S-3ASR

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2009

Registration No. 333-             

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)	DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	95-2568550 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)	DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	27-6334003 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

City National Plaza
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
(213) 673-7700

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants' principal executive offices)

Michael B. Cahill, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
City National Corporation
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
(213) 673-9500

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

Copy to:

Nicholas G. Demmo, Esq.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 403-1000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

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

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.  ý

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered(1)	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(1)	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1)	Amount of Registration Fee(2)
Trust Preferred Securities of City National Capital Trust I
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities(3)
Guarantee of Trust Preferred Securities of City National Capital Trust I(4)

(1)

This registration covers an indeterminate number of securities of each identified class of the Registrants as may be issued at indeterminate prices. This indeterminate amount includes securities which may be purchased by underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any. The proposed maximum offering price per security will be determined by the Registrants in connection with the issuance of the securities registered hereunder.

(2)

In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrants are deferring payment of the registration fee, which will be paid on a pay-as-you-go basis.

(3)

The junior subordinated debt securities will be issued by City National Corporation and will be purchased by City National Capital Trust I with the proceeds of the sale of the trust preferred securities issued by it. The junior subordinated debt securities may later be distributed to the holders of trust preferred securities upon dissolution of City National Capital Trust I and the distribution of the assets thereof.

(4)

Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no additional registration fee is due for the guarantee.

Subject to completion, dated December 2, 2009

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

City National Capital Trust I

$

       % Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities

(Liquidation amount $1,000 per Trust Preferred Security)

Fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent described below, by

City National Corporation

City National Capital Trust I, a subsidiary of City National Corporation, will issue the Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities, which we refer to as the "Trust Preferred Securities." City National Capital Trust I's only assets will be the junior subordinated debt securities to be issued by City National Corporation, which have substantially the same payment terms as the Trust Preferred Securities, which we refer to as the "Junior Subordinated Debt Securities." City National Capital Trust I can make distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities only if City National Corporation makes interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Distributions will accumulate from             , 2009. Distributions are payable semi-annually, beginning             , 2010. Distributions may be postponed for up to five years, but not beyond the maturity date of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by City National Capital Trust I. City National Capital Trust I will pay distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities only from the proceeds, if any, of interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will mature on             , 2040. At the option of City National Corporation, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be redeemed at any time after             , 2014, in whole or in part, at the "make-whole" redemption price set forth herein. Upon such redemption an equal amount of Trust Preferred Securities will be redeemed.

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated to all of our existing and future "Senior Indebtedness," as such term is defined under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Subordination" on page 32, and effectively subordinated to all liabilities of our subsidiaries. As a result, the Trust Preferred Securities also will be effectively subordinated to the same debt and liabilities.

City National Corporation will guarantee the Trust Preferred Securities to the extent described in this prospectus.

The Trust Preferred Securities are not listed on any securities exchange, and we do not intend to list them on any exchange.

See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 6 for a discussion of certain risks that you should consider in connection with an investment in the Trust Preferred Securities.

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

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

	Price to Public			Underwriting Commissions	Proceeds to Issuer
Per Trust Preferred Security	$	(1	)	$	$
Total	$	(1	)	$	$

(1)      Your purchase price will also include any distributions accrued on the Trust Preferred Securities since December                            , 2009, if any.

We expect to deliver the Trust Preferred Securities to investors through the book-entry facilities of The Depository Trust Company and its direct participants, including Euroclear and Clearstream, on or about December              , 2009.

Joint Book-Running Managers
J.P. Morgan	Barclays Capital	UBS Investment Bank

December              , 2009

Table of contents

Prospectus

	Page
About this prospectus	ii
Forward-looking statements	ii
Summary	1
Risk factors	6
City National Capital Trust I	11
City National Corporation	13
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges	14
Use of proceeds	14
Capitalization	15
Accounting treatment; regulatory capital	16
Description of the Trust Preferred Securities	17
Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities	31
Description of the Guarantee	44
Relationship among the Trust Preferred Securities, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee	47
Book-entry procedures and settlement	49
Material U.S. federal income tax considerations	54
Certain ERISA and benefit plan considerations	61
Underwriting (conflicts of interest)	66
Validity of securities	68
Experts	69
Where you can find more information	69

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell the Trust Preferred Securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein is accurate only as of their respective dates. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

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About this prospectus

It is important for you to read and consider all of the information contained in this prospectus before making your investment decision. You also should read and consider the information in the documents we have referred you to in "Where You Can Find More Information" on page 68 of this prospectus.

We include cross-references in this prospectus to captions in these materials where you can find additional related discussions. The table of contents in this prospectus provides the pages on which these captions are located.

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to "City National," "we," "our" or "us" in this prospectus refer to City National Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and references to the "Issuer" refer to City National Capital Trust I.

Forward-looking statements

This prospectus includes and incorporates by reference forward-looking statements for which we claim the protection of the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management, and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, and statements preceded by, followed by, or that include the words "will," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "estimates," or similar expressions.

Forward-looking statements are based on our management's knowledge and belief as of today and include information concerning our possible or assumed future financial condition, and our results of operations, business and earnings outlook. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors, many of which are beyond our ability to control or predict, could cause future results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include (1) continuation or worsening of current recessionary conditions, as well as continued turmoil in the financial markets, (2) continued volatility and deterioration of the capital and credit markets, (3) significant changes in banking laws or regulations, including, without limitation, as a result of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and the creation of and possible amendments to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, including the Capital Purchase Program and related executive compensation requirements, (4) continued weakness in the real estate market, including the markets for commercial and residential real estate, which may affect, among other things, the level of nonperforming assets, charge-offs and provision for loan losses expense, (5) unprecedented volatility in equity, fixed income and other market valuations, (6) changes in market rates and prices which may adversely impact the value of financial products including securities, loans, deposits, debt and derivative financial instruments, and other similar financial instruments, (7) changes in the interest rate environment and market liquidity which may reduce interest margins and impact funding sources, (8) increased competition in our markets, (9) changes in the financial performance and/or condition of City National Bank's borrowers, (10) a substantial and permanent loss of either client accounts and/or assets under management at our investment advisory affiliates or our wealth management division, (11) soundness of other financial institutions which could adversely affect us, (12) increases in

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation premiums due to market developments and regulatory changes, (13) protracted labor disputes in our markets, (14) earthquake, fire or other natural disasters affecting the condition of real estate collateral, (15) the effect of acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses and de novo branching efforts, (16) the impact of changes in regulatory, judicial or legislative tax treatment of business transactions, (17) changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or regulatory agencies, (18) the effect of pandemic flu on the global economy and (19) our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing.

You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, since they are based on current expectations. Actual results may differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our future results and shareholder values may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the statements are made.

For a more complete discussion of these risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" on page 6 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and particularly Part I, Item 1A, titled "Risk Factors," and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30, 209 and the other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

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Summary

The following summary should be read together with the information contained in other parts of this prospectus. This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus to help you understand the offering of the Trust Preferred Securities and the related Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and guarantee. You should read this prospectus, including the documents we incorporate by reference, carefully to understand fully the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities and the related Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and guarantee as well as the other considerations that are important to you in making a decision about whether to invest in the Trust Preferred Securities. You should pay special attention to the "Risk Factors" section beginning on page 6 of this prospectus and the "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and to our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009 and the other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, before you determine whether an investment in the Trust Preferred Securities is appropriate for you.

City National Corporation

City National, a Delaware corporation organized in 1968, is a bank holding company and a financial holding company under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act of 1999. We provide a wide range of banking, investing and trust services to our clients through our wholly owned banking subsidiary, City National Bank. City National Bank, which has conducted business since 1954, is a national banking association headquartered in Los Angeles, California and operating through 64 offices, including 16 full-service regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay area, Nevada and New York City, City National and its eight majority-owned investment affiliates manage or administer $53.4 billion in client investment assets, including $34.9 billion under direct management.

As of September 30, 2009, we had consolidated total assets of $18.4 billion, total deposits of $15.1 billion, total equity of $2.2 billion and loan balances of $12.2 billion. We focus on providing affluent individuals and entrepreneurs, their businesses and their families with complete financial solutions. Our mission is to provide this banking and financial experience through an uncommon dedication to extraordinary service, proactive advice and total financial solutions.

As a registered financial holding company, we are subject to the supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal Reserve"). We are required to file with the Federal Reserve reports and other information regarding our business operations and the business operations of our subsidiaries.

Our principal executive offices are located at the following address and may be reached at the following telephone number:

City National Plaza
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
(213) 673-7700

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For more information on City National and its subsidiaries, see the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

The trust

City National Capital Trust I is a Delaware statutory trust. It was created for the purpose of issuing the             % Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities, which we refer to as the "Trust Preferred Securities", and engaging in the other transactions described in this prospectus. The Issuer's trustees (referred to on page 13 of this prospectus) will conduct the business affairs of the Issuer.

The Trust Preferred Securities

Each of the Trust Preferred Securities will represent an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the assets of the Issuer.

The Issuer will sell the Trust Preferred Securities to the public and its common securities to City National. The Issuer will use the proceeds from those sales to purchase $                           aggregate principal amount of             % Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, which we refer to in this prospectus as the "Junior Subordinated Debt Securities." City National will pay interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities at the same rate and on the same dates as the Issuer makes payments on the Trust Preferred Securities. The Issuer will use the payments it receives on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to make the corresponding payments on the Trust Preferred Securities.

Distributions

If you purchase Trust Preferred Securities you will be entitled to receive cumulative cash distributions at the annual rate of             % of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Trust Preferred Security (the "liquidation amount"). Distributions will accumulate from             , 2009. The Issuer will make distribution payments on the Trust Preferred Securities semi-annually in arrears, on each             and             , beginning             , 2010 (we refer to these dates as "distribution dates"), unless those payments are deferred as described below.

Deferral of distributions

We may elect, on one or more occasions, to defer the semi-annual interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities for a period of up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods. In other words, we can declare one or more interest payment moratoriums on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, each of which may last for up to five years. However, no interest deferral may extend beyond the stated maturity date of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

If we exercise our right to defer interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Issuer will also defer distribution payments on the Trust Preferred Securities.

Although you will not receive distribution payments on the Trust Preferred Securities if interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are deferred, interest will continue to accrue, compounded semi-annually on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and deferred interest payments will accrue additional interest. As a result, additional distributions will

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continue to accumulate on the deferred distributions at the same rate applicable to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, compounded semi-annually.

If we defer payments of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be treated as being retired and reissued at such time with original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This means that you must include interest income with respect to the deferred distributions on your Trust Preferred Securities in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, prior to receiving any cash distributions.

Certain payment restrictions applicable to City National

During any period in which we have elected to defer interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we generally may not make payments on our capital stock or on our debt securities or guarantees having the same rank as or ranking junior to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, subject to certain limited exceptions.

Redemption of Trust Preferred Securities

The Issuer will redeem the Trust Preferred Securities and its common securities no later than                           , 2040, the stated maturity date of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

In addition, if we redeem any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities prior to their stated maturity date, the Issuer will use the cash it receives to redeem, on a proportionate basis, an equal amount of Trust Preferred Securities and common securities. For a description of our rights to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, see "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Redemption—Optional "Make-Whole" Redemption" and "—Conditional Right To Redeem at Par Upon a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event" below.

Prior approval of the Federal Reserve is generally required before we may redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Liquidation of the issuer and distribution of junior subordinated debt securities to holders

We may dissolve the Issuer at any time, subject to our receipt of any required prior approval by the Federal Reserve.

If we dissolve the Issuer, after the Issuer satisfies all of its liabilities as required by law, the Issuer's trustees will:

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distribute the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities; or

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if the institutional trustee determines that a distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities is not practical, pay the liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, plus any accumulated and unpaid distributions to the payment date, in cash.

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

Maturity and interest

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will mature and must be repaid on             , 2040, which we refer to as the maturity date. They will bear interest at the annual rate of             %. Interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will accrue from             , 2009. City

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National will pay that interest semi-annually in arrears on             and             of each year (we refer to these dates as "interest payment dates"), beginning              , 2010, and at the maturity date. The distribution dates for the Trust Preferred Securities correspond to the interest payment dates for the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Ranking

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued by City National under the junior subordinated indenture, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, referred to throughout this prospectus as the "Junior Subordinated Indenture." The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be unsecured and will be subordinated to all of our existing and future "Senior Indebtedness," as such term is defined under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Subordination." As a result, the Trust Preferred Securities will be effectively subordinated to that debt. As of September 30, 2009, City National had outstanding $233.2 million in debt, of which $228.0 million ranked senior to the indebtedness evidenced by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Certain payment restrictions applicable to City National

During any period in which we have elected to defer interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we generally may not make payments on our capital stock or on our debt securities or guarantees having the same rank as or ranking junior to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, subject to certain limited exceptions.

Redemption

We may elect to redeem any or all of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities at one or more times after                           , 2014 at a make-whole redemption price calculated as described under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Redemption—Optional "Make-Whole" Redemption" below. In addition, if certain changes occur relating to the tax or capital treatment of the Trust Preferred Securities, we may elect to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities for a price equal to their principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest). For a description of the changes that would permit such a redemption and the applicable redemption price, see "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Redemption—Conditional Right To Redeem Upon a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event" below.

If required under the Federal Reserve's capital rules, we will obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve prior to exercising the redemption rights described above. Under the current rules of the Federal Reserve, such approval is required in all instances.

Events of default

The following events are events of default with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities:

(1)

default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Junior Subordinated Debt Security when payable, whether at its final maturity or upon redemption or otherwise; or



(2)

failure to pay in full interest accrued (including any interest accrued on deferred payments) on any Junior Subordinated Debt Security upon the conclusion of a period

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of 10 consecutive interest payment periods, that commences with the earliest semi-annual period for which interest has not been paid in full and continuance of such failure to pay for a period of 30 days; or

(3)

specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee.

If an indenture event of default of the type described in (2) above shall occur and be continuing, either the indenture trustee or the holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will have the right to declare the principal of and the interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, including any accrued and unpaid interest, and any other amounts payable under the Junior Subordinated Indenture to be immediately due and payable. If they fail to make that declaration, then the holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the right to do so. If an indenture event of default of the type described in (3) above shall occur and be continuing, the principal of and the interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the indenture trustee or any holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, become immediately due and payable. In the event of an indenture event of default of the type described in (1) above, there is no right to declare the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities immediately payable.

Guarantee by City National

We will fully and unconditionally guarantee payment of amounts due under the Trust Preferred Securities on a subordinated basis and to the extent the Issuer has funds available for payment of those amounts. We refer to this obligation as the "Guarantee." However, the Guarantee does not cover payments if the Issuer does not have sufficient funds to make the distribution payments, including, for example, if we have failed to pay to the Issuer amounts due under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

As issuer of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we are also obligated to pay the expenses and other obligations of the Issuer, other than its obligations to make payments on the Trust Preferred Securities.

Certain information required by FINRA

We have not previously offered trust preferred securities and have not sponsored a direct participation program or REIT, as those terms are used in Rule 2310 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA"). As a result of the acquisition of Business Bank Corporation (parent of Business Bank of Nevada) in February 2007, the Tier 1 capital ratios of City National Corporation include $5.2 million of trust preferred securities issued by Business Bancorp Capital Trust I, which by merger is now an unconsolidated capital trust subsidiary of City National Corporation.

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Risk factors

Investing in the Trust Preferred Securities involves risks, including the risks described below that are specific to the Trust Preferred Securities and those that could affect us and our business. You should not purchase Trust Preferred Securities unless you understand these investment risks. Please be aware that other risks may prove to be important in the future. New risks may emerge at any time, and we cannot predict such risks or estimate the extent to which they may affect our financial performance. Before purchasing any Trust Preferred Securities, you should carefully consider the following discussion of risks and the other information in this prospectus, and carefully read the risks described in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including those set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009.

Risks related to our business

Legislative and regulatory actions taken now or in the future to address the liquidity and credit crisis that has occurred in the financial industry may significantly affect our financial condition, results of operation, liquidity or the market price of our securities.

Economic conditions, particularly in the financial markets, over the course of the last year and a half have resulted in government regulatory agencies and political bodies placing increased focus on and scrutiny of the financial services industry. The U.S. Government has intervened on an unprecedented scale, responding to what has been commonly referred to as the financial crisis. In addition to the U.S. Treasury Department's Capital Purchase Program (in which we now participate) (the "CPP"), under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (the "TARP") announced in the fall of 2008 and the Capital Assistance Program announced last spring (in which we did not participate), the U.S. Government took steps that include enhancing the liquidity support available to financial institutions, establishing a commercial paper funding facility, temporarily guaranteeing money market funds and certain types of debt issuances, and increasing insurance on bank deposits, and the U.S. Congress, through the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the "EESA") and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "ARRA"), have imposed a number of restrictions and limitations on the operations of financial services firms participating in the federal programs.

The ARRA includes, among other things, amendments to the executive compensation provisions of EESA, under which TARP was established. These amendments apply not only to future participants under the TARP, but also apply retroactively to companies like us that are current TARP participants. The full scope and impact of these amendments is uncertain and difficult to predict. ARRA directs the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt standards that will implement the amended provisions of EESA and directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to issue rules in connection with certain of the amended provisions, but the particular scope of those standards and rules, and the timing of their issuance, is not known. These, and any future legal requirements and implementing standards under TARP may have unforeseen or unintended adverse effects on TARP participants and on the financial services industry as a whole. They may require us to expend significant time, effort and resources to ensure compliance, and the evolving regulations concerning executive compensation may impose limitations on us that affect our ability to compete successfully for executive and management talent.

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These programs subject financial institutions that participate in them to additional restrictions, oversight and costs, which may have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or the price of our common stock. In addition, new proposals for legislation continue to be introduced in the U.S. Congress that could further substantially increase regulation of the financial services industry and impose restrictions on the operations and general ability of firms within the industry to conduct business consistent with historical practices, including as related to compensation, interest rates, the impact of bankruptcy proceedings on consumer real property mortgages and otherwise. Federal and state regulatory agencies also frequently adopt changes to their regulations and change the manner in which existing regulations are applied. We cannot predict the substance or impact of pending or future legislation, regulation or the application thereof. Compliance with such current and potential regulation and scrutiny may significantly increase our costs, impede the efficiency of our internal business processes, require us to increase our regulatory capital and limit our ability to pursue business opportunities in an efficient manner.

We may not be able to redeem our Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B and the warrants sold to the U.S. Treasury as soon as we desire.

As described in "Use of Proceeds," while we may use the proceeds from this offering, along with other funds, to redeem our Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (our "Series B Preferred Stock") and/or repurchase the warrants previously issued to the U.S. Treasury under the CPP, the redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock and repurchase of the warrants are subject to regulatory approval. We can make no assurances as to when, or if, we will receive such approval. Until such time as we redeem the Series B Preferred Stock, we will remain subject to the respective terms and conditions set forth in the agreements we entered into with the U.S. Treasury under the CPP. The continued existence of the CPP investment subjects us to increased contractual, regulatory and legislative oversight, including pursuant to the ARRA.

Economic conditions may adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition.

In the past year and a half, significant declines in the values of mortgage-backed securities and derivative securities issued by financial institutions, government sponsored entities and major commercial and investment banks led to decreased confidence in financial markets among borrowers, lenders and depositors, as well as disruption and extreme volatility in the capital and credit markets and the failure of some entities in the financial sector. As a result, many lenders and institutional investors reduced or ceased to provide funding to borrowers. The turbulence in the capital and credit markets has diminished somewhat in recent months, but if it increases again, it may adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition and the willingness of certain counterparties and customers to do business with us.

We operate in a highly regulated environment and may be adversely affected by changes in laws and regulations.

As a bank holding company, we are subject to extensive regulation, supervision and examination by the Federal Reserve. City National Bank is subject to examination and supervision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Its domestic deposits are insured by the Deposit Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which also has certain regulatory and supervisory authority over it. Our other subsidiaries are also subject to examination by other federal and state agencies, including, in the case of certain securities and

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investment management activities, regulation by the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. See "Business—Supervision and Regulation" in our Form 10-K.

Such regulators govern the activities in which we may engage, primarily for the protection of depositors. These regulatory authorities have extensive discretion in connection with their supervisory and enforcement activities, including the imposition of restrictions on the operation of a bank, the classification of assets by a bank, the adequacy of a bank's allowance for loan losses or imposing additional capital requirements. Any change in such regulation and oversight, whether in the form of regulatory policy, regulations, or legislation, could have a material impact on us and our operations. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. Our business is highly regulated, and the applicable laws, rules and regulations are subject to regular modification and change. There can be no assurance that proposed laws, rules and regulations, or any other laws, rules or regulations, will not be adopted in the future, which could make compliance more difficult or expensive or otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition or prospects.

Risks related to the offering

Subordination of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee.

