set forth in Sections 1004 and 1005 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any such term, provision or condition. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any such term, provision or condition hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have waived such term, provision or condition prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.

 

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ARTICLE ELEVEN:

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 1101. Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of fewer than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the tenor, if applicable, of the Securities to be redeemed, and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If fewer than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series subject to such redemption and not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (but subject to compliance with the rules of any securities exchange on which the securities of such series may be listed) and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. If fewer than all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

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Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

(3) if fewer than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,

(4) the CUSIP or ISIN number of the Securities to be redeemed,

(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and

(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

 

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If any 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 Security.

Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a Global Security is so surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a new Global Security.

ARTICLE TWELVE:

SINKING FUNDS

Section 1201. Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such

 

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Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited; provided further that, in the case of (1) above, with respect to any Outstanding Securities so delivered, and in the case of (2) above, with respect to any such Securities so credited, such Outstanding Securities or Securities, as the case may be, be Securities subject to the sinking fund payment required to be made with respect to the Securities of such series. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 45 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN:

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 1301. Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

If pursuant to Section 301 provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1302 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1303, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article Thirteen, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 1302 (if applicable) or Section 1303 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.

Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, and the provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction of the conditions subsequent set forth below (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged

 

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the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of the series of Securities defeased pursuant to this Section 1302 to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and such obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, immunities and other provisions in respect of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Thirteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Thirteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303 with respect to the Securities of such series. Following a defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.

Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 1004 (and any other Sections applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision) and (2) the provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, in each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction of the conditions subsequent set forth below (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”). For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. Following a covenant defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified by reference to such Sections as are specified above in this Section 1303.

Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions precedent or, as specifically noted below, subsequent to application of either Section 1302 or Section 1303 to the Outstanding Securities of such series:

(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 609 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Thirteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not

 

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later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the due dates thereof. Before such a deposit the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date or dates in accordance with Article Eleven, which shall be given effect in applying the foregoing. For this purpose, “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (y) 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, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such 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 principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

(2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing (A) on the date of such deposit or (B) insofar as Sections 501(1) and 501(2) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in this clause (B) is a condition subsequent and shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such 90 day period).

(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (A) cause the Trustee for the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act or for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any securities of the Company or (B) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute, unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(4) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

 

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(5) In the case of an election under Section 1302, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.

(6) In the case of an election under Section 1303, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.

(7) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.

(8) No event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourteen, would prevent the Company from making payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of such series on the date of such deposit or at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).

(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 1302 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1303 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that (x) the trust funds deposited pursuant to this Section will not be subject to any rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness, including those arising under Article Fourteen, and (y) after the 90th day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, except that if a court were to rule under any such law in any case or proceeding that the trust funds remained property of the Company, no opinion is given as to the effect of such laws on the trust funds except the following: (A) assuming such trust funds remained in the possession of the trustee with whom such funds were deposited prior to such court ruling to the extent not paid to Holders of such Securities, such trustee would hold, for the benefit of such Holders, a valid and perfected security interest in such trust funds that is not avoidable in bankruptcy or otherwise, (B) such Holders would be entitled to receive adequate protection of their interests in such trust funds if such trust funds were used and (C) no property, rights in property or other interests granted to such trustee for the Trustee or such Holders in exchange for or with respect to any such funds would be subject to any prior rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness, including those arising under Article Fourteen.

 

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Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee — collectively, for purposes of this Section 1305, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (but not including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if and to the extent the deposited money or U.S. Government Obligations (or the proceeds thereof) either (i) cannot be applied by the Trustee in accordance with this Section because of a court order or (ii) are for any reason insufficient in amount, then the Company’s obligations to pay principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of such series shall be reinstated to the extent necessary to cover the deficiency on any due date for payment. In any case specified in clause (i), the Company’s interest in the deposited money and U.S. Government Obligations (and proceeds thereof) shall be reinstated to the extent the Company’s payment obligations are reinstated.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN:

SUBORDINATION

Section 1401. Agreement that the Securities be Subordinated to the Extent Provided.

The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each holder of a Security likewise covenants and agrees by his acceptance thereof, that the obligation of the Company to make any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each and all of the Securities is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness and, under the circumstances described in Section 1404, all Additional Senior Obligations. Subject to the provisions of this Article, all Securities will rank pari passu in right of payment with all other Securities.