Our obligations under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee are unsecured and will be subordinated to all of our existing and future "Senior Indebtedness," as such term is defined under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Subordination" below. This means that we cannot make any payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or under the Guarantee if we are in default on our senior debt. In addition, in the event of our bankruptcy or liquidation, our assets must be used to repay our senior debt in full before any payments may be made on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or under the Guarantee. As a result, the Trust Preferred Securities also will be effectively subordinated to that debt. As of September 30, 2009, City National had outstanding $233.2 million in debt, of which $228.0 million ranked senior to the indebtedness evidenced by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

None of the indenture, the Guarantee, the amended and restated declaration of trust with respect to the Issuer or the Trust Preferred Securities limit our ability to incur additional secured or unsecured debt, including senior debt.

Our results of operations depend upon the results of operations of our subsidiaries.

We are a holding company that conducts substantially all of our operations through City National Bank and our other subsidiaries. As a result, our ability to make payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee will depend primarily upon the receipt of dividends and other distributions from our subsidiaries. There are various regulatory restrictions on the ability of our bank subsidiary to pay dividends or make other payments to us. As of September 30, 2009, our bank subsidiary could pay a total of $66.3 million in dividends to us in a calendar year without prior regulatory approval.

In addition, our right to participate in any distribution of assets of any of our subsidiaries upon the subsidiary's liquidation or otherwise, and thus your ability as a holder of the Trust Preferred Securities to benefit indirectly from such distribution, will be subject to the prior claims of

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creditors of that subsidiary, except to the extent that any of our claims as a creditor of such subsidiary may be recognized. As a result, the Trust Preferred Securities will effectively be subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries. Therefore, holders of the Trust Preferred Securities should look only to our assets for payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and indirectly on the Trust Preferred Securities. Further, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee also will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future obligations of our subsidiaries.

Dependence on City National's payments on Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; limitations under the Guarantee.

The Issuer's ability to make timely distribution and redemption payments on the Trust Preferred Securities is solely dependent on our making the corresponding payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. In addition, the Guarantee only guarantees that we will make distribution and redemption payments if the Issuer has funds available to make the payments but fails to do so.

If the Issuer defaults on its payment obligations under the Trust Preferred Securities because we have failed to make the corresponding payments under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, then you will not be able to rely upon the Guarantee for payment. Instead, you may institute a legal proceeding directly against City National for enforcement of our payment obligations under the indenture and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Right to defer interest for five years without causing an event of default.

City National has the right to defer interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities for one or more consecutive semi-annual interest periods not to exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual interest periods. During any such deferral period, holders of Trust Preferred Securities will receive limited or no current payments on the Trust Preferred Securities and, so long as City National is otherwise in compliance with its obligations, such holders will have no remedies against the Issuer or City National for nonpayment unless City National fails to pay all deferred interest (including compounded interest) within 30 days of the conclusion of 10 consecutive semi-annual interest periods. If City National has paid all deferred interest (and compounded interest thereon) on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, then it may at any time commence a new deferral period, which period may not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual interest periods without giving rise to an event of default.

Potential adverse market price and tax consequences of deferral of interest payments.

We currently do not intend to exercise our right to defer payments of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. However, if we exercise that right in the future, the market price of the Trust Preferred Securities is likely to be affected. As a result of the existence of our deferral right, the market price of the Trust Preferred Securities may be more volatile than the market prices of other securities that are not subject to optional deferrals.

If we defer interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and you elect to sell Trust Preferred Securities during the period of that deferral, then you may not receive the same return on your investment as a holder that continues to hold its Trust Preferred Securities until the payment of interest at the end of the deferral period.

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If we defer interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, then you will be required to accrue income, in the form of original issue discount, for U.S. federal income tax purposes during the period of the deferral in respect of your proportionate share of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, even if you normally report income when received and even though you will not receive the cash attributable to that income until after the end of the period of deferral. See "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Interest Income and Original Issue Discount."

Trust Preferred Securities may be redeemed at any time after             , 2014.

We may redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities at any time at our option after             , 2014 upon payment of the make-whole price. In addition, we may redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities under certain circumstances after the occurrence of a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event, which terms are defined under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Redemption—Conditional Right To Redeem Upon a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event" below. If we redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, then the institutional trustee will redeem a like amount of the Trust Preferred Securities. If the Trust Preferred Securities are redeemed, then the redemption will be a taxable event to you. In addition, you may not be able to reinvest the money you receive upon redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities at the same rate as the rate of return on the Trust Preferred Securities. See "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Redemption—Optional "Make-Whole" Redemption" and "—Conditional Right To Redeem at Par Upon a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event" below.

Limited voting rights.

As a holder of Trust Preferred Securities, you will have limited voting rights. You generally will not be entitled to vote to appoint, remove or replace the institutional trustee, the Delaware trustee or any administrative trustee, all of whom will be appointed, removed or replaced by City National. However, if an event of default occurs with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, then you will be entitled to vote to remove, replace or appoint the institutional trustee and the Delaware trustee.

Ratings on the Trust Preferred Securities could be lowered.

City National expects that Moody's Investors Service will assign a rating to the Trust Preferred Securities of A3 and that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services will assign a rating to the Trust Preferred Securities of BBB-. In addition, other rating agencies may assign credit ratings to the Trust Preferred Securities with or without any solicitation from City National and without any provision of information from City National. Generally, rating agencies base their ratings on such material and information, and such of their own investigative studies and assumptions, as they deem appropriate. A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the Trust Preferred Securities, and there is no assurance that any rating will apply for any given period of time or that a rating may not be adjusted or withdrawn. A downgrade or potential downgrade in these ratings, the assignment of a new rating that is lower than existing ratings, or a downgrade or potential downgrade in the ratings assigned to City National, its subsidiaries or any of its securities could adversely affect the price and liquidity of the Trust Preferred Securities.

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Proposed changes in tax law.

Congress is currently considering changes to the rules relating to withholding on U.S.-source payments to certain non-U.S. holders. Please see "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—New Proposed Legislation" below.

Rating agencies may change rating methodologies.

The rating agencies that currently or may in the future publish a rating for City National, including Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, are still developing the way they analyze securities with features similar to the Trust Preferred Securities and may change such methodologies from time to time in the future. Changes may include, for example, the relationship between ratings assigned to an issuer's senior securities and ratings assigned to securities with features similar to the Trust Preferred Securities, sometimes called "notching." If the rating agencies change their practices for rating these securities in the future, and the ratings of the Trust Preferred Securities are subsequently lowered, that could have a negative impact on the trading price of the Trust Preferred Securities and our ability to raise capital in a cost-effective manner through hybrid securities offerings.

A market may not develop for the Trust Preferred Securities.

The Trust Preferred Securities constitute a new issue of securities with no established trading market and will not be listed on any exchange. Even after the Trust Preferred Securities are registered, an active market for the Trust Preferred Securities may not develop or be sustained. As a result, neither we nor the Issuer can assure you that you will be able to sell your Trust Preferred Securities or at what price. Although the underwriters have indicated that they intend to make a market in the Trust Preferred Securities, as permitted by applicable laws and regulations, they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue that market-making at any time without notice.

City National Capital Trust I

The following description summarizes the formation, purposes and material terms of the Issuer. See "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities," "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities" and "Description of the Guarantee" for more information on the following:

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the Trust Preferred Securities;

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the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be issued by us to the Issuer and the junior subordinated indenture, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, under which they will be issued (the "Junior Subordinated Indenture");

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our Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities; and

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the relationship among the Trust Preferred Securities, the corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee.

The Issuer is a statutory trust created under Delaware law in 2009 pursuant to:

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a declaration of trust executed by us, as sponsor of the Issuer, and the Delaware trustee, the institutional trustee and the administrative trustees of the Issuer; and

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a certificate of trust filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.

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The Issuer is offering to the public preferred securities representing preferred beneficial interests in the Issuer, which we call "Trust Preferred Securities." In addition to Trust Preferred Securities offered to the public, the Issuer will sell common securities representing common beneficial interests in the Issuer to us. We call these securities "common securities." We will own all of the common securities of the Issuer. The common securities and the Trust Preferred Securities are also referred to together as the "Trust Securities."

Before the Trust Securities are issued, the original declaration of trust for the Issuer will be amended and restated in its entirety substantially in the form filed with the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The declaration of trust will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act").

The Issuer exists for the exclusive purposes of:

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issuing and selling Trust Securities;

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using the proceeds from the sale of Trust Securities to acquire corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities from us; and

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engaging in only those other activities necessary or incidental to these purposes (for example, registering the transfer of the Trust Securities).

The Issuer will own only Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. The payment terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be substantially the same as the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities. The only source of funds for the Issuer will be the payments it receives from us on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. The Issuer will use these funds to make any cash payments due to holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.

The Issuer's common securities will rank equally, and payments on them will be made pro rata, with the Trust Preferred Securities, except that upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the Issuer's declaration of trust resulting from an event of default under the Junior Subordinated Indenture, our rights, as holder of the common securities, to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation or redemption will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. See "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities—Ranking of Common Securities." We will acquire common securities in an aggregate liquidation amount of $10,000. See "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities—Distribution," for details of the cash distributions to be made periodically on the Trust Preferred Securities.

Under certain circumstances, we may redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities that we sold to the Issuer. If this happens, the Issuer will redeem a like amount of the Trust Preferred Securities that it sold to the public and the common securities that it sold to us.

Under certain circumstances, we may dissolve the Issuer and cause its Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be distributed to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. If this happens, owners of such Trust Preferred Securities will no longer have any interest in the Issuer and will own only the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities we issued to the Issuer.

Additional details:

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The Issuer's business and affairs will be conducted by its trustees;

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The Issuer's trustees will be appointed by us as holder of the common securities;

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The Issuer's trustees will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as institutional trustee, BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as Delaware trustee and the administrative trustees named in the amended and restated declaration of trust, who will be employees or officers of City National or one of our affiliates and who will be Michael B. Cahill and Donald Riechel. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as institutional trustee, will act as sole indenture trustee under the Issuer's declaration of trust and will act as trustee under the Guarantee for purposes of compliance with the Trust Indenture Act. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. will also act as trustee under the Junior Subordinated Indenture;

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If an event of default under the Issuer's declaration of trust has occurred and is continuing, the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities will be entitled to appoint, remove or replace the Issuer's institutional trustee and/or Delaware trustee;

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Under all circumstances, only the holder of the common securities has the right to vote for, appoint, remove or replace the administrative trustees;

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The duties and obligations of each trustee are governed by the Issuer's declaration of trust; and

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We will pay all fees and expenses related to the Issuer and the offering of the Trust Preferred Securities and will pay, directly or indirectly, all ongoing costs, expenses and liabilities of the Issuer.

The principal executive office of the Issuer is located at City National Plaza, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California 90071, and the Issuer's telephone number is (213) 673-7700.

The Issuer will not be subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

City National Corporation

We are the diversified holding company for City National Bank. We provide a wide range of banking, investing and trust services to our clients through our wholly owned banking subsidiary, City National Bank. City National Bank, which has conducted business since 1954, is a national banking association headquartered in Los Angeles, California and operating through 64 offices, including 16 full-service regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay area, Nevada and New York City. City National and its eight majority-owned investment affiliates manage or administer $53.4 billion in client investment assets, including $34.9 billion under direct management.

As a registered financial holding company, we are subject to the supervision of the Federal Reserve. We are required to file with the Federal Reserve reports and other information regarding our business operations and the business operations of our subsidiaries.

For more information on City National and its subsidiaries, see the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

Our consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the five fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and the nine months ended September 30, 2009 are as follows:

	9 Months Ended September 30, 2009		Year Ended December 31,
			2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
Excluding interest on deposits		0.77		2.87		5.16		5.80		9.49		12.59
Including interest on deposits		0.88		1.74		2.19		2.56		4.14		5.55

Use of proceeds

The Issuer will use all of the proceeds from the sale of (a) the Trust Preferred Securities to investors and (b) the common securities to us to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

We currently expect to use the proceeds from the sale of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the Issuer for general corporate purposes, including (without limitation) for possible repurchases of debt, preferred stock or other securities. Subject to regulatory approval, we may also use the proceeds, along with other funds, to redeem our Series B Preferred Stock and repurchase the ten-year warrant to purchase up to 1,128,668 shares of our common stock, previously issued to the U.S. Treasury under the Treasury's Capital Purchase Program. We can make no assurances as to when, or if, we will receive such regulatory approval.

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Capitalization

The following table sets forth our consolidated capitalization at September 30, 2009 on an actual basis and as adjusted to give effect to the issuance and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities. The table should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

		As of September 30, 2009
		Actual			As Adjusted
		(Unaudited, dollars in thousands)
Debt:
Total deposits		$	15,108,443		$	15,108,443
Subordinated debt			341,587			341,587
Long-term debt			233,536
Other borrowings			232,623			232,623
	Total debt	$	15,916,189
Equity:
Preferred stock; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 400,000 shares issued		$	391,593		$	391,593
Common stock; par value $1.00 per share; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 53,885,886 shares issued			53,886			53,886
Additional paid-in capital			514,904			514,904
Retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income			1,387,505			1,387,505
Treasury shares, at cost: 2,386,899 shares			(154,245	)		(154,245	)
Noncontrolling interest			24,849			24,849
	Total equity	$	2,218,492		$	2,218,492
	Total capitalization	$	18,134,681

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Accounting treatment; regulatory capital

The trust will not be consolidated on our balance sheet as a result of FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810, Consolidation (FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, as revised in December 2003). Accordingly, for balance sheet purposes we will recognize the aggregate principal amount, net of discount, of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities we issue to the Issuer as a liability and the amount we invest in the Issuer's common securities as an asset. The interest paid on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be recorded as interest expense on our income statement.

Earlier this year, the Financial Accounting Standards Board revised ASC 810-10-25, Consolidation—Recognition (Variable Interest Entities) (previously SFAS 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)), which will be effective for us at the start of our fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010. We do not believe that this ASC will have an accounting impact upon the trust.

On March 1, 2005, the Federal Reserve adopted amendments to its risk-based capital guidelines. Among other things, the amendments confirm the continuing inclusion of outstanding and prospective issuances of Trust Preferred Securities in the Tier 1 capital of bank holding companies, but make the qualitative requirements for Trust Preferred Securities issued on or after April 15, 2005 more restrictive in certain respects and make the quantitative limits applicable to the aggregate amount of Trust Preferred Securities and other restricted core capital elements that may be included in Tier 1 capital of bank holding companies more restrictive. The Trust Preferred Securities will qualify as Tier 1 capital.

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Description of the Trust Preferred Securities

The Trust Preferred Securities represent undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets of the Issuer. We have summarized below certain terms of the Trust Preferred Securities. This summary is not complete. You should also refer to the amended and restated declaration of trust, a form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

General

The Issuer's declaration of trust authorizes the administrative trustees of the Issuer to issue common securities and Trust Preferred Securities, which, together, we refer to as the "Trust Securities," on behalf of the Issuer. The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer. All of the common securities will be owned, directly or indirectly, by us. The common securities will rank equally, and payments will be made on the common securities on a ratable basis, with the Trust Preferred Securities except as set forth below under "—Ranking of Common Securities."

The Issuer's declaration of trust does not permit the Issuer to issue any securities other than the Trust Securities or to incur any indebtedness. Under the Issuer's declaration of trust, the institutional trustee will hold title to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by the Issuer for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities.

The Trust Preferred Securities will be issued in the amount, at the price and on terms that are substantially the same as the terms of the corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

We will guarantee the Trust Preferred Securities to the extent described below under "Description of the Guarantee." The guarantee agreement executed for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will be a guarantee on a junior subordinated basis with respect to the related Trust Preferred Securities. However, such guarantee will not guarantee payment of distributions or amounts payable on redemption or liquidation of such Trust Preferred Securities when the Issuer does not have funds available to make such payments. See "Description of the Guarantee."

Distributions

You will be entitled to receive semi-annual distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities at the annual rate of              % of the stated liquidation amount of each Trust Preferred Security ($1,000), which is the same as the interest rate payable on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. The Issuer will pay distributions semi-annually in arrears on each             and             , beginning             , 2010. Distributions will be cumulative and will accumulate from              , 2009. In the event that any distribution date would fall on a day that is not a business day, that distribution date will be postponed until the next day that is a business day and no additional distribution or other payment will accrue as a result of that postponement.

On each distribution date, the Issuer will pay the applicable distribution to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities on the record date for that distribution date. As long as the Trust Preferred Securities remain in book-entry form, the record dates for the Trust Preferred Securities will be one business day prior to the relevant distribution date. For purposes of this

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prospectus, "business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed. If the Trust Preferred Securities are not in book-entry form, the record date will be the first day of the month in which the relevant distribution date occurs.

The period beginning on and including             , 2009 and ending on but excluding the first distribution date and each period after that period beginning on and including a distribution date and ending on but excluding the next distribution date is called a "distribution period." The amount of distributions payable for any distribution period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities that is not paid on the applicable interest payment date will accrue additional interest, to the extent permitted by law, at the same rate applicable to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, compounded semi-annually, from the relevant interest payment date. As a result, distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities that are not paid on the applicable distribution date will accumulate additional distributions. References to "distributions" in this prospectus include those additional distributions.

When this prospectus refers to any payment of distributions, distributions include any interest payable unless otherwise stated. When, as and if available for payment, distributions will be made by the Issuer's institutional trustee, except as otherwise described below.

Deferral of distributions

We have the right, on one or more occasions, to defer payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities for up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, but not beyond the stated maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. If we exercise this right, the Issuer will also defer paying semi-annual distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities during that period of deferral.

Although no interest or distribution payments will be made during a deferral period, interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will continue to accrue and, as a result, distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities will continue to accumulate at the annual rate of             %, compounded semi-annually. References to "distributions" in this prospectus include those additional distributions.

Once we make all deferred interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we can once again defer interest payments subject to the limitations discussed above. As a result, there could be multiple periods of varying length during which you would not receive cash distributions on your Trust Preferred Securities.

During any period in which we have elected to defer interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we generally may not make payments on our capital stock or on our debt securities or guarantees having the same rank as or ranking junior to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, subject to certain limited exceptions. See "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Option To Defer Interest Payments" below.

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Redemption

When we redeem or repay the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, in whole or in part, whether at maturity or upon earlier redemption, the institutional trustee will apply the proceeds from that payment to redeem common and Trust Preferred Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to that portion of the principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities being redeemed or repaid. The redemption price per Trust Preferred Security at maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will equal the $1,000 liquidation amount, and the redemption price in the event of a redemption of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities prior to stated maturity will equal the applicable redemption price attributed to $1,000 in principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities calculated as described under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Redemption—Optional "Make-Whole" Redemption" and "—Conditional Right To Redeem at Par Upon a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event" below, in each case plus accumulated but unpaid distributions to the date of payment.

If less than all the Trust Preferred Securities and common securities are redeemed, the amount of each to be redeemed will be allocated proportionately based upon the total amount of the Trust Preferred Securities and common securities outstanding. In the case of Trust Preferred Securities held by the Depositary Trust Company (or any successor) ("DTC") or its nominee, the distribution of the proceeds of such redemption will be made in accordance with the procedures of DTC or its nominee. If required, we will obtain the prior approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or Federal Reserve, before exercising the redemption rights described in the preceding paragraph. The specific procedures relating to the redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities are set forth below.

See "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Redemption—Optional "Make-Whole" Redemption" and "—Conditional Right To Redeem at Par Upon a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event" below for a description of the redemption terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Redemption procedures

Because the Trust Preferred Securities will be issued in the form of global securities held by The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, the following description relates to the procedures applicable to global securities. Please read "Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement" for more information about global securities.

The Issuer's institutional trustee will give each holder of Trust Preferred Securities at least 30, but not more than 60 days' notice of any redemption of Trust Preferred Securities, which notice will be irrevocable. If the Issuer's institutional trustee gives a notice of redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities, then by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, the institutional trustee will deposit irrevocably with DTC or its nominee funds sufficient to pay the applicable redemption price to the extent we have paid the institutional trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or repayment of the corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. The institutional trustee will also give DTC irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the redemption price to the holders of such Trust Preferred Securities.

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If notice of redemption has been given and funds deposited as required, then, upon the date of such deposit, immediately before the close of business on the date of such deposit, distributions will cease to accrue on the Trust Preferred Securities called for redemption and all rights of the holders of such Trust Preferred Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the holders of such Trust Preferred Securities to receive the redemption price, but without interest on such redemption price.

If payment of the redemption price in respect of Trust Preferred Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Issuer or by us pursuant to the Guarantee as described under "Description of the Guarantee," then distributions on such Trust Preferred Securities will continue to accrue at the distribution rate for such Trust Preferred Securities from the redemption date originally established by the Issuer to the date such redemption price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the redemption price.

Subject to applicable law including, without limitation, United States federal securities law, we or our affiliates may at any time and from time to time purchase outstanding Trust Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or by private agreement and none of these purchases shall be deemed redemptions in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities for purposes of the Issuer's declaration of trust.

Payment of the redemption price on the Trust Preferred Securities and any distribution or exchange of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to holders of Trust Preferred Securities shall be made to the applicable record holders thereof as they appear on the register for such Trust Preferred Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one business day before the redemption date or liquidation date, as applicable, so long as the securities are in book-entry form.