 

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Section 1402. Company Not to Make Payments with Respect to Securities in Certain Circumstances.

No payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities shall be made and no holder of the Securities shall be entitled to demand or receive any such payment (i) unless all amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest then due on all Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full or duly provided for, or (ii) if, at the time of such payment or immediately after giving effect thereto, there shall exist with respect to any Senior Indebtedness any event of default permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become such an event of default.

Section 1403. Securities Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Indebtedness on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of the Company.

Upon any distribution of the assets of the Company in connection with the dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise), the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive payment in full in accordance with the terms of such Senior Indebtedness of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and the interest due thereon before the holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment on the Securities. Upon any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the holders of the Securities would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, including any such payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities, shall be made 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 (including interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding for the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law now or hereafter in effect) on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to pay in full all such Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

If the holders of the Securities, or any of them, shall fail to file a proper claim in the form required in any proceeding referred to in the first paragraph of this Section, prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims pursuant to the authority granted to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 504, then the holders of Senior Indebtedness are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim or claims for and on behalf of the holders of the Securities in the form required in any such proceeding.

 

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In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities, shall be received by the Trustee, any paying agent or the holders of the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, then, subject to the receipt by the Trustee or any paying agent of notice pursuant to Section 1408, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably as aforesaid for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining 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.

Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until the Securities shall be paid in full, and none of the payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to which the holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article or of payments over, pursuant to the provisions of this Article, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by the holders of the Securities or the Trustee shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness; it being understood that the provisions of Section 1402 and this Section are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.

Section 1404. Securities Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Additional Senior Obligations on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of the Company.

Upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in the first paragraph of Section 1403, the provisions of that Section shall be given effect to determine the amount of cash, property or securities which may be payable or deliverable as between the holders of Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. If after giving effect to the provisions of Section 1403, any amount of cash, property or securities shall be available for payment or distribution in respect of the Securities, including, without limitation, any such amount that shall be available pursuant to the rights of subrogation set forth in the final paragraph of Section 1403 (“Excess Proceeds”), then such Excess Proceeds shall be made available by the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution of assets, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, for the ratable benefit of the Securities; provided, that if any creditors in respect of Additional Senior Obligations shall not have received payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of Additional Senior Obligations (and provision shall not have been made for such

 

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payment in money or money’s worth), then the amount of Excess Proceeds available for payment or distribution in respect of Securities shall first be applied to pay or provide for the ratable payment of Additional Senior Obligations remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Additional Senior Obligations in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution in respect of Additional Senior Obligations. Any Excess Proceeds originally available in respect of Securities remaining after the payment (or provision for payment) in full of all Additional Senior Obligations shall continue to be available for payment or distribution in respect of Securities.

If the holders of Securities, or any of them, shall fail to file a proper claim in the form required in any proceeding referred to in the first paragraph of Section 1403, prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims pursuant to the authority granted to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 504, then the holders of Additional Senior Obligations are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim or claims for and on behalf of the holders of Securities in the form required in any such proceeding.

If after giving effect to the provisions of Section 1403, in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1404, upon the occurrence of any of the events described in the first paragraph of Section 1403, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character in respect of the Securities, whether in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities, shall be received by the Trustee, any paying agent or the holders of the Securities before all Additional Senior Obligations are paid in full, then, subject to receipt by the Trustee or any paying agent of notice pursuant to Section 1408, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over to the holders of such Additional Senior Obligations or their representative or representatives, ratably as aforesaid for application to the payment of all Additional Senior Obligations remaining unpaid until all such Additional Senior Obligations shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Additional Senior Obligations.

Subject to the payment in full of all Additional Senior Obligations, the holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Additional Senior Obligations to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company applicable to such Additional Senior Obligations until the Securities shall be paid in full, and none of the payments or distributions to the holders of such Additional Senior Obligations to which the holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article or of payments over, pursuant to the provisions of this Article, to the holders of such Additional Senior Obligations by the holders of the Securities or the Trustee shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of such Additional Senior Obligations and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Additional Senior Obligations; it being understood by the parties hereto that the provisions of this Section are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Additional Senior Obligations, on the other hand.

 

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Section 1405. Obligation of the Company to Give Prompt Notice to Trustee; Trustee and Holders of Securities May Rely on Certificate of Liquidating Agent; Trustee May Require Further Evidence as to Ownership of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations.

The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company within the meaning of this Article. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled to assume that no such event has occurred unless the Company or any one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations or any trustee therefor (who shall have been certified or otherwise established to the satisfaction of the Trustee to be such a holder or trustee) has given written notice thereof to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office in accordance with Section 1408.

Upon any distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon, and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article, and the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Six, and the holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the holders of the Securities for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article. In the absence of notice from any liquidating trustee, agent or other Person to the contrary, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such holder), as the case may be, as evidence that such Person is a holder of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations (or is such a trustee or representative), as the case may be.

In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person, as a holder of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations, as the case may be, to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Section, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations, as the case may be, held by such Person, as to the extent to which such Person is entitled to participation in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Section, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

 

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Section 1406. Obligation of the Company Unconditional.

Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between 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 premium, if any) and interest (including interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding for the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law now or hereafter in effect) on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms thereof when required pursuant to the Securities and this Indenture, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Securities from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

Section 1407. No Fiduciary Duty to Holders of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations.

The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations, as the case may be, but shall have only such obligations to such holders as are expressly set forth in Sections 1403 and 1404.

Section 1408. Notice to Trustee of Facts Prohibiting Payments.

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any paying agent shall at any time be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or any such paying agent, when required pursuant to the Securities and this Indenture, unless and until the Trustee or any such paying agent shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office written notice thereof from the Company or from one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor or from any holder of Additional Senior Obligations, or, if applicable, from any trustee therefor, who shall have been certified by the Company or otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such a holder or trustee; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee or any paying agent, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that, if prior to the fifth Business Day preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become payable for any purpose, or in the event of the execution of an instrument pursuant to Section 1302 acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, then if prior to the second Business Day preceding the date of such execution, the Trustee or any paying agent shall not have received with respect to such moneys or such execution the notice provided for in this Section, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or any paying agent may, in its discretion, receive such moneys and/or apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received by it on or after either such date, as the case may be; provided, however, no such application shall affect the obligations under this Article of the Persons receiving such moneys from the Trustee or any paying agent.

 

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Section 1409. Application by Trustee of Moneys Deposited with It.

Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any deposit of moneys by the Company with the Trustee or any paying agent (whether or not in trust) for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Securities shall, except as provided in Section 1408, be subject to the provisions of Sections 1401, 1402, 1403 and 1404.

Section 1410. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations.

No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations may at any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion, change the manner, place or terms of payment, change or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, any such Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations, or amend or supplement any instrument pursuant to which any such Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations is issued or by which it may be secured, or release any security therefor, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their rights under the Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations, including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, all without notice to or assent from the holders of the Securities or the Trustee and without affecting the obligations of the Company, the Trustee or the holders of the Securities under this Article.

Section 1411. Authorization of Trustees to Effectuate Subordination of the Securities.

Each holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, as between the holders of Securities and the holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations, the subordination provided in this Article.

Section 1412. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations.

The Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article in respect of any Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations at any time held by it to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations, as the case may be, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

Section 1413. Article Fourteen Not to Prevent Defaults.

The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Securities by reason of any provision in this Article shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a default or an Event of Default.

 

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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
By    
 

 

Attest:
  

 

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By    
 

 

Attest:
  

 

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EX-5.1 7 dex51.htm OPINION OF SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Exhibit 5.1

October 12, 2010

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to JPMorgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to (i) shares of common stock of the Company (par value $1.00 per share) (the “Common Stock”); (ii) warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “Common Stock Warrants”); (iii) shares of preferred stock of the Company (par value $1.00 per share) (the “Preferred Stock”), which may be issued in the form of depositary shares evidenced by depositary receipts (the “Depositary Shares”); (iv) warrants to purchase Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock Warrants”); (v) debt securities, which may be either senior (the “Senior Debt Securities”) or subordinated (the “Subordinated Debt Securities”) (collectively, the “Debt Securities”); (vi) warrants to purchase Debt Securities (the “Debt Security Warrants”); (vii) warrants to purchase currency (the “Currency Warrants”); (viii) Common Stock, Debt Securities and Preferred Stock that may be