Liquidation distribution upon dissolution

This prospectus refers to any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or termination of a trust as a "liquidation." Upon the liquidation of the Issuer, the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will be entitled to receive the stated liquidation amount of their securities plus accrued and unpaid distributions thereon to the date of payment. However, such holders will not receive such distribution if we instead distribute on a ratable basis to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in an aggregate stated principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate identical to the distribution rate of, and with accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid distributions on, the Trust Preferred Securities outstanding at such time.

If this distribution can be paid only in part because the Issuer has insufficient assets available to pay in full such aggregate liquidation distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the Issuer on its Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis, except as set forth below under "—Ranking of Common Securities."

Pursuant to the Issuer's declaration of trust, the Issuer will dissolve:

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unless earlier dissolved, on the expiration of the term of the Issuer;

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upon the bankruptcy of us or the holder of the common securities;

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upon (a) the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent regarding the holder of the common securities or us or (b) the revocation of the charter of the holder of common securities or of our charter and the expiration of 90 days after the date of such action without a reinstatement thereof;

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subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval, upon an election by us to dissolve the Issuer;

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upon the entry of a decree of a judicial dissolution of the holder of the common securities, us or the Issuer;

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before the Issuer issues any Trust Securities, with any consent; or

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subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval, when all of the Trust Securities have been called for redemption.

Optional liquidation of Issuer and distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to holders

We will have the right at any time to elect to dissolve the Issuer by causing the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities it holds to be distributed to the holders of the related Trust Securities. This may require the prior approval of the Federal Reserve. If we elect to dissolve the Issuer, then the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be distributed to the holders of related Trust Securities in exchange therefor, and thereupon the Issuer shall dissolve.

We anticipate that any distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities would be through book-entry distribution of interests in one or more global securities under depositary arrangements similar to those applicable to the Trust Preferred Securities. See "Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement."

After the date for any distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities upon dissolution of the Issuer:

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the Trust Preferred Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding;

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the securities depositary or its nominee, as the record holder of the Trust Preferred Securities, will receive a registered global certificate or certificates representing the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be delivered upon such distribution; and

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any certificates representing Trust Preferred Securities not held by the depositary or its nominee will be deemed to represent Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate identical to the distribution rate of, and with accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid distributions on, such Trust Preferred Securities until such certificates are presented to us or our agent for transfer or reissue.

There can be no assurance as to the market prices for either the Trust Preferred Securities or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities that may be distributed in exchange for the Trust Preferred Securities if a dissolution and liquidation of the Issuer were to occur. This means that the Trust Preferred Securities that an investor may purchase, whether pursuant to the offer made by this prospectus or in the secondary market, or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

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that an investor may receive if a dissolution and liquidation of the Issuer were to occur, may trade at a discount to the price that the investor paid to purchase the Trust Preferred Securities.

Under current U.S. federal income tax law, and assuming, as expected, the Issuer is treated as a grantor trust, a distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in exchange for the Trust Preferred Securities would not be a taxable event to you. If, however, the Issuer were subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to income accrued or received on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities by the Issuer would be a taxable event to the Issuer and to you. See "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Classification of the Issuer" below.

Optional exchange

If at any time we or any of our affiliates are a holder of any Trust Preferred Securities, we or our affiliate, as the case may be, will have the right to deliver to the Issuer's institutional trustee all or the portion of its Trust Preferred Securities as it elects and receive, in exchange therefor, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate identical to the distribution rate of, and accrued and unpaid interest equal to accumulated and unpaid distributions on, the Trust Preferred Securities. The election (1) will be exercisable effective by the holder delivering to the institutional trustee a written notice of the election (A) specifying the liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities with respect to which the election is being made and (B) the date on which the exchange will occur, which date will not be less than three business days after the receipt by the Issuer's institutional trustee of the election notice and (2) will be conditioned upon the holder having delivered or caused to be delivered to the Issuer's institutional trustee or its designee the Trust Preferred Securities which are the subject of the election by 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date on which the exchange is to occur. After the exchange, the Trust Preferred Securities will be canceled and will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the holder with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities will cease, including accumulated but unpaid distributions thereon. In the event the Trust Preferred Securities are book-entry Trust Preferred Securities, upon the exchange the Issuer's institutional trustee, in its capacity as securities registrar, will cause an annotation to be made on the book-entry Trust Preferred Securities certificate or certificates evidencing the book-entry Trust Preferred Securities to evidence the reduction in the liquidation amount thereof resulting from the cancellation.

Notwithstanding anything else in the declaration of trust of the Issuer to the contrary, in order to effectuate the exchanges contemplated above, the Issuer is authorized to execute, deliver and perform, and we, the Issuer's institutional trustee, Delaware trustee and any administrative trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, acting singly or collectively, is authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Issuer, an exchange agreement, cancellation letter, and any and all other documents, agreements, or certificates contemplated by or related to the exchanges in each case without further vote or approval of any other person. For the avoidance of doubt, the exchanges described above will not be deemed redemptions in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities under the Issuer's declaration of trust.

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Ranking of common securities

In connection with the issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities, the Issuer will issue a series of common securities to us. Payment of distributions on, and the redemption price of and the liquidation distribution in respect of, Trust Preferred Securities and common securities, as applicable, shall be made pro rata based on the liquidation amount of such Trust Preferred Securities and common securities, except that upon certain events of default under the Issuer's declaration of trust relating to payment defaults on the corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the rights of the holders of the common securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.

In the case of any event of default under the Issuer's declaration of trust resulting from an event of default under the Junior Subordinated Indenture, we, as holder of the Issuer's common securities, will have no right to act with respect to the event of default until the effect of all events of default with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, as described under "—Declaration Defaults" below.

Declaration defaults

An "indenture event of default" is an event of default under the Junior Subordinated Indenture and also constitutes a "declaration default," which is an event of default under the Issuer's declaration of trust. One example of an indenture event of default is our failure to pay interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in full within 30 days after the conclusion of a period consisting of 10 consecutive semi-annual periods that commences with the earliest semi-annual period for which interest (including interest accrued on deferred payments) has not been paid in full.

Pursuant to the Issuer's declaration of trust, any holder of the common securities will be deemed to have waived any declaration defaults relating to the common securities until all declaration defaults relating to the Trust Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until such declaration defaults relating to the Trust Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Issuer's institutional trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. Only the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Issuer's institutional trustee as to matters under the Issuer's declaration of trust, and therefore the Junior Subordinated Indenture. If any declaration default relating to the Trust Preferred Securities is waived by the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities as provided in the Issuer's declaration of trust, such waiver will also constitute a waiver of such declaration default relating to the common securities for all purposes under the Issuer's declaration of trust without any further act, vote or consent of the holders of common securities. See "—Voting Rights" below.

If the Issuer's institutional trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, any holder of Trust Preferred Securities may directly institute a legal proceeding against us to enforce those rights without first suing the institutional trustee or any other person or entity. If a declaration default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to our failure to pay interest or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable, or in the case of redemption, the redemption date, then a holder of Trust Preferred Securities may also bring a

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direct action. This means that a holder may directly sue for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or interest on Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. Such holder need not first (1) direct the institutional trustee to enforce the terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or (2) sue us to enforce the institutional trustee's rights under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

In connection with such direct action, we will be subrogated to the rights of such holder of Trust Preferred Securities under the Issuer's declaration of trust to the extent of any payment made by us to such holder of Trust Preferred Securities in such direct action. This means that we will be entitled to payment of amounts that a holder of Trust Preferred Securities receives in respect of an unpaid distribution that resulted in the bringing of a direct action to the extent that such holder receives or has already received full payment relating to such unpaid distribution from the Issuer. The holders of Trust Preferred Securities will not be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Upon certain occurrences of an indenture event of default, as described under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Indenture Events of Default," the Issuer's institutional trustee, as the sole holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, will have the right under the Junior Subordinated Indenture to declare the principal of and interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be immediately due and payable.

City National and the Issuer are each required to file annually with the Issuer's institutional trustee an officers' certificate as to their compliance with all conditions and covenants under the Issuer's declaration of trust.

Merger, consolidation and amalgamation

The Issuer may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety, to any corporation or other body except as described below. The Issuer may, with the consent of its administrative trustees and without the consent of the holders of the Trust Securities, its Delaware trustee, or its institutional trustee, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by a trust organized as such under the laws of any State, provided that:

(1)

such successor entity either:

(a)

expressly assumes all of the obligations of Issuer under the Trust Securities; or

(b)

substitutes for the Trust Preferred Securities other successor securities having substantially the same terms as the Trust Preferred Securities, so long as the successor securities rank the same as the Trust Preferred Securities rank regarding distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;

(2)

we, as issuer of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, expressly acknowledge a trustee of such successor entity possessing the same powers and duties as the institutional trustee, in its capacity as the holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;

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(3)

immediately following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust Preferred Securities or any successor securities are listed, or any successor securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or with another organization on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed or quoted, if any;

(4)

such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not cause the Trust Preferred Securities, including any successor securities, to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization;

(5)

such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Trust Securities, including any successor securities, in any material respect, other than in connection with any dilution of the holders' interest in the new entity;

(6)

such successor entity has a purpose identical to that of the Issuer;

(7)

prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Issuer has received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel to the Issuer experienced in such matters to the effect that:

(a)

such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Trust Securities, including any successor securities, in any material respect, other than in connection with any dilution of the holders' interest in the new entity;

(b)

following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, neither the Issuer nor the successor entity will be required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the Investment Company Act; and

(c)

following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Issuer or the successor entity will continue to be classified as a domestic grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

(8)

we or our successor or permitted assign owns all common securities of the Issuer and we guarantee the obligations of the successor entity under the successor securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee and the successor entity assumes all obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Issuer's trustees.

Voting rights

Except as described in this section, "—Amendment of Declaration of Trust" below and "Description of the Guarantee—Amendments and Assignment," and except as provided under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor legislation, or the Statutory Trust Act, the Trust Indenture Act and as otherwise required by law and the Issuer's declaration of trust, the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will have no voting rights.

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So long as the institutional trustee receives the tax opinion discussed below, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Securities have the right to direct the Issuer's institutional trustee, as holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, to:

(1)

direct any proceeding for any remedy available to the indenture trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the indenture trustee with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;

(2)

waive any past indenture default that may be waived under the Junior Subordinated Indenture;

(3)

exercise any right to rescind or annul an acceleration of the maturity of the corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; or

(4)

consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Junior Subordinated Indenture where such consent is required.

If a default under the Junior Subordinated Indenture has occurred, we, as holder of the common securities of the Issuer, will be restricted in our ability to direct the institutional trustee, as described under "—Declaration Defaults" above.

The Issuer's institutional trustee is required to notify all holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of any notice of default received from the indenture trustee. The notice is required to state that an indenture event of default also constitutes a declaration default. Except for directing the time, method and place of conducting a proceeding for a remedy available to the institutional trustee, the institutional trustee will not take any of the actions described in clauses (1), (2), (3) or (4) above unless the institutional trustee receives an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel. The opinion must be to the effect that, as a result of such action, the applicable trust will not fail to be classified as a domestic grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

If the consent of the institutional trustee is required under the Junior Subordinated Indenture for any amendment, modification or termination of the Junior Subordinated Indenture, then the institutional trustee is required to request the written direction of the holders of the Trust Securities. Then, the institutional trustee will vote as directed by a majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Securities voting together as a single class. Where any amendment, modification or termination under the Junior Subordinated Indenture would require the consent of a supermajority, however, the institutional trustee may only give such consent at the direction of the holders of the same supermajority of the holders of the Trust Securities. The institutional trustee is not required to take any such action in accordance with the directions of the holders of the Trust Securities unless the institutional trustee has obtained a tax opinion to the effect described above.

A waiver of an indenture event of default by the institutional trustee at the direction of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will constitute a waiver of the corresponding declaration default.

Any required approval or direction of holders of Trust Preferred Securities may be given at a separate meeting of holders of Trust Preferred Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the holders of Trust Securities or by written consent. The administrative trustees will mail to each holder of record of Trust Preferred Securities a notice of any meeting

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at which such holders are entitled to vote. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth the following information:

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the date and time of such meeting;

•

a description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such holders are entitled to vote; and

•

instructions for the delivery of proxies.

No vote or consent of the holders of Trust Preferred Securities will be required for the Issuer to redeem and cancel Trust Preferred Securities or distribute Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in accordance with the Issuer's declaration of trust.

Despite the fact that holders of Trust Preferred Securities are entitled to vote or consent under the circumstances described above, any Trust Preferred Securities that are owned at the time by us or any entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, us, will not be entitled to vote or consent. Instead, these Trust Preferred Securities will be treated for purposes of such vote or consent as if they were not outstanding.

Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities generally will have no rights to appoint or remove the administrative trustees. Instead, these trustees may be appointed, removed or replaced solely by us as the indirect or direct holder of all of the common securities.

To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, voting and consensual rights with respect to the Issuer available to or in favor of holders or owners of Trust Preferred Securities may be exercised only by a United States person that is a beneficial owner of a Trust Preferred Security or by a United States person acting as irrevocable agent with discretionary powers for the beneficial owner of a Trust Security that is not a United States person. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, Holders that are not United States Persons must irrevocably appoint a United States Person with discretionary powers to act as their agent with respect to such voting and consensual rights. For this purpose, a United States Person is any person treated as a United States person as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Book-entry issuance; issuance of Certificated Trust Preferred Securities

The Trust Preferred Securities will be represented by one or more global preferred securities registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, as described under "Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement." As described under that caption, you may elect to hold interests in the Trust Preferred Securities through either DTC (in the United States), or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of Euroclear System (outside the United States), either directly if you are a participant in or customer of one of those systems, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in those systems.

Amendment of declaration of trust

The Issuer's administrative trustees may generally amend the Issuer's declaration of trust without the consent of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, unless such amendment will materially and adversely affect the rights, privileges or preferences of any holder of Trust

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Preferred Securities. In particular, the administrative trustees may amend the Issuer's declaration of trust to:

•

cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions in such declaration of trust that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under such declaration of trust, which may not be inconsistent with the other provisions of such declaration of trust;

•

modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of such declaration of trust to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Issuer will be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a domestic grantor trust at all times that any Trust Securities are outstanding, to ensure that such trust will not be required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act or to ensure the treatment of the Trust Preferred Securities as Tier 1 regulatory capital under prevailing Federal Reserve rules and regulations;

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add to our covenants, restrictions or obligations;

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maintain the qualification of such declaration of trust under the Trust Indenture Act; or

•

modify, eliminate or add to any provision of such declaration of trust to such extent as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate any of the foregoing or to otherwise comply with applicable law.

Such amendment may only be made with the consent of the Issuer's institutional trustee, if the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the institutional trustee will be affected, and with the consent of the Issuer's Delaware trustee, if the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Delaware trustee will be affected.

If any proposed amendment provides for, or the administrative trustees otherwise propose to effect,

(1)

any action that would materially and adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Trust Securities of the Issuer, whether by way of amendment to the Issuer's declaration of trust or otherwise or

(2)

the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer other than pursuant to the terms of the Issuer's declaration of trust,

then the holders of the Issuer's Trust Securities, voting together as a single class, will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal. Such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of holders of at least a majority in liquidation amount of the Issuer's Trust Securities, voting together as a single class. If, however, any amendment or proposal referred to in clause (1) above would materially and adversely affect only the Trust Preferred Securities or the common securities, then only holders of the affected class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal. Such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of holders of a majority in liquidation amount of such class of Trust Securities.

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Despite the foregoing, no amendment or modification may be made to the Issuer's declaration of trust if such amendment or modification would:

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cause the Issuer to be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as other than a domestic grantor trust,

•

reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the Issuer's institutional trustee in contravention of the Trust Indenture Act, or

•

cause the Issuer to be deemed an "investment company" that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.

Payment and paying agent

Payments on the Trust Preferred Securities shall be made to the depositary, which shall credit the relevant accounts at the depositary on the applicable distribution dates as specified under "Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement."

The paying agent shall initially be the Issuer's institutional trustee and any co-paying agent chosen by the institutional trustee and acceptable to us and to the administrative trustees. The paying agent shall be permitted to resign as paying agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Issuer's administrative trustees and institutional trustee and to us. In the event that the Issuer's institutional trustee shall no longer be the paying agent, the administrative trustees will appoint a successor, which will be a bank or trust company acceptable to us and the institutional trustee, to act as paying agent.

Registrar and transfer agent

The Issuer's administrative trustees, or an agent designated by the administrative trustees will act as registrar and transfer agent for the Issuer's Trust Preferred Securities.

Registration of transfers of Trust Preferred Securities will be effected without charge by or on behalf of the Issuer, but upon payment of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange. The Issuer will not be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of its Trust Preferred Securities after such Trust Preferred Securities have been called for redemption.

Information concerning the institutional trustee

The Issuer's institutional trustee holds title to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by the Issuer for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities. In that capacity, the institutional trustee has the power to exercise all rights, power and privileges as a holder under the Junior Subordinated Indenture pursuant to which the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued. In addition, the institutional trustee has exclusive control of a segregated non-interest-bearing account of the Issuer, in which all payments made on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be held for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. The institutional trustee will make payments of distributions and payments on liquidation, redemption and otherwise to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities out of funds in that account.

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Prior to the occurrence of, and after the curing of, an event of default under the Issuer's declaration of trust, the Issuer's institutional trustee will undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Issuer's declaration of trust. After a default, the institutional trustee will exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent individual would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

However, the institutional trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Issuer's declaration of trust at the request of any holder of Trust Preferred Securities unless offered indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it by such holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred thereby. Despite the foregoing, the holders of Trust Preferred Securities will not be required to offer such indemnity in the event such holders, by exercising their voting rights, direct the institutional trustee to take any action following a declaration default.

If no declaration default has occurred and is continuing and the Issuer's institutional trustee is required to decide between alternative causes of action, construe ambiguous provisions in the Issuer's declaration of trust or is unsure of the application of any provision of the Issuer's declaration of trust, and the matter is not one on which holders of Trust Preferred Securities are entitled under the Issuer's declaration of trust to vote, then the institutional trustee will take such action as is directed by us and, if not so directed, shall take such action as it deems necessary and will have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct.

We and certain of our subsidiaries may maintain deposit accounts and banking relationships and conduct other banking and corporate securities transactions with the Issuer's institutional trustee or its affiliates in the ordinary course of their businesses.

Miscellaneous

The Issuer's administrative trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of and to operate the Issuer in such a way that it:

•

will not be required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act;

•

will not cause the Issuer to be characterized as other than a domestic grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

•

cooperates with us to cause the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Issuer to be treated as our indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities have no preemptive or similar rights.

The Issuer may not borrow money or issue debt or mortgage or pledge any of its assets.

Governing law

The Issuer's declaration of trust will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

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Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

We have summarized below certain terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. This summary is not complete. You should refer to the Junior Subordinated Indenture (which includes the first supplemental indenture), forms of which have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. We anticipate that until the liquidation, if any, of the Issuer, each Junior Subordinated Debt Security will be held by the institutional trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and the common securities.

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be unsecured and junior in right of payment to all of our senior debt, as described under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Subordination." As a result, the Trust Preferred Securities also will be effectively subordinated to that debt. As of September 30, 2009, City National had outstanding $233.2 million in debt, of which $228.0 million ranked senior to the indebtedness evidenced by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. We have filed the form of Junior Subordinated Indenture (including the first supplemental indenture) as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Each prospective purchaser should read the Junior Subordinated Indenture (including the first supplemental indenture) for additional information before purchasing any Trust Preferred Securities.

General

We will issue the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in a total principal amount equal to the total liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities and common securities that the Issuer issues. The Issuer will use the proceeds of the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities to purchase the corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities from us. The interest payment provisions of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will correspond to the distribution payment provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities.

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be unsecured. The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated to all of our existing and future "Senior Indebtedness," as such term is defined under "—Subordination" below.

Under circumstances involving the dissolution of the Issuer, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities owned by the Issuer may be distributed to the holders of Trust Preferred Securities in liquidation of that trust, provided that any required regulatory approval is obtained.

Whenever the term "holder" is used in this prospectus with respect to a registered Junior Subordinated Debt Security, it refers to the person in whose name such Junior Subordinated Debt Security is registered in the security register.

Interest rate and maturity

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will bear interest at the annual rate of             %. City National will pay that interest semi-annually in arrears on             and             of each year (we refer to these dates as "interest payment dates"), beginning             , 2010, and ending at the stated maturity date. We refer to the period beginning on and including             , 2009 and ending on but excluding the first interest payment date and each successive period beginning

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on and including an interest payment date and ending on but excluding the next interest payment date as an "interest period." The amount of interest payable for any interest period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any interest payment date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a business day, that interest payment date will be postponed to the next day that is a business day and no interest or other payment will accrue as a result of that postponement.

Accrued interest that is not paid on the applicable interest payment date will bear additional interest to the extent permitted by law at the same rate that is applicable to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, compounded semi-annually from the relevant interest payment date. When we use the term "interest," we are referring to both semi-annual interest payments and interest on semi-annual interest payments not paid on the applicable interest payment date.

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will mature and must be repaid on             , 2040. We refer to             , 2040 as the "stated maturity date." If the stated maturity date falls on a day that is not a business day, then the payment of principal and interest will be paid on the following business day and no interest on that payment will accrue from and after the stated maturity date.

Subordination

Our payment obligations under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee will be unsecured and will rank junior and be subordinated in right of payment and upon liquidation to all of our "senior debt" (as defined below). This means that no payment of principal, including redemption payments, or interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be made if:

•

any of our senior debt has not been paid when due and any applicable grace period relating to such default has ended and such default has not been cured or been waived or ceased to exist; or

•

the maturity of any of our senior debt has been accelerated because of a default.

Upon any payment by us, or distribution of our assets, to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due on all of our senior debt must be paid in full before the holders of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are entitled to receive or retain any payment. Upon satisfaction of all claims related to our senior debt then outstanding, the rights of the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of our senior debt to receive payments or distributions applicable to senior debt until all amounts owing on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are paid in full.

For purposes of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, "Senior Indebtedness" or "senior debt" means,

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with respect to us:

(1)

the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (a) indebtedness for money borrowed and (b) indebtedness evidenced by securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by us;

(2)

all of our capital lease obligations;

(3)

all of our obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all of our conditional sale obligations and all of our obligations under any title retention agreement;

(4)

all of our obligations, contingent or otherwise, in respect of any letters of credit, bankers' acceptances, security purchase facilities, repurchase agreements or similar credit transactions;

(5)

all of our obligations in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate futures or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts, hedging arrangements and other similar agreements;

(6)

all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above of other persons for the payment of which we are responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and

(7)

all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above of other persons secured by any lien on any of our property or assets, whether or not such obligation is assumed by us;

except that senior debt will not include:

(A)

except as provided in clause (C), any indebtedness issued after the date hereof under the Junior Subordinated Indenture that is expressly subordinated to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;



(B)

the Guarantee;



(C)

any indebtedness or guarantee that is by its terms subordinated to, or ranks equally with, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the issuance of which, in the case of this clause (C) only, (x) has received the concurrence or approval of the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or the staff of the Federal Reserve or (y) does not at the time of issuance prevent the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities from qualifying for Tier 1 capital treatment (irrespective of any limits on the amount of our Tier 1 capital) under the applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations, policies or published interpretations of the Federal Reserve;



(D)

trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business; and



(E)

our existing parity obligations.

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Option to defer interest payments

We may elect at one or more times to defer payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities for up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods if the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are not in default. However, no deferral period may extend beyond the stated maturity date of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

During each deferral period, interest will continue to accrue at the annual rate of             % on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, additional interest will accrue on the unpaid interest at the same rate applicable to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, compounded semi-annually from the relevant interest payment date. At the end of each deferral period or, if earlier, upon redemption of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we will pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

We may, at any time, pay all or any portion of the interest accrued to that point during a deferral period.

Once we pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities (together with interest on such unpaid interest at the same rate applicable to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, compounded semi-annually from the relevant interest payment date, to the extent permitted by applicable law), we can again defer interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities as described above.

During any deferral period, we will not and our subsidiaries will not be permitted to:

•

declare or pay any dividends or distributions, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment on any of our capital stock or the capital stock of our subsidiaries;

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make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any of our debt securities (including other Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or other junior subordinated debt) that rank equally with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; or

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make any guarantee payments on any guarantee of debt securities of any of our subsidiaries (including under other guarantees of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or other junior subordinated debt) if the guarantee ranks equally with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

However, at any time, including during a deferral period, we will be permitted to:

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pay dividends or distributions in additional shares of our capital stock;

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make payments under the Guarantee;

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declare or pay a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders' rights plan, or issue stock under such a plan or repurchase such rights;

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repurchase or otherwise acquire shares of our capital stock for issuance pursuant to any employee benefit plans; and

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solely in the case of any of our controlled subsidiaries, pay dividends or distributions on the capital stock of such subsidiary to us or one of our affiliates.

If the institutional trustee is the sole holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we will give the institutional trustee written notice of our election of a deferral period at least one business day before the earlier of:

•

the next date distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities and common securities are payable; and

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the date the administrative trustees are required to give notice to holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of the record or payment date for the related distribution.

If the institutional trustee is not the sole holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities for which we are deferring interest, we will give the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities notice of our selection of the extension period ten business days prior to the earlier of:

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the next succeeding interest payment date; or

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the date upon which we are required to give notice to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of the record or payment date of such related interest payment.

In either case, a trustee of the Issuer will give written notice of our election to begin a deferral period to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities within five days of receipt.

Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

As described above, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be distributed in exchange for the Trust Preferred Securities upon dissolution and liquidation of the Issuer, after satisfaction of the Issuer's liabilities to its creditors. See "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities—Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution" and "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities—Optional Liquidation of Issuer and Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to Holders."

If the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are distributed to the holders of Trust Preferred Securities, we anticipate that the depositary arrangements for the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be substantially identical to those in effect for the Trust Preferred Securities. See "Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement."

Redemption

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities:

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are redeemable, in whole or in part, at our option at any time after             , 2014 at the redemption price set forth under "—Optional "Make-Whole" Redemption" below;

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are redeemable, in whole but not in part, after the occurrence of a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event, at a redemption price equal to their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, as described below; and

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are not subject to any sinking fund or analogous provisions.

If required under the Federal Reserve's capital rules, we will obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve prior to exercising the redemption rights described above. Under the current rules of the Federal Reserve, such approval is required in all instances.

Optional "make-whole" redemption

We will have the right, at any time after             , 2014 and prior to the stated maturity date, to redeem some or all of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities at a redemption price equal to the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the present value of scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the stated maturity date, on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a discount rate equal to the Treasury rate plus a spread of       %, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

For purposes of the above:

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"Treasury rate" means the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the "Treasury security" that corresponds to the "Treasury price" (calculated in accordance with standard market practice and computed as of the second trading day preceding the redemption date);

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"Treasury security" means the U.S. Treasury security that the "Treasury dealer" determines would be appropriate to use, at the time of determination and in accordance with standard market practice, in pricing the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities being redeemed in a tender offer based on a spread to U.S. Treasury yields;

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"Treasury price" means the bid-side price for the Treasury security as of the third trading day preceding the redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on that trading day and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities," except that: (1) if that release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain that price information on that trading day; or (2) if the Treasury dealer determines that the price information is not reasonably reflective of the actual bid-side price of the Treasury security prevailing at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that trading day, then the Treasury price will instead mean the bid-side price for the Treasury security at or around 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that trading day (expressed on a next trading day settlement basis) as determined by the Treasury dealer through such alternative means as the Treasury dealer considers to be appropriate under the circumstances; and

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"Treasury dealer" means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or its successor) or, if J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or its successor) refuses to act as Treasury dealer for this purpose or ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer specified by us for these purposes.

Conditional right to redeem at par upon a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event

At any time within 90 days after a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event, we will have the right to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities at a

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redemption price equal to their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

For purposes of the above, a "Tax Event" means the receipt by the Issuer or City National of an opinion of counsel experienced in those matters to the effect that, as a result of:

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any amendment to or change in the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities;

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any proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities; or

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any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities;

there is more than an insubstantial risk that:

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the Issuer is, or within 90 days of the date of that opinion will be, subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;

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interest payable by us on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of that opinion will not be, deductible by us, in whole or in part, for U.S. federal income tax purposes; or

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the Issuer is, or within 90 days of the date of that opinion will be, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.

For purposes of the above, "Capital Treatment Event" means the reasonable determination by City National that, as a result of:

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any amendment to, or change in, the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities;

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any proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities; or

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any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities,

there is more than an insubstantial risk that City National will not be entitled to treat an amount equal to the liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities as "Tier 1 capital" (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable. See "Accounting Treatment; Regulatory Capital" above.

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Indenture events of default

The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides that the following are "indenture events of default" relating to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities:

(1)

default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Junior Subordinated Debt Security when payable, whether at its final maturity or upon redemption or otherwise; or

(2)

failure to pay in full interest accrued (including any interest accrued on deferred payments) on any Junior Subordinated Debt Security upon the conclusion of a period of 10 consecutive interest payment periods, that commences with the earliest semi-annual period for which interest has not been paid in full and continuance of such failure to pay for a period of 30 days; or

(3)

specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee.

If an indenture event of default of the type described in (2) above shall occur and be continuing, either the indenture trustee or the holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, will have the right to declare the principal of and the interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, including any accrued and unpaid interest, and any other amounts payable under the Junior Subordinated Indenture to be immediately due and payable. If they fail to make that declaration, then the holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the right to do so. If an indenture event of default of the type described in (3) above shall occur and be continuing, the principal of and the interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the indenture trustee or any holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, become immediately due and payable. In the event of an indenture event of default of the type described in (1) above, there is no right to declare the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities immediately payable.

Indenture defaults

The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides that the following are "indenture defaults" relating to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities:

(1)

an indenture event of default, as described above;

(2)

a default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest on any Junior Subordinated Debt Security, subject to our right to defer interest payments;

(3)

a default by us for 90 days after written notice in the performance of any other covenant in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; and

(4)

the Issuer shall have voluntarily or involuntarily dissolved, wound-up its business or otherwise terminated its existence, except in connection with (i) the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to holders of the Trust Securities in liquidation or redemption of their interests in the Issuer upon a special event, (ii) the redemption of all of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities of the Issuer or (iii) certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations of the Issuer.

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There is no right of acceleration upon the occurrence of an indenture default that is not also one of the types of indenture events of default that confers acceleration rights, as described in "—Indenture Events of Default," above. However, any indenture default could give rise to a claim against us relating to the specific default. Any deferral of interest or extension of interest payment period on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities made in accordance with any interest deferral provisions described in "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Option To Defer Interest Payments" will not constitute a default under the Junior Subordinated Indenture.

The indenture trustee may withhold notice to the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of any default with respect thereto, except in the payment of principal, premium or interest, if it considers such withholding to be in the interests of such holders.

Enforcement of rights by holders of Trust Preferred Securities

If (i) a default occurs under the Junior Subordinated Indenture and that default is attributable to our failure to pay interest, premium, if any, or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities when due and (ii) the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are held by the Issuer, then a holder of the related Trust Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against us for enforcement of payment on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of that holder. The holders of Trust Preferred Securities will not be able to directly exercise any other remedy available to the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Consolidation, merger and sale of assets

The Junior Subordinated Indenture will provide that we will not consolidate or merge with another corporation or convey, transfer or lease our assets substantially as an entirety unless:

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the successor is a corporation organized in the United States and expressly assumes the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest (including additional amounts) on all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities issued thereunder and the performance of every other covenant of the Junior Subordinated Indenture on our part;

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immediately thereafter, no default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

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we have delivered to the indenture trustee an officer's certificate stating that such merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any supplemental indenture to the Junior Subordinated Indenture will comply with the terms of this section.

Upon any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, the successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for us under the Junior Subordinated Indenture. Thereafter we shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Junior Subordinated Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. See "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities—Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation" above.

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Certain covenants

So long as the Issuer has Trust Preferred Securities outstanding, we will covenant in the Junior Subordinated Indenture to:

(1)

directly or indirectly maintain 100% ownership of the common securities of the Issuer;

(2)

not voluntarily dissolve, wind-up or terminate the Issuer, except in connection with:

(a)

a distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; or

(b)

mergers, consolidations or amalgamations of the Issuer permitted by the Issuer's declaration of trust;

(3)

timely perform our duties as sponsor of the Issuer; and

(4)

use our reasonable efforts to cause the Issuer to:

(a)

remain a statutory trust, except in connection with the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of Trust Securities in liquidation of the Issuer, the redemption of all of the Issuer's Trust Securities, or mergers, consolidations or amalgamations of the Issuer, each as permitted by the Issuer's declaration of trust, and

(b)

otherwise continue to be classified as a domestic grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Modifications and amendments

Without the consent of any holders of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we and the indenture trustee may through supplemental indentures make certain modifications and amendments to the Junior Subordinated Indenture to add covenants for the benefit of holders of all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, to add additional defaults, to change or eliminate provisions of such indenture when no Junior Subordinated Debt Security is entitled to the benefit of such provision, to cure ambiguities, correct or supplement any defects or inconsistent provisions or make any other provision provided that such cure, correction, supplement or provision does not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and for certain other specified purposes.

We and the trustees, with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities that are affected by the modification, may modify the Junior Subordinated Indenture or any supplemental indenture affecting the rights of the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. However, no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the holder of each Junior Subordinated Debt Security affected thereby:

(1)

change the date on which principal of or interest on such securities is due and payable;

(2)

reduce the rate of interest on such securities;

(3)

reduce the principal amount of such securities or the premium, if any, on such securities;

(4)

change the place any principal, premium or interest is payable;

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(5)

change the currency in which any such securities or any interest thereon are payable;

(6)

change the percentage of outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities necessary to modify or amend the Junior Subordinated Indenture or any supplemental indenture referred to above; or

(7)

impair the right of holders of Trust Preferred Securities to take direct action against us as described under "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities—Declaration Defaults."

In addition, the Junior Subordinated Indenture may not be amended without the consent of each holder of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities affected thereby to modify the subordination of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities issued under the Junior Subordinated Indenture in a manner adverse to the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Satisfaction and discharge

The Junior Subordinated Indenture will cease to be of further effect and we will be deemed to have satisfied and discharged our obligations under such Junior Subordinated Indenture when all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities issued under such indenture not previously delivered to the indenture trustee for cancellation:

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have become due and payable;

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will become due and payable at their final maturity within one year; or

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are to be called for redemption within one year;

and, in each case, we have deposited with the indenture trustee funds sufficient to make all remaining interest and principal payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and any other amounts payable under the Junior Subordinated Indenture (which deposits may require the prior approval of the Federal Reserve) and we have provided the indenture trustee with an officer's certificate and opinion of counsel stating that the applicable terms of the Junior Subordinated Indenture have been complied with.

Book-entry and settlement

If the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are distributed to holders of Trust Preferred Securities in connection with the involuntary or voluntary dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer as a result of the occurrence of a special event, then the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued in the form of one or more global certificates registered in the name of the depositary or its nominee. Each global certificate is referred to as a "global security." Except under certain limited circumstances described under "—The Depositary" below, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities represented by a global security will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in definitive form. The global securities may not be transferred except by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or to a successor depositary or its nominee.

The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to transfer or pledge beneficial interests in a global security.

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Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the holders, as defined in the Junior Subordinated Indenture, of the global security for any purpose under the Junior Subordinated Indenture. A global security representing Junior Subordinated Debt Securities is only exchangeable for another global security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of the depositary or its nominee or to a successor depositary or its nominee. This means that each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of the depositary, or if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the Junior Subordinated Indenture.

The depositary

If Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are distributed to holders of Trust Preferred Securities in liquidation of such holders' interests in the Issuer, DTC will act as securities depositary for the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. As of the date of this prospectus, the description of DTC's book-entry system and DTC's practices as they relate to purchases, transfers, notices and payments relating to the Trust Preferred Securities apply in all material respects to any debt obligations represented by one or more global securities held by DTC. We may appoint a successor to DTC or any successor depositary in the event DTC or such successor depositary is unable or unwilling to continue as a depositary for the global securities. For a description of DTC and the specific terms of the depositary arrangements, see "Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement."

None of City National, the Issuer, any paying agent or any other agent we may appoint nor the indenture trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a global security for such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

A global security will be exchangeable for Junior Subordinated Debt Securities registered in the names of persons other than the depositary or its nominee if:

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the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for such global security or has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when the depositary is required to be so registered to act as such depositary and in either case we fail to appoint a successor depositary within 90 days; or

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we, in our sole discretion, determine that such global security shall be so exchangeable.

Any global security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Junior Subordinated Debt Securities registered in such names as the depositary shall direct. It is expected that such instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from its participants relating to ownership of beneficial interests in such global security.

Information regarding the indenture trustee

The indenture trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Junior Subordinated Indenture at the request of any holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt

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Securities, unless offered reasonable indemnity by such holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred thereby. The indenture trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of its duties if the indenture trustee reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is not reasonably assured to it.

Governing law

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

Miscellaneous

The Junior Subordinated Indenture will provide that we will pay all fees and expenses related to:

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the offering of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the corresponding Trust Securities;

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the organization, maintenance and dissolution of the Issuer;

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the retention of the trustees; and

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the enforcement by the institutional trustee of the rights of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.

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Description of the Guarantee

Under the Guarantee, City National will guarantee certain payment obligations of the Issuer. The Issuer's amended and restated declaration of trust provides that, by your acceptance of the Trust Preferred Securities, you agree to the provisions of the Guarantee and the Junior Subordinated Indenture. Set forth below is a summary of the general terms that apply to the Guarantee. The Guarantee is qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The guarantee trustee for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.. The guarantee trustee will hold the Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. We have filed the form of the Guarantee as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Prospective purchasers of Trust Preferred Securities should read the Guarantee for additional information before purchasing any Trust Preferred Securities.

General

Under the Guarantee, we will irrevocably and unconditionally agree to pay in full to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, except to the extent paid by the Issuer, as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim which the Issuer may have or assert, the following payments, which are referred to as "guarantee payments," without duplication:

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any accrued and unpaid distributions that are required to be paid on the Trust Preferred Securities, to the extent the Issuer has funds available for distributions;

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the redemption price, plus all accrued and unpaid distributions relating to any Trust Preferred Securities called for redemption by the Issuer, to the extent the Issuer has funds available for redemptions; and

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upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer, other than in connection with the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of Trust Preferred Securities or the redemption of all of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities of the Issuer, the lesser of:

•

the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities to the date of payment to the extent the Issuer has funds available; and

•

the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining for distribution to holders of the Trust Preferred Securities in liquidation of the Issuer.

We may satisfy our obligation to make a guarantee payment by direct payment of the required amounts to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to such holders.

The Guarantee will not apply to any payment of distributions, except to the extent that the Issuer shall have funds available for such payments and shall have not applied such funds to make required payments. If we do not make interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by the Issuer, then the Issuer will not pay distributions on its Trust Preferred Securities and will not have funds available for such payments and under such

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circumstances payments of such amounts will not be made under the Guarantee. See "—Status of the Guarantee" below. The Guarantee does not limit the incurrence or issuance by us of other secured or unsecured debt.

The Guarantee, when taken together with our obligations under the Junior Subordinated Indenture under which the related Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued and the related declaration of trust, including our obligations to pay costs, expenses, debts and liabilities of the Issuer, other than those relating to Trust Securities, provides a full and unconditional guarantee on a junior subordinated basis of payments due on the related Trust Preferred Securities.

We will also agree separately to irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee the obligations of the Issuer with respect to its common securities to the same extent of the Trust Preferred Securities.

Status of the Guarantee

The Guarantee will be unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of our Senior Indebtedness in the same manner as our Junior Subordinated Debt Securities as set forth in the Junior Subordinated Indenture.

The Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection, which means that the guaranteed party may sue the guarantor to enforce its rights under such guarantee without suing any other person or entity. The Guarantee will be held for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities and will be discharged only by payment of the guarantee payments in full to the extent not paid by the Issuer or upon the distribution of the corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Amendments and assignment

The Guarantee may be amended only with the prior approval of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities. No vote will be required, however, for any changes that do not adversely affect the rights of holders of the Trust Preferred Securities in any material respect. All guarantees and agreements contained in the Guarantee will bind our successors, assignees, receivers, trustees and representatives and will be for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.

Termination of the Guarantee

The Guarantee will terminate:

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upon full payment of the redemption price of all related Trust Preferred Securities of the Issuer;

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upon distribution of the corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of the Trust Securities; or

•

upon full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Issuer's declaration of trust upon liquidation of the Issuer.

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The Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Trust Preferred Securities must repay any sums paid under the Trust Preferred Securities or the Guarantee.

Events of default

An event of default under the Guarantee will occur if we fail to make our required payments or perform any of our other obligations under the Guarantee.

The holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the guarantee trustee in respect of the Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the guarantee trustee under the Guarantee.

Any holder of Trust Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the guarantee trustee or any other person or entity.

We, as guarantor, will be required to file annually with the guarantee trustee a certificate as to whether or not we are in compliance with all the conditions and covenants applicable to us under the Guarantee.