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issued upon exercise of Securities Warrants (as defined below); (ix) units consisting of any combination of Securities (as defined below) (the “Units”) and (x) such indeterminate amount of Securities as may be issued in an exchange for or upon conversion of, as the case may be, the Securities. The Common Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants and the Debt Security Warrants are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Securities Warrants,” the Securities Warrants and the Currency Warrants are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Warrants,” and the Common Stock, the Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares, the Debt Securities, the Warrants and the Units are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Securities.” The Company may not receive separate consideration for any Securities that are issued in exchange for, or upon conversion of, as the case may be, Securities. The Securities may be issued and sold or delivered from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus contained therein (the “Prospectus”) and supplements to the Prospectus (the “Prospectus Supplements”) and pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act for an indeterminate aggregate initial offering price.

The Senior Debt Securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as of December 1, 1989, as supplemented by the supplemental indentures thereto (as so amended, restated or supplemented, the “Existing Senior Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “Senior Trustee”), or an Indenture, as supplemented by the supplemental indentures thereto (as so amended, restated or supplemented, the “New Senior Indenture” and, together with the Existing Senior Indenture, the “Senior Indentures”), between the Company and the Senior Trustee. The Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992, as supplemented by the supplemental indentures thereto (as so amended, restated and

 

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supplemented, the “Existing Subordinated Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee (the “Subordinated Trustee”), or an Indenture, as supplemented by the supplemental indentures thereto (as so amended, restated and supplemented, the “New Subordinated Indenture” and, together with the Existing Subordinated Indenture, the “Subordinated Indentures”), between the Company and the Subordinated Trustee. The Senior Indentures and the Subordinated Indentures are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Indentures.”

The Depositary Shares will be issued pursuant to a Deposit Agreement (each, a “Deposit Agreement”) between the Company and the depositary named therein (the “Depositary”).

The Securities Warrants will be issued under a Securities Warrant Agreement (each, a “Securities Warrant Agreement”) between the Company and a warrant agent named therein. The Currency Warrants will be issued under a Currency Warrant Agreement (each, a “Currency Warrant Agreement”) between the Company and a warrant agent named therein. The Securities Warrant Agreement and the Currency Warrant Agreement are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Warrant Agreements.” Each party to a Warrant Agreement other than the Company is referred to hereinafter as a “Counterparty.”

The Units will be issued pursuant to a Unit Agreement (each, a “Unit Agreement”) between the Company and a unit agent named therein (the “Unit Agent”).

We have examined the Registration Statement, a form of the Common Stock certificate, a form of the Preferred Stock certificate, a form of the Certificate of Designations, a form of Deposit Agreement, the form of depositary receipt for Depositary Shares, the Existing Senior Indenture, the form of the New Senior Indenture, the Existing Subordinated Indenture, the form of the New Subordinated Indenture, the forms of Debt Securities and the forms of the Warrant

 

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Agreements, which have been filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such corporate and other records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We also have assumed that: (1) at the time of the execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Senior Debt Securities, the applicable Senior Indenture will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Senior Trustee; (2) at the time of the execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Subordinated Debt Securities, the applicable Subordinated Indenture will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Subordinated Trustee; (3) at the time of execution, countersignature, issuance and delivery of any Warrants, the related Warrant Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of each Counterparty thereto; (4) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the Depositary Shares, the Deposit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Depositary; and (5) at the time of the execution, issuance and delivery of the Units, the Unit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Unit Agent. We have assumed further that at the time of execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Senior Debt Securities, the New Senior Indenture, if

 

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applicable, will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. We have assumed further that at the time of execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Subordinated Debt Securities, the New Subordinated Indenture, if applicable, will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. We have assumed further that at the time of execution, countersignature, issuance and delivery of any Warrants, the related Warrant Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. We have assumed further that at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of any Depositary Shares, the Deposit Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. We have assumed further that at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of any Units, the Unit Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. With respect to the Common Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly constituted and acting committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (such Board of Directors and committee being referred to herein as the “Board”) of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the Common Stock and (b) due issuance and delivery of the Common Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of the Company, the Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