Information concerning the guarantee trustee

Prior to the occurrence of, and after the curing of, any event of default relating to the Guarantee, the guarantee trustee is required to perform only the duties that are specifically set forth in the Guarantee. Following the occurrence of an event of default, the guarantee trustee will exercise the degree of care that a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. However, the guarantee trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Guarantee at the request of any holder of the related Trust Preferred Securities, unless offered indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred thereby. Despite the foregoing, following an event of default relating to the Guarantee, the failure of the holders of Trust Preferred Securities to offer such indemnity shall not relieve the guarantee trustee of its obligations to exercise the rights and powers vested in it under the Guarantee. We and/or our affiliates may maintain certain accounts and other banking relationships with the guarantee trustee and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

Governing law

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

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Relationship among the Trust Preferred Securities,
the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee

Full and unconditional guarantee

Taken together, our obligations under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Junior Subordinated Indenture, the declaration of trust (as amended and restated) and the Guarantee provide, in the aggregate, a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payments of distributions and other amounts due on the Trust Preferred Securities. No single document standing alone or operating in conjunction with fewer than all of the other documents constitutes such a guarantee. It is only the combined operation of these documents that has the effect of providing a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of the Issuer's obligations under the Trust Preferred Securities. If and to the extent that we do not make payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Issuer will not pay distributions or other amounts due on the Trust Preferred Securities. The Guarantee does not cover payment of distributions when the Issuer does not have sufficient funds to pay such distributions. In such an event, a holder of Trust Preferred Securities may institute an action directly against us to enforce payment of such distributions to such holder after the respective due dates.

Sufficiency of payments

As long as payments of interest and other payments are made when due on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, such payments will be sufficient to cover distributions and other payments due on the Trust Preferred Securities, primarily because:

•

the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be equal to the sum of the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities and the common securities;

•

the interest rate and interest and other payment dates on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will match the distribution rate and distribution and other payment dates for the Trust Preferred Securities;

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we will pay for all and any costs, expenses and liabilities of the Issuer except for the Issuer's obligations to holders of the Trust Preferred Securities under such Trust Preferred Securities; and

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the Issuer's declaration of trust will provide that the Issuer will not engage in any activity that is not consistent with the limited purpose the Issuer.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Junior Subordinated Indenture, we have the right to set-off any payment we are otherwise required to make thereunder with and to the extent we have theretofore made, or are concurrently on the date of such payment making, a payment under the Guarantee.

Enforcement rights of holders of Trust Preferred Securities

A holder of any Trust Preferred Security may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the guarantee trustee, the trust or any other person or entity.

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A holder may institute a direct action against us to enforce its rights under a the Issuer's declaration of trust only if a declaration default has occurred and is continuing and is attributable to our failure to pay interest or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable.

A default or event of default under any of our Senior Indebtedness will not constitute an indenture event of default. However, in the event of payment defaults under, or acceleration of, our Senior Indebtedness, the subordination provisions of the Junior Subordinated Indenture provide that no payments may be made in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities until such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full or any payment default thereunder has been cured or waived. Failure to make required payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities would constitute an indenture event of default, but under the subordination provisions, we could make no payment on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities unless holders of our Senior Indebtedness are paid in full. See "Description of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Subordination" above.

Limited purpose of trust

The Trust Preferred Securities will evidence a beneficial interest in the Issuer, and the Issuer will be created for the sole purpose of issuing the Trust Preferred Securities and common securities and investing the proceeds thereof in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. A principal difference between the rights of a holder of Trust Preferred Securities and a holder of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be that a holder of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be entitled to receive from us the principal amount of and interest accrued on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, while a holder of Trust Preferred Securities will be entitled to receive distributions from the Issuer, including any amounts to be received upon redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities, or amounts received from us under the Guarantee, if and to the extent the Issuer has funds available for the payment of such distributions.

Rights upon dissolution

Upon any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer involving the liquidation of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities are entitled to receive, out of assets held by the Issuer after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuers, as provided by applicable law, the liquidation distribution in cash. See "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities—Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution." Upon our voluntary or involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy, the Issuer's institutional trustee, as holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, would be our junior subordinated creditor, subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness, but entitled to receive payment in full of principal and interest before any of our common or preferred stockholders or holders of any other securities that are junior to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities receive payments or distributions. Since we are the guarantor under the Guarantee and have agreed to pay for all costs, expenses and liabilities of the Issuer, other than the Issuer's obligations to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, the positions of a holder of such Trust Preferred Securities and a holder of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities relative to other creditors and to our stockholders in the event of our liquidation or bankruptcy would be substantially the same.

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Book-entry procedures and settlement

The Trust Preferred Securities will be book-entry securities. All Trust Preferred Securities and all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities initially will be represented by one or more fully registered global securities. Each global security will be deposited upon issuance with, or on behalf of, DTC and will be registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC, in each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as described below. DTC will thus be the only registered holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities and will be considered the sole owner of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities for purposes of the Junior Subordinated Indenture and the Issuer's declaration of trust.

Global securities may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the global securities may be held through the Euroclear System, or Euroclear, and Clearstream Banking, S.A., or Clearstream, each as indirect participants in DTC. Transfers of beneficial interests in the global securities will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct and indirect participants, including, if applicable, those of Euroclear and Clearstream, which may change from time to time. DTC has advised us as follows: it is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with it. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities through electronic computerized book entry transfers and pledges between participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates.

Direct participants in DTC's system include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. Access to DTC's system also is available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant, either directly or indirectly, which we collectively call "indirect participants." Persons that are not participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the participants or the indirect participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the participants and the indirect participants. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.

DTC has also advised us that, upon the issuance of the global securities evidencing a series of debt securities or trust preferred securities, it will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts of the debt securities evidenced thereby to the designated accounts of participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global securities will be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global securities will be shown on, and the transfer of those ownership interests may be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee (with respect to participants) and the records of participants and indirect participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the global securities).

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Investors in the global securities that are participants may hold their interests therein directly through DTC. Investors in the global securities that are not participants may hold their interests therein indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear and Clearstream) that are participants in such system. Euroclear and Clearstream will hold interests in the global securities on behalf of their participants through customers' securities accounts in their respective names on the books of their respective depositaries. All interests in a global security, including those held through Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. Those interests held through Euroclear or Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures and requirements of such systems.

The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of those securities in definitive form. Those laws may impair the ability of holders to transfer beneficial interests in global securities to certain purchasers. Because DTC can act only on behalf of the participants, which in turn act on behalf of the indirect participants, the ability of a person having beneficial interests in a global security to pledge such interests to persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.

So long as DTC or any successor depositary for a global security, or any nominee, is the registered holder of such global security, DTC or such successor depositary or nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or Trust Preferred Securities represented by such global security for all purposes under the applicable indenture or declaration of trust. Except as set forth below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or Trust Preferred Securities represented by such global securities registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Trust Preferred Securities in definitive form, and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof for any purpose under the applicable indenture or declaration of trust. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a global security must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture or declaration of trust. We understand that, under existing industry practices, in the event that we request any action of holders or that an owner of a beneficial interest in the global securities desires to give any consent or take any action under the applicable indenture or declaration of trust, DTC or any successor depositary would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take such action or consent, and such participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to give or take such action or consent or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.

Payment of principal and interest on Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and distributions on Trust Preferred Securities that are registered in the name of or held by DTC or any successor depositary or nominee will be payable to DTC or such successor depositary or nominee, as the case may be, in its capacity as registered holder of the global securities representing the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and Trust Preferred Securities. Under the terms of the indenture and declaration of trust, DTC and the trustee will treat the persons in whose names the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities, including the global securities, are registered as the owners of such securities for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes. Consequently, neither we, nor any indenture trustee, nor any agent of us or

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any such person will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in the global securities, for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its participants or indirect participants.

We have been advised by DTC that its current practice, upon receipt of any distribution in respect of the global securities, is to credit participants' accounts with payments on the payment date, unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payments on such payment date. Each relevant participant is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by participants and indirect participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities held through such participants and indirect participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street name," and will be the responsibility of such participants or indirect participants, and will not be the responsibility of us, any indenture trustee, nor any agent of us or of any such person. Neither we nor any such person or agent will be liable for any delay by DTC or by any participant or indirect participant in identifying the beneficial owners of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or Trust Preferred Securities, and we and any such person or agent may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.

Crossmarket transfers between the participants in DTC, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC's rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant global security in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream.

Owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the related Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or Trust Preferred Securities in certificated form and will not be considered the holders of the related securities for any purpose under the applicable indenture or declaration of trust, and no global security will be exchangeable, except for another global security of the same denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of DTC or a successor depositary or nominee. Accordingly, each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if the beneficial owner is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant or indirect participant through which the beneficial owner owns its interest to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture or declaration of trust.

Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the global securities among participants in DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to continue to perform such

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procedures, and may discontinue such procedures at any time. Neither we, nor any indenture trustee, nor any agent of us or of any such person will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

The information in this section, including any description of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, has been provided solely as a matter of convenience. We do not take any responsibility for the accuracy of this information, and this information is not intended to serve as a representation, warranty or contract modification of any kind. The operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are solely within the control of such settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. We urge investors to contact such systems or their participants directly to discuss these matters.

Holding beneficial interests through Euroclear and Clearstream

You may elect to hold interests in the Trust Preferred Securities outside the United States through Clearstream or Euroclear, if you are a participant in or customer of the relevant system, or indirectly through an organization that is a participant in or customer of the relevant system. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold interests on behalf of their participants and customers through customer securities accounts in Clearstream's and Euroclear's names on the books of their respective depositaries. Those depositaries will in turn hold those interests in customer securities accounts in the depositaries' names on the books of DTC. The Bank of New York 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 customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between its customers through electronic book-entry transfers between their accounts. Clearstream provides its customers 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. Its customers are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations. Its customers 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 customers. Clearstream will credit distributions with respect to interests in global preferred securities held through Clearstream 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 participants of Euroclear ("Euroclear 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 performs various other services,

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including securities lending and borrowing and interacts 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. All operations are conducted by the Euroclear operator, and all Euroclear securities clearance accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear operator, not Euroclear plc. Euroclear plc establishes policy for Euroclear on behalf of Euroclear participants. 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.

The Euroclear operator is a Belgian bank. As such it is regulated by the Belgian Banking and Finance Commission.

Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear operator are governed by the terms and conditions governing use of Euroclear and the related operating procedures of Euroclear and applicable Belgian law. These terms, conditions and procedures govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the terms and conditions applicable only on behalf of Euroclear participants and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants. Distributions with respect to interests in global preferred securities held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with the Terms and Conditions, to the extent received by the U.S. Depositary for Euroclear.

Euroclear has further advised us that investors that acquire, hold and transfer interests in the global preferred securities by book-entry through accounts with the Euroclear operator or any other securities intermediary are subject to the laws and contractual provisions governing their relationship with their intermediary, as well as the laws and contractual provisions governing the relationship between such an intermediary and each other intermediary, if any, standing between themselves and the global securities.

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Material U.S. federal income tax considerations

The following section summarizes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of Trust Preferred Securities as of the date of this prospectus. This summary deals only with Trust Preferred Securities that are held as capital assets by holders that purchase Trust Preferred Securities in this offering upon their original issuance at their initial "issue price," which will generally equal the first price at which a substantial amount of the Trust Preferred Securities is sold to the public (not including bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers). This summary does not describe all of the U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to a holder in light of its particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules, such as:

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dealers in securities or traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for its securities holdings;

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banks, thrifts, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts and financial institutions;

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insurance companies;

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tax-exempt entities or organizations;

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persons holding Trust Preferred Securities as part of a "straddle," "hedge," "conversion" or similar transaction;

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common trust funds;

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controlled foreign corporations;

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United States expatriates;

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holders subject to the alternative minimum tax; or

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U.S. holders (as defined below) whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar.

In addition, this section does not address the effect of any state, local, foreign or other tax laws or any U.S. federal estate, gift or alternative minimum tax considerations. If a partnership holds Trust Preferred Securities, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in a partnership holding Trust Preferred Securities, you should consult your tax advisor.

This section is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), judicial decisions, final, temporary and proposed U.S. Treasury regulations, published rulings and other administrative pronouncements, all as currently in effect as of the date hereof. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.

The authorities on which this summary is based are subject to various interpretations, and it is therefore possible that the U.S. federal income tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of the Trust Preferred Securities may differ from the treatment described below. The opinion of counsel is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or the courts, either

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of which could disagree with the explanations or conclusions contained in this summary. We have not sought any rulings concerning the treatment of the Trust Preferred Securities or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and the summary below is not binding on the IRS. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge the treatments expressed in this summary or that a court would not sustain such a challenge.

In addition, this summary does not contain a detailed description of all the U.S. federal income tax consequences to you in light of your particular circumstances and does not address the effects of any state, local or non-U.S. tax laws or any tax laws other than income tax laws. If you are considering the purchase, ownership or disposition of the Trust Preferred Securities, you should consult your own tax advisor concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences to you in light of your particular circumstances, as well as any consequences arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.

Classification of the Issuer

In connection with the issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz will deliver an opinion to us to the effect that, under current law and assuming full compliance with the terms of the amended and restated declaration of trust, for U.S. federal income tax purposes the Issuer will be classified as a grantor trust and not as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. Accordingly, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, you generally will be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Issuer and will be required to include in gross income your pro rata share of the interest income or original issue discount that is paid or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. See "—Interest Income and Original Issue Discount" below. If the Issuer were to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, it would be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to income accrued or received on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and the tax consequences to you of holding Trust Preferred Securities would differ. Unless otherwise indicated, the remainder of this summary assumes that the classification of the Issuer as a domestic grantor trust will be respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Classification of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

City National, the Issuer and you, by your acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, agree to treat the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities as indebtedness for all U.S. tax purposes. In connection with the issuance of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, our special tax counsel, has advised us that, under current law and assuming full compliance with the terms of the indenture and other relevant documents, and based on representations made by us, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be characterized as debt of City National for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities were treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tax consequences to us and to holders would differ considerably. Unless otherwise indicated, the remainder of this summary assumes that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be respected as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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U.S. holders

This subsection describes certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. holder. You are a "U.S. holder" if you are a beneficial owner of Trust Preferred Securities and you are:

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an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States,

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a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia,

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an estate the income of which is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source, or

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a trust if (i) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) such trust has a valid election in effect under applicable United States Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person.

If you are not a U.S. holder, this subsection does not apply to you and you should refer to "—Non-U.S. Holders" below.

Interest income and original issue discount

We anticipate that if the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued with an issue price that is less than their stated redemption price at maturity, such difference will be de minimis (i.e. less than 0.25 percent of the stated redemption price at maturity multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity). We also believe that the likelihood that we will exercise our right to defer interest payments is "remote" within the meaning of the applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. Based on the foregoing, we believe that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities should not be considered to be issued with original issue discount ("OID") at the time of their original issuance. Accordingly, you will generally be taxed on the stated interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities attributable to the Trust Preferred Securities you hold as ordinary income at the time it is paid or accrued in accordance with your regular method of tax accounting.

If we exercise our right to defer interest, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities would be treated as retired and reissued with OID at that time. Beginning at that time, all of your taxable interest income relating to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities would constitute OID that would have to be included in income on an economic accrual basis before the receipt of the cash attributable to the interest, regardless of your method of accounting. Consequently, you would be required to include in gross income OID even though we will make no actual payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or the Trust Preferred Securities during a deferral period.

Under the applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, a "remote" contingency that stated interest will not be timely paid is ignored in determining whether a debt instrument is issued with OID. The IRS has not yet addressed in any rulings or regulations the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a debt instrument where the issuer of a debt instrument has the right to defer interest payments. The IRS has also not defined the meaning of the term "remote" as used in the applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. If the likelihood of our exercise of the right to defer any

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payment of interest were determined not to be "remote" under those regulations, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities would be treated as issued with OID at the time of issuance. In that event, all taxable interest income relating to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities would constitute OID that would have to be included in income on an economic accrual basis before the receipt of the cash attributable to the interest, regardless of your method of tax accounting. Consequently, you may be required to include an amount of interest in gross income that exceeds the amount of the actual payments we make on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Because income on the Trust Preferred Securities will constitute interest or OID, corporate holders of Trust Preferred Securities will not be entitled to a dividends-received deduction relating to any income recognized relating to the Trust Preferred Securities, and individual holders will not be entitled to a lower income tax rate in respect of certain dividends, relating to any income recognized relating to the Trust Preferred Securities.

Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or cash to holders of Trust Preferred Securities

As described under the caption "Description of the Trust Preferred Securities—Optional Liquidation of Issuer and Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to Holders" above, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Issuer may be distributed to you in exchange for your Trust Preferred Securities if the Issuer is liquidated before the maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, as long as we first receive the approval of the Federal Reserve to do so if that approval is then required under the Federal Reserve's capital rules. Under current law, this type of distribution from a grantor trust will not be taxable. Upon such a distribution, you will receive your proportional share of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities previously held indirectly through the Issuer. Your holding period and aggregate tax basis in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will equal the holding period and aggregate tax basis that you had in your Trust Preferred Securities before the distribution.

If you receive Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in exchange for your Trust Preferred Securities, you would accrue interest in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities received from the Issuer in the manner described above under "—Interest Income and Original Issue Discount."

As described under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities—Redemption—Conditional Right To Redeem Upon a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event", we may in certain circumstances redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and distribute cash in liquidation of the Issuer. This redemption for cash would be taxable as described below in "—Sales, Exchanges or Other Taxable Dispositions of Trust Preferred Securities."

Note that, were the issuer to be treated other than as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities likely would be a taxable event, and you would be required to recognize gain or loss with respect to the exchange of your Trust Preferred Securities for the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities received in the liquidation. In addition, your holding period for the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities would not include your holding period for the Trust Preferred Securities.

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Sales, exchanges or other taxable dispositions of Trust Preferred Securities

A U.S. holder that sells, exchanges or otherwise disposes of Trust Preferred Securities will be considered to have disposed of all or part of its ratable share of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. Consequently, you will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the disposition of such Trust Preferred Securities (less any portion allocable to accrued but unpaid interest not previously included in income, which will be treated as a payment of interest for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and your adjusted U.S. federal income tax basis in such Trust Preferred Security. A U.S. holder's initial tax basis in a Trust Preferred Security will be the purchase price of such Trust Preferred Security, and such tax basis will be increased by any amount includible in income as OID and decreased by payments other than "qualified stated interest," as defined in the U.S. Treasury regulations. Your gain or loss will be a capital gain or loss and generally will be a long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Trust Preferred Securities for more than one year. Long-term capital gains of individuals derived with respect to capital assets are subject to tax at a maximum rate of 15% for taxable years beginning on or before December 31, 2010, after which the maximum rate will increase to 20% absent congressional action. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

Backup withholding and information reporting

In general, you will be subject to backup withholding (currently at the rate of 28%) with respect to payments made on the Trust Preferred Securities and the proceeds received from the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities unless you (i) are an entity that is exempt from backup withholding (generally including corporations, tax-exempt organizations and certain qualified nominees) and, when required, provide appropriate documentation to that effect, or (ii) provide us or our paying agent with your social security number or other taxpayer identification number ("TIN") within a reasonable time after a request therefor, certify that the TIN provided is correct and that you have not been notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding due to underreporting of interest or dividends, and otherwise comply with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules.

In addition, such payments or proceeds received by you if you are not a corporation or tax-exempt organization will generally be subject to information reporting requirements. Interest, including OID, will be reported to any U.S. holders and the IRS in accordance with the applicable U.S. Treasury regulations.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to you will be allowed as a credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle you to a refund, provided that you timely furnish the required information to the IRS.

Non-U.S. holders

The following summary is addressed to non-U.S. holders. A non-U.S. holder is a holder that is neither a partnership nor a U.S. holder as defined above under "U.S. Holders." Special rules may apply to certain non-U.S. holders, such as "controlled foreign corporations," "passive foreign investment companies," corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax and certain expatriates, among others, that are subject to special treatment under

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the Code. Such non-U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors to determine the U.S. federal, state, local and other tax consequences that may be relevant to them.

U.S. federal withholding tax

U.S. federal withholding tax will not apply to any payments made to you on the Trust Preferred Securities or to gain realized by you on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Trust Preferred Securities, provided that:

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(a) you provide your name, address and certain other information on an IRS Form W-8BEN (or a suitable substitute form), and certify, under penalties of perjury, that you are not a U.S. person, or (b) you hold securities through certain foreign intermediaries or certain foreign partnerships and certain certification requirements are satisfied.

Any payments made to you on the Trust Preferred Securities or gain realized by you on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Trust Preferred Securities that are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by you in the United States (and, where an applicable tax treaty so provides, are also attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment maintained by you) are not subject to the U.S. federal withholding tax, but instead are subject to U.S. federal income tax, as described below. In order to claim any such exemption from the 30% withholding tax, you should provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI (or a suitable substitute form) stating that such payments are not subject to withholding tax because they are effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States.

New proposed legislation

Congress is considering proposed legislation that would significantly change the reporting requirements of certain non-U.S. persons. If this legislation is enacted, unless such non-U.S. persons comply with reporting requirements about their direct and indirect U.S. shareholders and/or U.S. accountholders, a 30% withholding tax would be imposed on certain payments, including payments of interest and possibly principal amounts on debt issued by U.S. persons. It is unclear whether, or in what form, this proposed legislation may be enacted. Non-U.S. holders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of the proposed legislation on their investment in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities.

U.S. federal income tax

If you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States (and, if a tax treaty applies, if you maintain a permanent establishment within the United States) and payments on the Trust Preferred Securities are effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business (and, if a tax treaty applies, attributable to such permanent establishment), then you will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (but not the U.S. federal withholding tax described above), on such payments on a net income basis in the same manner as if you were a U.S. holder. In addition, in certain circumstances, if you are a foreign corporation, you may be subject to a 30% (or, if a tax treaty applies, such lower rate as provided) branch profits tax.

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Any gain or income realized on the disposition of the Trust Preferred Securities will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax unless:

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such gain or income is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the U.S. (and, where an applicable tax treaty so provides, are also attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment maintained by you); or

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you are an individual who is present in the U.S. for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and certain other conditions are met.

Backup withholding and information reporting

You may be subject to information reporting and you may also be subject to U.S. federal backup withholding at the applicable rate on amounts paid to you if you fail to comply with applicable U.S. certification requirements. In general, if the Trust Preferred Securities are not held through a qualified intermediary, the amount of interest payments, the name and address of the beneficial owner and the amount, if any, of tax withheld with respect to these payments may be reported to the IRS. Any amounts so withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability, provided you timely furnish the required information to the IRS.

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Certain ERISA and benefit plan considerations

The following is a summary of certain considerations associated with the purchase and holding of the Trust Preferred Securities by an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), a plan described in Section 4975 of the Code, including an individual retirement account ("IRA") or Keogh plan, a plan subject to applicable federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code ("Similar Laws") and any entity whose underlying assets include "plan assets" by reason of any such employee benefit or retirement plan's investment in such entity (each of which we refer to as a "Plan").

General

ERISA and the Code impose certain duties on persons who are fiduciaries of a Plan subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (an "ERISA Plan") and prohibit certain transactions involving the assets of an ERISA Plan with its fiduciaries or other interested parties referred to as "parties in interests" under ERISA and "disqualified persons" under the Code. In general, under ERISA and the Code, a person is a fiduciary with respect to an ERISA Plan to the extent (i) he exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of such ERISA Plan or exercises any authority or control respecting management or disposition of its assets, (ii) he renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect, with respect to any moneys or other property of such ERISA Plan, or has any authority or responsibility to do so, or (iii) he has any discretionary authority or discretionary responsibility in the administration of such ERISA Plan (an "ERISA Fiduciary").

Section 406 of ERISA prohibits ERISA Plans from engaging in specified transactions involving plan assets with persons or entities who are parties in interest, within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA, and Section 4975 of the Code imposes an excise tax on disqualified persons, within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code, who engage in similar transactions, in each case unless an exemption is available. A party in interest or disqualified person who engages in a non-exempt prohibited transaction may be subject to excise taxes and other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code. In addition, an ERISA Fiduciary that causes an ERISA Plan to engage in such a non-exempt prohibited transaction may be subject to penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code. In the case of an IRA, the occurrence of a prohibited transaction could cause the IRA to lose its tax-exempt status.

In general, Plans that are governmental plans or certain church plans (each as defined under the Code and ERISA) and non-U.S. plans (e.g., plans maintained outside of the U.S. primarily for the benefit of persons substantially all of whom are nonresident aliens) are not subject to the requirements of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code but may be subject to similar prohibitions under Similar Laws.

In considering the purchase and holding of Trust Preferred Securities with a portion of the assets of a Plan, each ERISA Fiduciary and other fiduciary should determine whether the investment is in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the Plan and the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code or any Similar Law relating to a fiduciary's duties to the Plan including, without limitation, the prudence, diversification, delegation of control and prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable Similar Laws.

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Plan Assets Regulation

Under a regulation issued by the United States Department of Labor (the "DOL") as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (the "Plan Assets Regulation"), the assets of the Issuer could be deemed to be "plan assets" of an ERISA Plan if "plan assets" of the ERISA Plan were used to acquire an equity interest in the Issuer and no exception were applicable under the Plan Assets Regulation. The Plan Assets Regulation defines an "equity interest" as any interest in an entity, other than an instrument that is treated as indebtedness under applicable local law and has no substantial equity features. The Plan Assets Regulation also specifically includes a beneficial interest in a trust, such as the Issuer, as an equity interest.

Under one exception to the Plan Assets Regulation, the assets of the Issuer would not be treated as plan assets of investing ERISA Plans if, immediately after the most recent acquisition (including any redemption) of an equity interest in the Issuer, less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interest in the Issuer is held by "Benefit Plan Investors" (the "25% Test"). A "Benefit Plan Investor" includes any ERISA Plan and any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of an ERISA Plan's investment in such entity. For purposes of the 25% Test, the value of any equity interest held by a person (other than such a Benefit Plan Investor) who has discretionary authority or control with respect to the assets of the entity or any person who provides investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with respect to such assets, or any affiliate of such a person, must be disregarded. In addition, an entity is considered to hold plan assets only to the extent of the percentage of the equity interest held by Benefit Plan Investors.

Under a second exception contained in the Plan Assets Regulation, the assets of the Issuer would not be deemed to be plan assets of investing ERISA Plans if the Trust Preferred Securities were to qualify as "publicly-offered securities" for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation. "Publicly-offered securities" are securities which are widely-held, freely transferable, and either (a) part of a class of securities registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act or (b) sold as part of an offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and then timely registered under the Exchange Act. For purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation, a class of securities is "widely-held" only if it is a class of securities that is owned by 100 or more investors independent of the issuer and of one another.

No assurance can be given, and there is no expectation, that Benefit Plan Investors will hold less than 25% of the total value of the Trust Preferred Securities at the completion of the initial offering or thereafter or that the Trust Preferred Securities will be "widely-held" for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation and qualify as "publicly-offered securities" for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation. We do not intend to monitor or take any other measures to assure satisfaction of the conditions to these exceptions, or that any other exception contained in the Plan Assets Regulation will apply.

If the assets of the Issuer were deemed to be "plan assets" under ERISA, then an investing ERISA Plan's assets would be considered to include an undivided interest in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Issuer. Certain persons providing services to the Issuer could become parties in interest and/or disqualified persons with respect to an investing ERISA Plan and could be subject to by the fiduciary responsibility provisions of Title I of ERISA and the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code with respect to transactions involving the assets of the Issuer. In particular, this could include, among other

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things, (i) the application of the prudence and other fiduciary responsibility standards of ERISA to the investment of the assets of the Issuer in Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and (ii) the possibility that certain transactions in which the Issuer might seek to engage could constitute "prohibited transactions" under ERISA and the Code. In this regard, if any person were deemed to have discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting the management of the Issuer or exercises any authority or control respecting management or disposition of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Issuer (or the related Guarantee), such person or persons could be deemed to be ERISA Fiduciaries. If such person were affiliated with us, any such discretionary actions taken regarding those assets could be deemed to constitute a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code (e.g., the use of such fiduciary authority or responsibility in circumstances under which those persons have interests that may conflict with the interests of the investing plans and affect the exercise of their best judgment as fiduciaries).

If a prohibited transaction were to occur with respect to an ERISA Plan for which no exemption is available, the ERISA Fiduciary that has engaged in the prohibited transaction could be required (i) to restore to the ERISA Plan any profit realized on the transaction and (ii) to reimburse the ERISA Plan for any losses suffered by the ERISA Plan as a result of the investment. In addition, each disqualified person (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) involved could be subject to an excise tax equal to 15% of the amount involved in the prohibited transaction for each year the transaction continues and, unless the transaction is corrected within statutorily required periods, to an additional tax of 100%. ERISA Fiduciaries of Plans that decide to invest in Trust Preferred Securities could, under certain circumstances, be liable for prohibited transactions or other violations as a result of their investment in the Issuer or as co-fiduciaries for actions taken by or on behalf of the Issuer. With respect to an IRA that invests in Trust Preferred Securities, the occurrence of a prohibited transaction could cause the IRA to lose its tax-exempt status. An ERISA Fiduciary of a Plan should consider, taking into account the following paragraph, whether the purchase or holding of Trust Preferred Securities could result in a delegation of fiduciary authority to the trustees of the Issuer, and, if so, whether such a delegation of authority is permissible under the Plan's governing instrument or any investment management agreement with the Plan.

Prior to a default, the Issuer's trustees are not intended to have discretionary authority or discretionary control with respect to the Issuer or the assets of the Issuer. The Issuer's trustees will have only limited custodial and ministerial authority (such as establishing procedures for holding meetings of holders of Trust Securities) with respect to the assets of the Issuer prior to a default with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and, accordingly, may not be deemed to be an ERISA Fiduciary prior to a default. All of the powers and duties of the Issuer's trustees are set forth in the Declaration which is filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. To reflect the lack of authority and control of the Issuer's trustees with respect to the Issuer and its assets, and to reflect the actual "hard-wired" mechanics and terms of an investment in Trust Preferred Securities and the Issuer's required investment in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, any Plan that acquires Trust Preferred Securities will be deemed to: (1) appoint the trustees as the Issuer's trustees; (2) direct the Issuer's trustees to invest all of the assets of the Issuer in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; and (3) acknowledge that at all times prior to a default, including during any period when the underlying assets of the Issuer are deemed to constitute "plan assets" under ERISA, if any, the Issuer's trustees will act in a custodial capacity with respect to the assets of such Plan

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and are not intended to be ERISA Fiduciaries or other fiduciaries with respect to the assets of such Plan.

Prohibited Transactions

Even if the assets of the Issuer are not deemed to be "plan assets" of Plans investing in the Issuer, specified transactions involving the Issuer could nonetheless be deemed to constitute direct or indirect prohibited transactions under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code regarding an investing plan. Prohibited transactions within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code could arise if the Trust Preferred Securities were acquired by a Plan with respect to which we or any of our affiliates are a party in interest or a disqualified person. For example, if we are a party in interest or disqualified person with respect to an investing Plan (either directly or by reason of our ownership of our subsidiaries), an extension of credit (albeit, indirectly through the Issuer) that is prohibited by Section 406(a)(1)(B) of ERISA and Section 4975(c)(1)(B) of the Code between the investing Plan and us may be deemed to occur, unless exemptive relief were available under an applicable exemption (see below for additional information).

In this regard, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") has issued prohibited transaction class exemptions, or "PTCEs," that may apply to the acquisition and holding of the Trust Preferred Securities. These class exemptions include, without limitation, PTCE 84-14 respecting transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers, PTCE 90-1 respecting insurance company pooled separate accounts, PTCE 91-38 respecting bank collective investment funds, PTCE 95-60 respecting life insurance company general accounts and PTCE 96-23 respecting transactions determined by in-house asset managers. In addition, Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code each provides a limited exemption, commonly referred to as the "service provider exemption," from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code for certain transactions, provided that neither the issuer of the securities nor any of its affiliates (directly or indirectly) have or exercise any discretionary authority or control or render any investment advice with respect to the assets of any ERISA Plan involved in the transaction and provided further that the ERISA Plan pays no more than adequate consideration in connection with the transaction. There can be no assurance that all of the conditions of any such exemptions will be satisfied at the time that the Trust Preferred Securities are acquired by a purchaser, or thereafter, if the facts relied upon for utilizing a prohibited transaction exemption change. There may be similar exemptions for a Plan subject to Similar Law.

Because of the possibility that a direct or indirect prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code or a violation of Similar Laws could occur as a result of the purchase, holding or disposition of the Trust Preferred Securities by a Plan, the Trust Preferred Securities may not be purchased by any Plan, or any person investing the assets of any Plan, unless its purchase, holding and disposition of the Trust Preferred Securities will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code or in a violation of any Similar Laws.

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Representation

Any purchaser or holder of the Trust Preferred Securities or any interest in the Trust Preferred Securities will be deemed to have represented by its purchase and holding of the Trust Preferred Securities that either:

•

it is not a Plan and is not purchasing the Trust Preferred Securities or any interest therein on behalf of or with the assets of any Plan; or

•

its purchase, holding and disposition of the Trust Preferred Securities or any interest therein will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code or in a violation of any Similar Laws.

In addition, each purchaser or holder of Trust Preferred Securities that is a Plan will be deemed to (1) appoint the trustees as the Issuer's trustees; (2) direct the Issuer's trustees to invest the assets of the Issuer in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; and (3) acknowledge that during any period when the underlying assets of the Issuer are deemed to constitute "plan assets" under ERISA, if any, the Issuer's trustees will act in a custodial capacity with respect to the assets of such Plan and is not intended to be an ERISA Fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Plan.

The foregoing discussion is general in nature and is not intended to be all inclusive. Due to the complexity of these rules and the penalties that may be imposed upon persons involved in non-exempt prohibited transactions, it is particularly important that fiduciaries, or other persons considering purchasing Trust Preferred Securities on behalf of, or with the assets of, any Plan, consult with their counsel regarding the potential applicability of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code and any Similar Laws to such investment and whether an exemption would be applicable to the purchase and holding of the Trust Preferred Securities. The sale of any Trust Preferred Securities to any Plan is in no respect a representation by us, the Issuer, the underwriters or any of our affiliates or representatives that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by such Plans generally or any particular Plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for Plans generally or any particular Plan.

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Underwriting

City National, the Issuer and the underwriters named below for whom J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and UBS Securities LLC are acting as representatives, have entered into an underwriting agreement dated the date of this prospectus supplement relating to the offer and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities. In the underwriting agreement, the Issuer has agreed to sell to each underwriter, and each underwriter has severally agreed to purchase from the Issuer, the aggregate liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities set forth opposite its name below:

Name		Aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Preferred Securities
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.		$
Barclays Capital Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
	Total	$

The obligations of the underwriters under the underwriting agreement, including their agreement to purchase the Trust Preferred Securities from the Issuer, are several and not joint. Those obligations are also subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions in the underwriting agreement. The underwriters have agreed to purchase all of the Trust Preferred Securities if any are purchased.

The underwriters have advised us that they propose to offer the Trust Preferred Securities to the public at the public offering price that appears on the cover page of this prospectus. The underwriters may offer the Trust Preferred Securities to selected dealers at the public offering price minus a selling concession of up to $                           per Trust Preferred Security. In addition, the underwriters may allow, and those selected dealers may re-allow, a selling concession of up to $                           per Trust Preferred Security to certain other dealers. After the initial public offering, the underwriters may change the public offering price and any other selling terms.

The underwriters have established minimum suitability standards for investment in the Trust Preferred Securities. Sales of the Trust Preferred Securities to U.S. persons in this offering will be made only to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to entities that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a)(1)-(3) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

In view of the fact that the Issuer is using the proceeds from the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, we have agreed that:

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we will pay the underwriters compensation for their arrangement of that investment in an amount equal to $                            per Trust Preferred Security; and

•

we will pay our expenses and the expenses of the Issuer related to this offering, which we estimate will be $                           .

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In addition, we and the Issuer have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

The Trust Preferred Securities are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We have been advised by the underwriters that the underwriters intend to make a market in the Trust Preferred Securities but are not obligated to do so and may discontinue market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the Trust Preferred Securities.

For information about the liquidity and marketability of the Trust Preferred Securities see the sections entitled "Summary—Certain Information Required by FINRA" and "Risk Factors."

In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position for the underwriters. Stabilizing transactions involve bids to purchase the Trust Preferred Securities in the open market for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the Trust Preferred Securities. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the Trust Preferred Securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids permit the managing underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the Trust Preferred Securities originally sold by that syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. Stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of the Trust Preferred Securities to be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of those transactions. If the underwriters engage in stabilizing, syndicate covering transactions or penalty bids they may discontinue them at any time.

Certain of the underwriters engage in transactions with and perform services for us and our affiliates in the ordinary course of business, for which they receive customary fees and expenses.

Selling restrictions

The underwriters have represented and agreed that they have not and will not offer, sell or deliver the Trust Preferred Securities, directly or indirectly, or distribute this prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Trust Preferred Securities, in any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will be, to the best of their knowledge, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and that will not impose any obligations on us except as set forth in the underwriting agreement.

European Economic Area

Furthermore, each underwriter has represented, warranted and agreed that in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a "Relevant Member State"), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the "Relevant Implementation Date") it has not made and will not make an offer of the Trust Preferred Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Trust Preferred Securities which has been approved by the competent

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authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of the Trust Preferred Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time to (i) legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; (ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year, (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000 as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or (iii) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the issuer of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this paragraph, the expression an "offer of the Trust Preferred Securities to the public" in relation to any Trust Preferred Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Trust Preferred Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Trust Preferred Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression "Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2003/7l/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

United Kingdom

This prospectus supplement is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, persons in the United Kingdom that are qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive ("Qualified Investors") that are also (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) and (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This prospectus supplement and its contents are confidential and should not be distributed, published or reproduced (in whole or in part) or disclosed by recipients to any other persons in the United Kingdom. Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

Conflicts of interest

Because the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. is expected to view the Trust Preferred Securities offered hereby as interests in a direct participation program, the offering is being made in compliance with FINRA Rule 2310. The underwriters may not confirm sales to any accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority without the prior written approval of the transaction by the customer.

Validity of securities

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel to City National and the Issuer, will opine on certain matters of Delaware law relating to the validity of the Trust Preferred Securities, the enforceability of the amended and restated declaration of trust and the formation of the Issuer. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz will opine on the validity of the

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Guarantee and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities for City National, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, will opine on those matters for the underwriters. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP will rely on the opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. as to matters of Delaware law.

Experts

The consolidated financial statements of City National Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 have been incorporated by reference herein and in the registration statement in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The audit report covering the December 31, 2008 consolidated financial statements contains an explanatory paragraph that refers to the retrospective adjustment recorded by City National Corporation for all periods presented due to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB 51, FSP EITF 03-6-1 Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payments Transactions are Participating Securities, a change in the method of accounting for fair value in 2008, and a change in the method of accounting for uncertainty in income taxes in 2007.

Where you can find more information

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we have filed with the SEC under the Securities Act. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits and schedules, contains additional relevant information about us and the securities described in this prospectus. The SEC's rules and regulations allow us to omit certain information included in the registration statement from this prospectus. The registration statement may be inspected by anyone without charge at the SEC's principal office at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.

In addition, we file annual, quarterly, and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC under the Exchange Act. You may read and copy this information at the following SEC location:

Public Reference Room
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

You may also obtain copies of this information by mail from the SEC's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at rates determined by the SEC. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also inspect reports, proxy statements and other information that we have filed electronically with the SEC at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. These documents can also be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

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The SEC's rules allow us to "incorporate by reference" information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus. Any information incorporated by reference in this prospectus that we file with the SEC after the date of this prospectus will automatically update and supersede information contained in this prospectus. Our SEC file number is 001-10521.

We are incorporating by reference in this prospectus the documents listed below and any future filings that we make with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of this offering, provided, however, that we are not incorporating by reference any information furnished (but not filed) under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K:

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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (including the portions of our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on April 3, 2009, incorporated by reference therein);

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our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009; and

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our Current Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A filed on April 1, 2009, May 8, 2009 (two Current Reports), May 15, 2009 (two Current Reports), June 9, 2009, July 21, 2009, August 17, 2009, September 2, 2009 and December 2, 2009.

Upon written or oral request, we will provide—at no cost to the requester—a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. You may make a request by facsimile to (213) 673-7622, by email to investor_relations@cnb.com, by writing to us at the following address or calling the following telephone number:

City National Corporation
555 South Flower Street, 9^th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071
Attention: Investor Relations
(213) 673-7615

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

Our principal executive office is located at City National Plaza, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California 90071 (telephone number (213) 673-7700).

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Part II

Information not required in prospectus

Item 14.    Other expenses of issuance and distribution

The following is an estimate, subject to future contingencies, of the expenses to be incurred by the Registrants in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered:

Registration Fee		*
Legal Fees and Expenses	$	200,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses		100,000
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses		20,000
Printing Fees		20,000
Rating Agency Fees		250,000
Miscellaneous		100,000
TOTAL		**

*

To be deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) under the Securities Act and calculated in connection with the offering of securities under this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act.

**

Total estimated fees other than the Registration Fee expenses, which are being deferred, are $690,000.

Item 15.    Indemnification of directors and officers

The Bylaws of City National provide for the indemnification of directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, City National's Certificate of Incorporation provides that City National shall eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and City National has entered into indemnification agreements with certain of its directors and officers providing for additional indemnification. City National has policies of directors' and officers' liability insurance which insure directors and officers against the cost of defense, settlement, or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances.

Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

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Subsection (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that, to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; and that indemnification provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled. Section 145 further empowers the corporation 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 as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 145 of the DGCL. Section 145 also provides that the expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending any action, suit, or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking of the director or officer to repay the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to indemnification therefor.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation's certificate of incorporation to contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for (a) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (c) willful or negligent unlawful payment of a dividend or stock purchase or redemption; or (d) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Delaware law dealing with indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the relevant statutes, which contain detailed specific provisions

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regarding the circumstances under which and the persons for whose benefit indemnification shall or may be made.