2. With respect to the Preferred Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of the Company of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the Preferred Stock, (b) due filing of the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Preferred Stock and (c) due issuance and delivery of the Preferred Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of the Company, the Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

3. With respect to the Debt Securities, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of any Debt Securities, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters by the Board of Directors of the Company, a duly constituted and acting committee of such Board of Directors or duly authorized officers of

 

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the Company (such Board of Directors, committee or authorized officers being referred to herein as the “Authorized Body”) and (b) the due execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of such Debt Securities, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Authorized Body and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture and such agreement, such Debt Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

4. With respect to the Securities Warrants, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action by the Board to approve the execution and delivery of a related Warrant Agreement in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and (b) the due execution, countersignature, issuance and delivery of such Securities Warrants, upon payment of the consideration for such Securities Warrants provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Warrant Agreement and such agreement, such Securities Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

5. With respect to the Currency Warrants, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action by the Authorized Body to approve the execution and delivery of a related Warrant Agreement in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and (b) the due execution, countersignature, issuance and delivery of such Currency Warrants, upon payment of the consideration for such Currency Warrants provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Authorized Body and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Warrant Agreement and such agreement, such Currency Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

6. With respect to the Depositary Shares, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action by the Board to authorize and approve the issuance of the Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares, and the execution and delivery of the Deposit Agreement in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (b) the due issuance and delivery to the Depositary of the Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares and (c) the due execution, issuance and delivery of depositary receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares against deposit of the Preferred Stock in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, upon payment of the consideration for such Depositary Shares provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and such agreement, depositary receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the Depositary Shares and the Deposit Agreement.

 

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  October 12, 2010

 

7. With respect to the Units, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action by the Board to authorize and approve (1) the issuance and terms of the Units, (2) the execution and delivery of the Unit Agreement with respect to the Units, (3) the issuance of any Common Stock that is a component of the Units, (4) the issuance of any Preferred Stock that is a component of the Units, (5) the issuance and terms of any Debt Securities that are a component of the Units, (6) the execution and delivery of the Warrant Agreement with respect to any Warrants that are a component of the Units, (7) the execution and delivery of the Deposit Agreement with respect to any Depositary Shares that are a component of the Units, (b) the due filing of the Certificate of Designations with respect to any such Preferred Stock and (c) the due execution, authentication (in the case of any such Debt Securities), countersignature (in the case of any such Warrants), issuance and delivery of (1) the Units, (2) any such Common Stock, (3) any such Preferred Stock, (4) any such Debt Securities, (5) any such Warrants and (6) the depositary receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares, in each case upon the payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture, in the case of such Debt Securities, the applicable Warrant Agreement, in the case of such Warrants, and the Depositary Agreement, in the case of such Depositary Shares, and in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Unit Agreement, such Units will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

Our opinions set forth in paragraphs 3 through 7 above are subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York, the federal law of the United States and the Delaware General Corporation Law (including the statutory provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing).

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Opinions” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

 

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  October 12, 2010

 

Very truly yours,

/s/    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

 

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EX-23.1 8 dex231.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 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 February 24, 2010 relating to the financial statements, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
October 12, 2010
EX-24.1 9 dex241.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY OF JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. Powers of Attorney of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ James Dimon
James Dimon

Director, Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ Crandall C. Bowles
Crandall C. Bowles
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ Stephen B. Burke
Stephen B. Burke
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ David M. Cote
David M. Cote
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ James S. Crown
James S. Crown
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ Ellen V. Futter
Ellen V. Futter
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ William H. Gray, III
William H. Gray, III
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ Laban P. Jackson, Jr.
Laban P. Jackson, Jr.
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ David C. Novak
David C. Novak
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ Lee R. Raymond
Lee R. Raymond
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ William C. Weldon
William C. Weldon
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ Douglas L. Braunstein
Douglas L. Braunstein

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES DIMON, MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH, STEPHEN M. CUTLER, DONALD H. McCREE, III, NORMA C. CORIO, NEILA B. RADIN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible or exchangeable debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the “Securities”), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power of attorney granted hereby shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that I previously have executed. This power of attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers to this power of attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 12, 2010.

 

/s/ Louis Rauchenberger
Louis Rauchenberger

Managing Director and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

EX-25.1 10 dex251.htm FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE

PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

NEW YORK    13-4941247

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification no.)

60 WALL STREET   
NEW YORK, NEW YORK    10005
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Lynne Malina

Legal Department

60 Wall Street, 27th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 250-0677

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware    13-2624428
(State or other jurisdiction)   

(IRS Employer Identification No.

of incorporation or organization)

270 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10017

(212) 270-6000

(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including

area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

(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.

 

Name

  

Address

Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)

   New York, NY

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   Washington, D.C.

New York State Banking Department

   Albany, NY

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Yes.

 

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

NONE

 

Item 3. - 15. Not Applicable

 

Item 16. List of Exhibits.

 

  Exhibit 1  — Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 6, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 16, 1998, and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated February 27, 2002 – Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-157637-01.

 

  Exhibit 2  — Certificate of Authority to commence business – Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-157637-01.

 

  Exhibit 3  — Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers – Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-157637-01.

 

  Exhibit 4  — Existing By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as amended on April 15, 2002 business – Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-157637-01.

 

  Exhibit 5  — Not applicable.

 

  Exhibit 6  — Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act. – business – Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-157637-01.

 

  Exhibit 7  — The latest report of condition of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas dated as of June 30, 2010. Copy attached.

 

  Exhibit 8  — Not Applicable.

 

  Exhibit 9  — Not Applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 8th day of October , 2010.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:  

/s/ Annie V. Jaghatspanyan

  Annie V. Jaghatspanyan
  Vice President


Exhibit 7

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

     

FFIEC 031

Page RC-1

14

  Legal Title of Bank      

 

NEW YORK

     
  City      
NY    10005      
  State    Zip Code      

FDIC Certificate Number: 00623

Printed on 8/4/2010 at 4:16 PM

        

Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial

and State-Chartered Savings Banks for June 30, 2010

All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated,

report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.

Schedule RC—Balance Sheet

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands           RCFD       Tril | Bil | Mil | Thou        

ASSETS

      

  1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):

      

a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)

  0081      342,000  

1.a

b. Interest-bearing balances (2)

  0071      8,573,000  

1.b

  2. Securities:

      

a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)

  1754      0   2.a

b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)

  1773      1,876,000  

2.b

  3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  RCON       

a. Federal funds sold in domestic offices

  B987      177,000  

3.a

  RCFD       

b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell (3)

  B989      5,006,000  

3.b

  4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C):

      

a. Loans and leases held for sale

  5369      0  

4.a

b. Loans and leases, net of unearned income

   B528    13,279,000         

4.b

c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

   3123    148,000         

4.c

d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c)

  B529      13,131,000  

4.d

  5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)

  3545      7,855,000  

5

  6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

  2145      42,000  

6

  7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)

  2150      17,000  

7

  8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

  2130      0   8

  9. Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

  3656      0  

9

10. Intangible assets:

      

a. Goodwill

  3163      0   10.a 10.b 11

b. Other intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)

  0426      50,000  

11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)

  2160      5,237,000  

12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)

  2170      42,306,000  

12

 

(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
(3) Includes all securities resale agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity.

 


    DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS                    

    Legal Title of Bank

 

 

FFIEC 031      

Page RC-2      

 

    FDIC Certificate Number: 00623   15        
    Printed on 8/4/2010 at 4:16 PM  

Schedule RC—Continued

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands            Tril | Bil | Mil | Thou           
LIABILITIES                 
13. Deposits:          RCON          

a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I)

       2200      13,681,000     13.a   

(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)

  6631    7,729,000          13.a.1   

(2) Interest-bearing

  6636    5,952,000          13.a.2   

b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

       RCFN          

(from Schedule RC-E, part II)

       2200      8,622,000     13.b   

(1) Noninterest-bearing

  6631    3,649,000          13.b.1   

(2) Interest-bearing

  6636    4,973,000          13.b.2   
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:        RCON          

a. Federal funds purchased in domestic offices (2)

       B993      6,538,000     14.a   
       RCFD          

b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)

       B995      0     14.b   
15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)   3548      234,000     15   

16. Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations

                

under capitalized leases) (from Schedule RC-M)