Item 16.    Exhibits

The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit			Description
	1.1	*	Form of Underwriting Agreement
	4.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to City National Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
	4.2		Form of Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to City National Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
	4.3		Certificate of Designations of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to City National Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2008
	4.4		Bylaws, as amended to date, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to City National Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 22, 2008
	4.5		6.75 percent Subordinated Notes Due 2011 in the principal amount of $150.0 million, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to City National Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006
	4.6		Indenture, dated as of February 13, 2003 between City National Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee pursuant to which City National Corporation issued its 5.125 percent Senior Notes due 2013 in the principal amount of $225.0 million and form of 5.1254 percent Senior Note due 2013, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to City National Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007
	4.7		Form of Indenture (providing for the issuance of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities)
	4.8		Form of First Supplemental Indenture (providing for the issuance of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities)
	4.9		Certificate of Trust for City National Capital Trust I
	4.10		Declaration of Trust for City National Capital Trust I
	4.11		Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for City National Capital Trust I
	4.12		Form of Guarantee for City National Capital Trust I
	4.13		Form of Trust Preferred Security for City National Capital Trust I (included in Exhibit 4.11)
	4.14		Form of Trust Common Security for City National Capital Trust I (included in Exhibit 4.11)
	4.15		Form of specimen certificate representing the Junior Subordinated Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.8)

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Exhibit			Description
	5.1		Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as to the legality of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and Guarantee to be issued by City National Corporation (including the consent of such counsel)
	5.2		Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel as to the validity of the Trust Preferred Securities to be issued by City National Capital Trust I (including the consent of such counsel)
	8.1	*	Opinion regarding tax matters
	12.1		Computation of the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
	23.1		Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (included in Exhibit 5.1)
	23.2		Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.2)
	23.3		Consent of KPMG LLP
	24.1		Power of attorney (included on signature page)
	25.1		Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act as Trustee under the Indenture (providing for the issuance of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities)
	25.2		Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act as Trustee under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for City National Capital Trust I
	25.3		Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act as Trustee under the Guarantee for the benefit of holders of Trust Preferred Securities of City National Capital Trust I

*

To be filed subsequently on Form 8-K or by post-effective amendment.

Item 17.    Undertakings

(a)

The undersigned Registrants hereby undertakes:

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)

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

(ii)

to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. 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 Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate

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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 (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange 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 this 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 herein, 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:



(A)

Each prospectus filed by the Registrants 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



(B)

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 the Registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

The applicable undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the 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, the applicable 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 the applicable 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 the applicable undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the applicable undersigned Registrant;



(iii)

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



(iv)

Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the applicable undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

(b)

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

(c)

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

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, City National Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on December 2, 2009.

City National Corporation

/s/ CHRISTOPHER J. CAREY
Name: Title:	Christopher J. Carey Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Power of attorney

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Michael B. Cahill, Russell D. Goldsmith, and Christopher J. Carey, as their true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign this Registration Statement, any and all amendments thereto, any subsequent registration statements pursuant to Rule 462 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or either one of his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature:	Title:	Date:
/s/ RUSSELL D. GOLDSMITH Russell D. Goldsmith	President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	12/1/2009
/s/ CHRISTOPHER J. CAREY Christopher J. Carey	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)	12/1/2009

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Signature:	Title:	Date:
/s/ OLGA TSOKOVA Olga Tsokova	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)	12/1/2009
/s/ BRAM GOLDSMITH Bram Goldsmith	Chairman of the Board and Director	12/1/2009
/s/ CHRISTOPHER J. WARMUTH Christopher J. Warmuth	Executive Vice President and Director	12/1/2009
/s/ RICHARD L. BLOCH Richard L. Bloch	Director	12/1/2009
/s/ KENNETH L. COLEMAN Kenneth L. Coleman	Director	12/1/2009
/s/ ASHOK ISRANI Ashok Israni	Director	11/30/2009
/s/ MICHAEL L. MEYER Michael L. Meyer	Director	11/20/2009
/s/ RONALD OLSON Ronald L. Olson	Director	11/30/2009
/s/ BRUCE ROSENBLUM Bruce Rosenblum	Director	11/20/2009
/s/ PETER M. THOMAS Peter M. Thomas	Director	11/20/2009
/s/ KENNETH ZIFFREN Kenneth Ziffren	Director	12/1/2009

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, City National Capital Trust I certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on December 2, 2009.

City National Capital Trust I

By:
/s/ MICHAEL B. CAHILL
Name:	Michael B. Cahill, as administrative trustee
By:
/s/ DONALD RIECHEL
Name:	Donald Riechel, as administrative trustee

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Exhibit index

Exhibit			Description
	1.1	*	Form of Underwriting Agreement
	4.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to City National Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
	4.2		Form of Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to City National Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
	4.3		Certificate of Designations of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to City National Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2008
	4.4		Bylaws, as amended to date, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to City National Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 22, 2008
	4.5		6.75 percent Subordinated Notes Due 2011 in the principal amount of $150.0 million, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to City National Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006
	4.6		Indenture, dated as of February 13, 2003 between City National Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee pursuant to which City National Corporation issued its 5.125 percent Senior Notes due 2013 in the principal amount of $225.0 million and form of 5.1254 percent Senior Note due 2013, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to City National Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007
	4.7		Form of Indenture (providing for the issuance of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities)
	4.8		Form of First Supplemental Indenture (providing for the issuance of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities)
	4.9		Certificate of Trust for City National Capital Trust I
	4.10		Declaration of Trust for City National Capital Trust I
	4.11		Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for City National Capital Trust I
	4.12		Form of Guarantee for City National Capital Trust I
	4.13		Form of Trust Preferred Security for City National Capital Trust I (included in Exhibit 4.11)
	4.14		Form of Trust Common Security for City National Capital Trust I (included in Exhibit 4.11)
	4.15		Form of specimen certificate representing the Junior Subordinated Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.8)
	5.1		Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as to the legality of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and Guarantee to be issued by City National Corporation (including the consent of such counsel)
	5.2		Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel as to the validity of the Trust Preferred Securities to be issued by City National Capital Trust I (including the consent of such counsel)
	8.1	*	Opinion regarding tax matters

Exhibit		Description
	12.1	Computation of the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
	23.1	Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (included in Exhibit 5.1)
	23.2	Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.2)
	23.3	Consent of KPMG LLP
	24.1	Power of attorney (included on signature page)
	25.1	Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act as Trustee under the Indenture (providing for the issuance of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities)
	25.2	Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act as Trustee under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for City National Capital Trust I
	25.3	Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act as Trustee under the Guarantee for the benefit of holders of Trust Preferred Securities of City National Capital Trust I

*

To be filed subsequently on Form 8-K or by post-effective amendment.

EX-4.7

Exhibit 4.7

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION

as Issuer

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of December [•], 2009

Providing for the issuance of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION		1
Section 1.1	Definitions	1
Section 1.2	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	8
Section 1.3	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee	9
Section 1.4	Acts of Holders; Record Dates	9
Section 1.5	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company	10
Section 1.6	Notice to Holders; Waiver	10
Section 1.7	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	11
Section 1.8	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	11
Section 1.9	Successors and Assigns	11
Section 1.10	Separability Clause	11
Section 1.11	Benefits of Indenture	11
Section 1.12	Governing Law	11
Section 1.13	Legal Holidays	11
Section 1.14	Tax Characterization	12
ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS		12
Section 2.1	Forms Generally	12
Section 2.2	Form of Face of Security	12
Section 2.3	Form of Reverse of Security	16
Section 2.4	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication	19
ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES		20
Section 3.1	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series	20
Section 3.2	Denominations	21
Section 3.3	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	21
Section 3.4	Temporary Securities	22
Section 3.5	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange	23
Section 3.6	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	24
Section 3.7	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	24
Section 3.8	Persons Deemed Owners	25
Section 3.9	Cancellation	26
Section 3.10	Interest	26
Section 3.11	Form and Payment	27
Section 3.12	Global Securities	27
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE		29
Section 4.1	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	29

Section 4.2	Defeasance and Discharge	30
Section 4.3	Covenant Defeasance	30
Section 4.4	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	31
Section 4.5	Application of Trust Money	32
Section 4.6	Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations	32
Section 4.7	Reinstatement	32
ARTICLE V REMEDIES		32
Section 5.1	Events of Default	32
Section 5.2	Acceleration of Maturity	33
Section 5.3	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	34
Section 5.4	Trustee To File Claims as Attorney-In-Fact	35
Section 5.5	Application of Money Collected	35
Section 5.6	Control by Holders; Waiver of Past Default	36
Section 5.7	Limitation on Suits; Default	37
Section 5.8	Costs and Attorneys’ Fees in Legal Proceedings	38
Section 5.9	Remedies Cumulative	38
Section 5.10	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	39
ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE		39
Section 6.1	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	39
Section 6.2	Notice of Defaults	40
Section 6.3	Certain Rights of Trustee	40
Section 6.4	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	42
Section 6.5	May Hold Securities	42
Section 6.6	Money Held in Trust	42
Section 6.7	Compensation and Reimbursement	42
Section 6.8	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests	43
Section 6.9	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	43
Section 6.10	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	43
Section 6.11	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	45
Section 6.12	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	46
Section 6.13	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	46
Section 6.14	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	46
ARTICLE VII HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY		48
Section 7.1	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders	48
Section 7.2	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	48
Section 7.3	Reports by Trustee	48
Section 7.4	Reports by Company	49
ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE		50
Section 8.1	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms	50

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Section 8.2	Successor Corporation Substituted	50
ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES		51
Section 9.1	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders	51
Section 9.2	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders	52
Section 9.3	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	53
Section 9.4	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	53
Section 9.5	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	53
Section 9.6	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	53
ARTICLE X COVENANTS		54
Section 10.1	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	54
Section 10.2	Maintenance of Office or Agency	54
Section 10.3	Money for Securities Payments To Be Held in Trust	54
Section 10.4	Statement by Officers As to Default	55
Section 10.5	Covenants as to City National Trusts	56
Section 10.6	Payment of Expenses	56
Section 10.7	Listing on an Exchange	57
Section 10.8	Future Issuance of Securities Under This Indenture	57
ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES		57
Section 11.1	Applicability of Article; Federal Reserve Approval	57
Section 11.2	Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee	58
Section 11.3	Selection By Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed	58
Section 11.4	Notice of Redemption	59
Section 11.5	Deposit of Redemption Price	59
Section 11.6	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	59
Section 11.7	Securities Redeemed in Part	60
Section 11.8	Tax Event Redemption	60
ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS		61
Section 12.1	Applicability of Article	61
Section 12.2	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	61
Section 12.3	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	61
ARTICLE XIII EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD		62
Section 13.1	Extension of Interest Payment Period	62
Section 13.2	Notice of Extension	62
Section 13.3	Limitation of Transactions	63
ARTICLE XIV SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES		63
Section 14.1	Agreement to Subordinate	63

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Section 14.2	Default on Senior Indebtedness	64
Section 14.3	Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy	64
Section 14.4	Subrogation	66
Section 14.5	Trustee To Effectuate Subordination	67
Section 14.6	Notice by the Company	67
Section 14.7	Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness	68
Section 14.8	Subordination May Not Be Impaired	68
Section 14.9	Trustee’s Compensation Not Prejudiced	68
ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS		69
Section 15.1	Acknowledgement of Rights	69

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INDEX OF TERMS

	Page
Act	2, 10
Additional Interest	2, 27
Affiliate	2
Authenticating Agent	2
Board of Directors	2
Board Resolution	2
Book Entry Interest	2
Business Day	2
City National Trust	2
Commission	2
Common Securities	2
Company	1, 2, 14
Company Order	3
Company Request	3
Compounded Interest	3
Corporate Trust Office	3
Coupon Rate	3, 26
Covenant Defeasance	3, 31
Declaration	3
Default	3
Defaulted Interest	3
Defeasance	3
Deferred Interest	3
Delaware Trustee	3
Depositary	3
Direct Action	3
Dissolution Event	3
Distributions	3
Event of Default	3, 32
Exchange Act	3
Extended Interest Payment Period	4
Federal Reserve	4
Floating or Adjustable Rate Provision	4
Floating or Adjustable Rate Security	4
generally accepted accounting principles	1
Global Security	4
Guarantee Agreement	4
Holder	4
Indenture	4, 16
Institutional Trustee	4
Interest Payment Date	4, 14, 26
mandatory sinking fund	17
mandatory sinking fund payment	61

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Maturity	4
Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities	4, 28
Officers’ Certificate	4
Opinion of Counsel	5
optional sinking fund payment	61
Outstanding	5
Paying Agent	5
Person	6
Place of Payment	6
Predecessor Security	6
Preferred Securities	6
Preferred Security Certificate	6
Preferred and Common Security Guarantee	6
Redemption Date	6
Redemption Option Date	6
Redemption Price	6, 16
Regular Record Date	6
Regular Trustees	6
Responsible Officer	7
Securities	1, 7, 16
Security Beneficial Owner	7
Security Register	7, 23
Security Registrar	7
Senior Indebtedness	7
Special Event	7
Special Record Date	8
Stated Maturity	8
Subsidiary	8
Tax Event	8
Trust Indenture Act	8
Trust Securities	8
Trustee	8
U.S. Government Obligations	8, 31
Underwriting Agreement	8
Vice President	8

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City National Corporation

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of December [·], 2009

Trust Indenture Act Section		Indenture Section
§ 310	(a)(1)	6.9
	(a)(2)	6.9
	(a)(3)	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)	Not Applicable
	(a): 6.8 6.10
§ 311	(a)	6.13(a)
	(b) 6.13(b)
	(b)(2)	7.3(a)(2)
		7.3(b)
§ 312(a)		7.1 7.2(a)
	(c) 7.2(b)
	(d) 7.2(c)
§ 313	(a)	7.3(a)
	(e) 7.3(b)
	(f) 7.3(a). 7.3(b)
	(g) 7.3(c)
§ 314 (a)		7.4
	(h) Not Applicable
	(c)(1)	1.2
	(c)(2)	1.2
	(c)(3)	Not Applicable
	(i) Not Applicable
	(j) 1.2
§ 315	(a)	6.1(a)
	(k) 6.2	7.3(a)(6)
	(l) 6.1(b)
	(m) 6.1(c)
	(d)(1)	6.1(a)(1)
	(d)(2)	6.1(c)(2)
	(d)(3)	6.1(c)(3)
	(n)5.14
§ 316	(a)	1.1
	(a)(1)(A)	5.2

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Trust Indenture Act Section		Indenture Section
		5.12
	(a)(1)(B)	5.13
	(a)(2)	Not Applicable
	(o)5.8
§ 317	(a)(1)	5.3
	(a)(2)	5.4
	(p)10.3
§ 318	(a)	1.7

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

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INDENTURE, dated as of December [•], 2009, between CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California 90071, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a 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 junior subordinated 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 I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 1.1       Definitions.

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

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

(2)        all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3)        all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation; and

(4)        the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.

“Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.

“Additional Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(c).

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

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

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

“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.

“Book Entry Interest” means a beneficial interest in a Global Security, ownership of which shall be maintained and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by the Depositary.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by any applicable law or executive order to close.

“City National Trust” means City National Capital Trust I, or any other similar trust created for the purpose of issuing Preferred Securities in connection with the issuances of Securities under this Indenture.

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

“Common Securities” means undivided common beneficial interests in the assets of a City National Trust that rank, except upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, pari passu with Preferred Securities issued by such City National Trust.

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

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“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman or a Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, a Vice President, its Chief Financial Officer or its Chief Accounting Officer, and by its Treasurer, a Deputy Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Compounded Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which at the date hereof is located at The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 700 South Flower Street, 5th Floor, Los Angeles, California  90017 Attention: Corporate Unit.

“Coupon Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 4.3.

“Declaration” means, with respect to a City National Trust, the amended and restated declaration of trust or any other governing instrument of such City National Trust.

“Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.7.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2.

“Deferred Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1.

“Delaware Trustee” has the meaning specified in the Declaration of the applicable City National Trust.

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1.

“Direct Action” has the meaning specified in Section 15.1.

“Dissolution Event” means, with respect to a City National Trust, that as a result of the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event with respect to such City National Trust, such City National Trust is to be dissolved in accordance with its Declaration.

“Distributions” on Trust Securities of a City National Trust has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of such City National Trust.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended from time to time, and any successor legislation.

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“Extended Interest Payment Period” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1.

“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, or its successor as the Company’s primary federal banking regulator.

“Floating or Adjustable Rate Provision” means a formula or provision, specified in a Board Resolution or an indenture supplemental hereto, providing for the determination, whether pursuant to objective factors or pursuant to the sole discretion of any Person (including the Company), and periodic adjustment of the interest rate per annum borne by a Floating or Adjustable Rate Security.

“Floating or Adjustable Rate Security” means any Security that provides for interest to be payable thereon at a rate per annum that may vary from time to time over the term thereof in accordance with a Floating or Adjustable Rate Provision.

“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered in the name of, the Depositary for such Securities or a nominee thereof.

“Guarantee Agreement” means the guarantee agreement in such form as may be specified with respect to the Securities of any series, in each case as amended from time to time.

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

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1.

“Institutional Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of the applicable City National Trust.

“Interest Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

“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.

“Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(a)(ii).

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Accounting Officer, and by the Treasurer, a Deputy Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.  The officer signing an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

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“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or may be other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.  Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 1.2 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

“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; and

(iii)       Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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 protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided 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 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; provided, however, that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying, upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and provided, further, that Securities held by the Institutional Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities shall not be so disregarded.  Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

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

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

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“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 specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in 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.

“Preferred Securities” means undivided preferred beneficial interests in the assets of a City National Trust that rank, except upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, pari passu with Common Securities issued by such City National Trust.

“Preferred Security Certificate” has the meaning specified in the Declaration of the applicable City National Trust.

“Preferred and Common Security Guarantee” means the guarantee by the Company of distributions on the Preferred Securities of a City National Trust to the extent provided in the related Guarantee Agreement.

“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 Option Date” means, with respect to a series of Securities, the date specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 on or after which, from time to time, the Company, at its option, may redeem such series of Securities in whole or in part.

“Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means such percentage of the principal amount of such Security that is specified pursuant to Section 3.1 plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of a series, (i) in the case of Securities of a series represented by one or more Global Securities, the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date and (ii) in the case of Securities of a series not represented by one or more Global Securities, the date that is fifteen days next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).

“Regular Trustees” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of the applicable City National Trust.

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

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“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 Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to a Book Entry Interest, a person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry Interest, as reflected on the books of the Depositary, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depositary (directly as a Depositary participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of the Depositary).

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5.

“Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company, (i) the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company; (ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company; (iii) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business); (iv) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Company for the reimbursement of any letter of credit, any banker’s acceptance, any security purchase facility, any repurchase agreement or similar arrangement, any interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or options contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts, any hedging arrangement, any obligation under option contracts or any similar credit or other transaction; (v) all obligations, of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above of other Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (“guarantees”); and (vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company), whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, except that Senior Indebtedness does not include obligations in respect of (1) any indebtedness issued under this Indenture, (2) the Preferred Securities Guarantee, and (3) any indebtedness or any guarantee that is by its terms subordinated to or pari passu with the Securities and the issuance of which, in the case of this clause (3) only, (x) has received the concurrence or approval of the staff of the Federal Reserve or (y) does not at the time of issuance prevent the Securities from qualifying for Tier 1 capital treatment (irrespective of any limits on the amount includible in the Company’s Tier 1 capital) under the applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations, policies or published interpretations of the Federal Reserve.

“Special Event” with respect to a City National Trust, has the meaning specified in the Declaration of such City National Trust.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest 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.

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“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.  For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock that ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or for only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

“Tax Event” with respect to a City National Trust, has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of the applicable City National Trust.

“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 9.5.

“Trust Securities” means Common Securities and Preferred Securities of any City National Trust.

“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.

“Underwriting Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of the applicable City National Trust.

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 4.4.

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

SECTION 1.2       Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with or 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;

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(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 1.3       Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

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

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.  Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 1.4       Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

(a)        Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders shall be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.  Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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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 that 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 1.5       Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

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

(1)        the Trustee by any Holder 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: Institutional Trust Group; provided, however, that such instrument will be considered properly given if submitted in an electronic format, i.e., by facsimile, E-Mail or otherwise, or

(2)        the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company; provided, however, that such instrument will be considered properly given if submitted in an electronic format, i.e., by facsimile, E-Mail or otherwise.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions.  If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction.  The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

SECTION 1.6       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.  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

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such notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

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

SECTION 1.7       Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

SECTION 1.8       Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

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

SECTION 1.9       Successors and Assigns.

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

SECTION 1.10     Separability Clause.

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

SECTION 1.11     Benefits of Indenture.

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

SECTION 1.12     Governing Law.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard for the principles of its conflicts of laws.

SECTION 1.13     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

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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, except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.

SECTION 1.14     Tax Characterization.

The Company, the Trustee and each Holder of a Security (by acceptance thereof) agrees to treat the Securities as debt instruments for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes and agrees not to take any contrary position before any taxing authority or on any tax return unless otherwise required by law.

ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 2.1       Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other 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 Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such 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 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

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

The definitive Securities may be produced in any manner as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

SECTION 2.2       Form of Face of Security.

[IF THE SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT - This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary.  This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a

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nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in limited circumstances.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]

No.