         3190      1,679,000     16   
17. and 18. Not applicable                 
19. Subordinated notes and debentures (4)          3200      0     19   
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)   2930      2,134,000     20   
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)   2948      32,888,000     21   
22. Not applicable          

EQUITY CAPITAL
Bank Equity Capital

                
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus          3838      1,500,000     23   
24. Common stock   3230      2,127,000     24   
25. Surplus (excludes all surplus related to preferred stock)   3839      586,000     25   
26. a. Retained earnings   3632      4,798,000     26.a   

b. Accumulated other comprehensive income (5)

  B530      8,000     26.b   

c. Other equity capital components (6)

  A130      0     26.c   
27. a. Total bank equity capital (sum of items 23 through 26.c)   3210      9,019,000     27.a   

b. Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

  3000      399,000     27.b   
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 27.a and 27.b)   G105      9,418,000     28   
29. Total liabilities and equity capital (sum of items 21 and 28)   3300      42,306,000     29   

Memoranda

 

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

 

1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the

              

most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external

       RCFD      Number     

auditors as of any date during 2009

         6724      N/A   M.1   

1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally

accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm

which submits a report on the bank

2 = Independent audit of the bank’s parent holding company conducted in

accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified

public accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated

holding company (but not on the bank separately)

3 = Attestation on bank management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the bank’s

internal control over financial reporting by a certified public accounting firm.

 

4 = Directors’ examination of the bank conducted in accordance with

generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public

accounting firm (may be required by state chartering authority)

5 = Directors’ examination of the bank performed by other external

auditors (may be required by state chartering authority)

6 = Review of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors

7 = Compilation of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors

8 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)

9 = No external audit work

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

         RCON      MM / DD     
 2. Bank’s fiscal year-end date          8678      N/A   M.2   

(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits.

(2) Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, item 16, “Other borrowed money.”

(3) Includes all securities repurchase agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity.

(4) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.

(5) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses)

on cash flow hedges, cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, and minimum pension liability adjustments.

(6) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.

       
EX-25.2 11 dex252.htm FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Form T-1 Statement of U.S. Bank Trust National Association

Exhibit 25.2

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER

THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

¨ Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2)

 

 

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

41-1973763

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

 

300 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor  
Wilmington, Delaware   19801
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Patrick J. Crowley

U.S. Bank Trust National Association

100 Wall Street, Suite 1600

New York, NY 10005

Telephone (212) 361-2505

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   13-2624428

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I. R. S. Employer

Identification No.)

270 Park Avenue  
New York, New York   10017
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

(Title of the Indenture Securities)

 

 

 


FORM T-1

 

Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee.

 

  a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Comptroller of the Currency

Washington, D.C.

 

  b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes

 

Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None

 

Items 3-15 The Trustee is a Trustee under other Indentures under which securities issued by the obligor are outstanding. There is not and there has not been a default with respect to the securities outstanding under other such Indentures.

 

Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.

 

  1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-84320.

 

  2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-84320.

 

  3. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-84320.

 

  4. A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee, as now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-113995.

 

  5. Not applicable.

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-84320.

 

  7. Report of Condition of the Trustee as of June 30, 2010, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

 

  8. Not applicable.

 

  9. Not applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, State of New York on the 12th day of October, 2010.

 

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:

 

/s/ Patrick J. Crowley

 

Name:

  Patrick J. Crowley

Title:

  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

U.S. Bank Trust National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

As of June 30, 2010

($000’s)

 

     6/30/2010

Assets

  

Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions

   $ 521,624

Fixed Assets

     585

Intangible Assets

     61,189

Other Assets

     25,355
      

Total Assets

   $ 608,753

Liabilities

  

Other Liabilities

   $ 16,730
      

Total Liabilities

   $ 16,730

Equity

  

Common and Preferred Stock

   $ 1,000

Surplus

     505,932

Undivided Profits

     85,091
      

Total Equity Capital

   $ 592,023

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   $ 608,753

To the best of the undersigned’s determination, as of this date the above financial information is true and correct.

U.S. Bank Trust National Association

 

By:   /s/ Patrick J. Crowley    
Name:   Patrick J. Crowley
Title:   Vice President

Date: October 12, 2010

 

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