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CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION

[INSERT TITLE OF SERIES OF SECURITY]

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (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                                   ,         , and to pay interest on said principal sum from                             ,         , or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, [quarterly] [(subject to deferral as set forth herein)] in arrears on [                  ,                   ,                    and] of each year commencing                                  ,          , at [If the Security is to bear interest at a fixed rate, insert a rate of         % per annum,] [If the Security is a Floating or Adjustable Rate Security, insert a rate of         % per annum [computed-determined] in accordance with the [insert defined name of Floating or Adjustable Rate Provision] set forth below] until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum compounded [quarterly].  The amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.  The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be the close of business on the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date, [IF PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE THE SECURITIES ARE NO LONGER REPRESENTED BY A GLOBAL SECURITY — which shall be the close of business on the        Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date.] Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holders on such regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered Holders of this series of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.  Payments on this Global Security will be made to the Depository Trust Company, or to a successor Depositary.  [IF PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE THE SECURITIES ARE NO LONGER REPRESENTED BY A GLOBAL SECURITY — The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this Security shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;

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provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of this Security is the Institutional Trustee of a City National Trust, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at such place and to such account as may be designated by such Institutional Trustee.]

The Securities are not deposits or savings accounts.  The Securities are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency or instrumentality.

[At this point in the Security Form of any series of Floating or Adjustable Rate Securities, the text of the Floating or Adjustable Rate Provision relating thereto should be inserted.]

The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto.  Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by, such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.  Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.

This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

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

Dated:
	CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION
	By:
	Name:
	Title:
	By:
	Name:
	Title:

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SECTION 2.3       Form of Reverse of Security.

This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the “Securities”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of [                ], 20[    ] (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made 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.  By the terms of the Indenture, the Securities are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Indenture.  This series of Securities is limited in aggregate principal amount to $                      (, plus up to an additional $                    aggregate principal amount which may be issued upon exercise of the over-allotment option contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement).

Because of the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event, in certain circumstances, this Security may become due and payable at [specify redemption prices] % of the principal amount thereof, together with any interest accrued thereon (the “Redemption Price”).  The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company determines.  The Company shall have the right to redeem this Security at the option of the Company, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part at any time on or after                 ,                 (an “Optional Redemption”), or at any time in certain circumstances upon the occurrence of a Tax Event, at a redemption price equal to [specify redemption prices] % of the principal amount thereof, plus any accrued but unpaid interest to the date of such redemption (the “Optional Redemption Price”).  Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice, at the Optional Redemption Price.  If the Securities are only partially redeemed by the Company pursuant to an Optional Redemption, the Securities will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized by the Trustee; provided that if, at the time of redemption, the Securities are registered as a Global Security, the Depositary shall determine the principal amount of such Securities held by each Security Beneficial Owner to be redeemed in accordance with its procedures.

Any redemption of the Securities of this series, in whole or in part, prior to the stated maturity date is subject to receipt by the Company of prior written approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, if then required under applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations or policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

[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 a Redemption Price of               , (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, 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

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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 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 the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of monies 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 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 for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Securities may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Security then outstanding and affected thereby.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Securities of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series.  Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by

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registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

The Company shall have the right at any time during the term of the Securities and from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such Securities for up to [20 consecutive quarters][10 consecutive semi-annual periods](an “Extended Interest Payment Period”), at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon at the rate specified for the Securities to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law); provided, that no such Extended Interest Payment Period shall extend beyond the maturity of the Securities; and provided further that during any such Extended Interest Payment Period the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on, or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to this Security or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to this Security (other than (a) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company, (b) payments under the Guarantee with respect to the Preferred Securities of the Trust , (c) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (d) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants and (e) solely in the case of a Subsidiary of the Company, any declaration of dividends or distributions on the capital stock of such Subsidiary to the Company or one of its Affiliates).  Before the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such Extended Interest Payment Period, provided that such Extended Interest Payment Period together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed [20 consecutive quarters][10 consecutive semi-annual periods].  At the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amounts then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Security is transferable by the registered Holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in the City and State of New York accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.  No service charge will be made for any

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such transfer, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and the Security Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.

[The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $[25] and any integral multiple thereof.] [This Global Security is exchangeable for Securities in definitive form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture.  Securities of this series so issued are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $[25] and any integral multiple thereof.] As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations [herein and] therein set forth.  Securities of this series [so issued] are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

SECTION 2.4       Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series of Securities described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:
	Authorized Officer

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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES

SECTION 3.1       Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

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

The Securities may be issued in one or more series.  There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ 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 Securities of any other series);

(2)        the date or dates on which the principal (and any premium on) of the Securities of the series is payable, and, if applicable to the series, the terms of any sinking fund obligations with respect to such series;

(3)        the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the Floating or Adjustable Rate Provision pursuant to which such rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date (if such Interest Payment Dates or Regular Record Dates differ from those provided herein);

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

(5)        in addition to the redemption rights provided herein, the period or periods within which (including the Redemption Option Date for the series) and the price or prices at which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(6)        if other than denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(7)        any other defaults applicable with respect to the Securities of the series in addition to those provided in Section 5.7(a) through (f);

(8)        any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of Securities of the series in addition to (and not inconsistent with) those included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series, or any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of Securities of the series in lieu of any covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series, or any provision that any covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series shall not be for the benefit of Securities of the series, or any combination of such covenants, warranties or provisions;

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(9)        the subordination terms of the Securities of the series;

(10)      the provisions of this Indenture, if any, that shall not apply to the series; and

(11)      any other terms of the series (which additional terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

If any of the terms of the 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 Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series.

SECTION 3.2       Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons and in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.  In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof.

SECTION 3.3       Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman or a Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Accounting Officer, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.  The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.  If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive at the time of the initial delivery by the Company of Securities of such series to the Trustee for authentication, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

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(1)        if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(2)        if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(3)        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, reorganization, and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement or creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 3.4       Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the directors or 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 Securities of 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 deliver in exchange therefor a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor of authorized denominations.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of

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any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

SECTION 3.5       Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities, or of Securities of a particular series, and of transfers of Securities or of Securities of such series.  The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

Subject to Section 3.11, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for Securities of that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of like tenor of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.

Subject to Section 3.11, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of like tenor of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.  Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that 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 or the Trustee 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 3.4, 9.6 or 11.7 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, 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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SECTION 3.6       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 protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, 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, 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.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

SECTION 3.7       Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Interest on any Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

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(1)        The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the 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).

(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 written 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 in its sole discretion.

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 that were carried by such other Security.

For the purposes of determining the Holders who are entitled to participate in any distribution on the Securities in respect of which a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date is not otherwise provided for in this Indenture, or for the purpose of any other action (unless provided for pursuant to Section 3.1), the Company may from time to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of the payment of distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the Holders of record for such purposes.

SECTION 3.8       Persons Deemed Owners.

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on

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such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 3.9       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 that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, 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.  Unless otherwise directed by a Company Order, delivery of which must be delivered in a timely manner to prevent such destruction, all cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by it, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written request of the Company, shall deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company.

SECTION 3.10     Interest.

(a)        Each Security will bear interest at the rate established for the series of Securities of which such Security is a part pursuant to Section 3.1 (the “Coupon Rate”) from and including the original date of issuance of such Security until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the Coupon Rate, compounded quarterly, payable (subject to the provisions of Article Four) quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (or semi-annually in arrears on June 30 and December 31) of each year (or in such other periodic installments on such ther dates established as payment dates for the series of Securities of which such Security is a part pursuant to Section 3.1) (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) commencing on the date established for the series of Securities of which such Security is a part pursuant to Section 3.1, to the Person in whose name such Security or any Predecessor Security is registered, at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which, in respect of any Securities of which the Institutional Trustee of any City National Trust is the Holder or a Global Security, shall be the close of business on the Business Day next preceding that Interest Payment Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if the Preferred Securities of a City National Trust are no longer in book-entry only form or, except if the Securities originally issued to such City National Trust are held by the Institutional Trustee of such City National Trust, the Securities of any series are not represented by a Global Security, the Company may select a Regular Record Date for such interest installment on such series of Securities which shall be any date more than 14 days but less than 60 days before an Interest Payment Date.

(b)        The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will include the first day but exclude the last day of such period.  Except as provided in the following sentence, the amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in each 30-day month.  In the event that any

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date on which interest is payable on the Securities of any series is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.

(c)        If, at any time while the Institutional Trustee of a City National Trust is the Holder of Securities of any series, such City National Trust or such Institutional Trustee is required to pay any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed by the United States, or any other taxing authority, then, in any case, the Company will pay as additional interest (“Additional Interest”) on the Securities of such series, such additional amounts as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained by such City National Trust and/or such Institutional Trustee, as the case may be, after paying such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges will be equal to the amounts City National Trust and/or such Institutional Trustee, as the case may be, would have received had no such taxes, duties, assessments or other government charges been imposed.

SECTION 3.11     Form and Payment.

Except as provided in Section 3.12, the Securities of each series shall be issued in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons.  Principal and interest on the Securities issued in certificated form will be payable, the transfer of such Securities will be registrable, and such Securities will be exchangeable, for Securities of the same series bearing identical terms and provisions at the office or agency of the Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holders of such Securities at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of all Securities of any series is the Institutional Trustee of any City National Trust, the payment of the principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any) on Securities of such series will be made at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Institutional Trustee.

SECTION 3.12     Global Securities.

(a)        In connection with a Dissolution Event with respect to any City National Trust,

(i)         the Securities in non book-entry certificated form held by such City National Trust, or its Institutional Trustee, will be presented to the Trustee by the Institutional Trustee of such City National Trust in exchange for a Global Security in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Securities of the series issued to such City National Trust, to be registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary for crediting to the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of the Regular Trustees of the relevant City National Trust.  The Company upon any such presentation shall execute a Global Security in such aggregate principal amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with this Indenture.  Payments on any Securities issued as a Global Security will be made to the Depositary; and

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(ii)        if any Preferred Securities of a City National Trust are held in non book-entry certificated form, the Securities in non book-entry certificated form held by such City National Trust, or its Institutional Trustee, may be presented to the Trustee by the Institutional Trustee of such City National Trust and any Preferred Security Certificate that represents Preferred Securities of such City National Trust other than Preferred Securities held by the Depositary or its nominee (“Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities”) will be deemed to represent Securities presented to the Trustee by such Institutional Trustee having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities until such Preferred Security Certificates are presented to the Security Registrar for transfer or reissuance at which time such Preferred Security Certificates will be cancelled and a Security, registered in the name of the holder of the Preferred Security Certificate or the transferee of the holder of such Preferred Security Certificate, as the case may be, with an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Security Certificate cancelled, will be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with this Indenture.  On issue of such Securities, Securities with an equivalent aggregate principal amount that were presented by the Institutional Trustee to the Trustee will be deemed to have been cancelled.

(b)        A Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(c)        If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for any series of Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will execute, and, subject to this Article III, the Trustee, upon written notice from the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global Security.  In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security.  In such event the Company will execute, and subject to Section 3.5, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security for such series in exchange for such Global Security.  Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee.  Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.  The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary, for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

SECTION 4.1             Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

(1)        either:

(A)       all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 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 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B)       all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

(i)         have become due and payable, or

(ii)        will become due and payable at their 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 that 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 that 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; and

(3)        the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the Company’s obligation to pay the expenses of any City National Trust under Section 10.6 (except upon the application of subclauses 1(A) or 1(B)(i) above), the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) 

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of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive.

SECTION 4.2             Defeasance and Discharge.

The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of each series unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 3.1.  In addition to discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.3, in the case of any series of Securities with respect to which 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, as certified pursuant to subparagraph (a) of Section 4.4 can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in such subparagraph (a), the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Securities of such a series as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.4 are satisfied, and the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series shall no longer be in effect (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such series, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities of such series, (iii) rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in subparagraph (a) of Section 4.4, payments of principal thereof and interest, if any, thereon upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and remaining rights of the Holders of Securities of such series to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (v) this Section 4.2, (vi) the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them and (vii) the Company’s obligation to pay the expenses of any City National Trust under Section 10.6) (hereinafter called “Defeasance”), and the Trustee at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same.

SECTION 4.3             Covenant Defeasance.

In the case of any series of Securities with respect to which 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, as certified pursuant to subparagraph (a) of Section 4.4 can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in such subparagraph (a), (i) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenants specified in or pursuant to this Indenture (except as to (A) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such series, (B) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities of such series, (C) rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, from the Company pursuant to Section 10.1, payments of principal thereof and interest, if any, thereon upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), the Holders of Securities of such series to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (D) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (E) the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them and (F) the Company’s obligation to pay the expenses of any City National Trust under Section 10.6), and (ii) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 5.7(e) (with respect to any of the covenants specified in or pursuant to this Indenture) and 5.7(f) shall be deemed not to be or result in a Default, in each case with respect to

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the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Trustee, at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same.  For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.7(d)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby.

SECTION 4.4             Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 4.2 or 4.3 to the Outstanding Securities:

(a)        with reference to Section 4.2 or 4.3, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series (i) cash in an amount, or (ii) direct obligations of the United States of America, backed by its full faith and credit (“U.S. Government Obligations”), maturing as to principal and interest, if any, at such times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge (A) the principal of and interest, if any, on all Securities of such series on each date that such principal or interest, if any, is due and payable, and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such series;

(b)        in the case of Defeasance under Section 4.2, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel based on the fact that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y), since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, Defeasance and discharge and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge had not occurred;

(c)        in the case of Covenant Defeasance under Section 4.3, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

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(d)        such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; and

(e)        the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent contemplated by this provision have been complied with.

SECTION 4.5             Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.4 shall be held in trust, and such money and all money from such U.S. Government Obligations shall be applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money and U.S. Government Obligations has been deposited with the Trustee.

SECTION 4.6             Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 4.4 or the principal or interest received in respect of such obligations other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

SECTION 4.7             Reinstatement.

If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 4.4 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.4, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 4.4; provided that, if the Company has made any payment of principal or interest on the Securities of any series because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE V
REMEDIES

SECTION 5.1             Events of Default.

The term “Event of Default” as used in this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series shall mean one of the following described 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

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pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(a)        failure to pay in full interest accrued upon any Security of that series (subject to the deferral of any due date in the case of an Extended Interest Payment Period) upon the conclusion of a period consisting of 20 consecutive quarters (or 10 consecutive semi-annual periods), commencing with the earliest quarter for which interest (including Deferred Interest) has not been paid in full, and continuance of such failure to pay for a period of 30 days;

(b)        the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for substantially all of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;

(c)        the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Company to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Company to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for substantially all of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(d)        any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

SECTION 5.2             Acceleration of Maturity.

If any one or more of the above-described Events of Default shall happen with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then, and in each and every such case, during the continuance of any such Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of such series then Outstanding, if not then due and payable, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Holders), and upon any such declaration the same shall become and be immediately due and payable; and in the event the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more of principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding fails to declare the principal of all the Securities of such series then Outstanding to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation preference of Trust Securities of the applicable City National Trust shall have such right to declare the principal amount of all the Securities of such series then Outstanding to become immediately due and payable by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee and upon any such declaration the same shall become and be immediately due and payable.  This provision, however, is subject to the condition that, if at any time after the principal of all the Securities of such series shall have been so declared to be due and payable, all arrears of interest, if any, upon all the Securities of such series (with interest, to the extent that

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interest thereon shall be legally enforceable, on any overdue installment of interest at the rate borne by the Securities of such series) and all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 6.7 and all other sums payable under this Indenture (except the principal of the Securities of such series that would not be due and payable were it not for such declaration) shall be paid by the Company, and every other Default under this Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been made good to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee or of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, or provision deemed by the Trustee or by such Holders to be adequate therefor shall have been made, then and in every such case the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, waive the Event of Default by reason of which the principal of the Securities of such series shall have been so declared to be due and payable and may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such waiver, rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.  Any declaration by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be by written notice to the Company, and any declaration or waiver by the Holders of Securities of any series pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be by written notice to the Company and the Trustee.

SECTION 5.3             Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

Subject to Article Thirteen, if the Company shall fail for a period of 30 days to pay any installment of interest on the Securities of any series or shall fail to pay the principal of and premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, or by call for redemption (otherwise than pursuant to a sinking fund) by declaration as authorized by this Indenture, or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series then Outstanding the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on any such Security, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (so far as the same may be legally enforceable) on the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities of such series, and all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 6.7.

In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, wherever situated, in the manner provided by law.  Every recovery of judgment in any such action or other proceeding, subject to the payment to the Trustee of all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 6.7, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of such series of Securities that shall be the subject of such action or proceeding.  All rights of action upon or under any of the Securities or this Indenture may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities and without the production of any thereof at any trial or any proceeding relative thereto.

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If a Default, of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, with respect to any series of Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

SECTION 5.4             Trustee To File Claims as Attorney-In-Fact.

The Trustee is hereby appointed, and each and every Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed to have appointed the Trustee, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such Holder, with authority to make or file (whether or not the Company shall be in default in respect of the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any of the Securities), in its own name and as trustee of an express trust or otherwise as it shall deem advisable, in any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or to their respective creditors or property, any and all claims, proofs of claim, proofs of debt, petitions, consents, other papers and documents and amendments of any thereof, as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder and of the Holders of the Securities allowed in any such proceeding and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to execute and deliver any and all other papers and documents and to do and perform any and all other acts and things, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to enforce in any such proceeding any of the claims of the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder and of any of such Holders in respect of any of the Securities; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian or debtor in any such proceeding is hereby authorized, and each and every taker or Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed to have authorized any such receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian or debtor, to make any such payment or delivery only to or on the order of the Trustee, and to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 6.7; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or empower the Trustee to consent to or accept or adopt, on behalf of any Holder of Securities, any plan of reorganization or readjustment of the Company affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize or empower the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of any Securities in any such proceeding.

SECTION 5.5             Application of Money Collected.

Any moneys collected by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities under this Article Five shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the several Securities, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

First:  To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 6.7.

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Second:  Subject to Article Fourteen, in case the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on the Securities of such series, in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto.

Third: Subject to Article Fourteen, in case the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Securities of such series for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities of such series, and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest.

SECTION 5.6             Control by Holders; Waiver of Past Default.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee hereunder, or of exercising any trust or power hereby conferred upon the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining in such direction or would involve the Trustee in personal liability.  Prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such series of Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder and its consequences except a default not theretofore cured in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series or in respect of any covenant or provision hereof that under Article Nine cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of each series affected thereby; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are held by a City National Trust or a trustee of such trust, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of Trust Securities representing a majority in liquidation preference of Trust Securities of the applicable City National Trust shall have consented to such waiver or modification to such waiver; provided further, that if the consent of the Holder of each of the Outstanding Securities is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust Securities of the applicable City National Trust shall have consented to such waiver.  Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.  Whenever any default hereunder shall have been

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waived as permitted by this Section 5.6, said default shall for all purposes of the Securities of such series and this Indenture cease to exist, and any Default or Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.

SECTION 5.7             Limitation on Suits; Default.

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity for the execution of any trust hereunder or for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy hereunder, in each case with respect to a Default with respect to such series of Securities, unless (i) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of the happening of one or more of the Defaults herein specified with respect to such series of Securities, (ii) the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have requested the Trustee in writing to take action in respect of the matter complained of, and (iii) there shall have been offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after receipt of such notification, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and such notification, request and offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case to be conditions precedent to any such action, suit or proceeding by any Holder of any Security of such series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of the Holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by his or their action to enforce any right hereunder, except in the manner herein provided, and that every action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series shall affect or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series to the respective Holders of such Securities at the respective due dates in such Securities stated, or affect or impair the right, which is also absolute and unconditional, of such Holders to institute suit to enforce the payment thereof.

The following events shall be “Defaults” with respect to any series of Securities under this Indenture:

(a)        an Event of Default with respect to such series specified in Section 5.1; or

(b)        the failure of the Company to pay any installment of interest on any Security of such series, when and as the same shall become payable, which failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days, it being understood that the occurrence of an Extended Interest Payment Period in accordance with the terms of such Security will not constitute such a default; or

(c)        the failure of the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Security of such series, when and as the same shall become payable, whether at maturity as therein expressed, by call for redemption (otherwise than pursuant to a sinking fund), by declaration as authorized by this Indenture or otherwise, whether or not permitted by Article Fourteen; or

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(d)the failure of the Company, subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, to observe and perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company contained in this Indenture (including any indenture supplemental hereto) (other than a covenant or agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series), which failure shall not have been remedied for a period of 90 days after written notice shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or shall have been given to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, specifying such failure and requiring the Company to remedy the same; or

(e)in the event Securities of a series are issued and sold to a City National Trust or a trustee of such trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such City National Trust, such City National Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily dissolved, wound-up its business or otherwise terminated its existence except in connection with (i) the distribution of Securities to holders of Trust Securities in liquidation or redemption of their interests in such City National Trust upon a Special Event with respect to such City National Trust, (ii) the redemption of all of the outstanding Trust Securities of such City National Trust or (iii) certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration of such City National Trust; or

(f)any other Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

SECTION 5.8Costs and Attorneys’ Fees in Legal Proceedings.

All parties to this Indenture and the Holders of the Securities agree that a court of competent jurisdiction may in its discretion require, in any action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any action, suit or proceeding against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such action, suit or proceeding of an undertaking to pay the costs of such action, suit or proceeding, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such action, suit or proceeding, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 5.8 shall not apply to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee, to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by any one or more Holders of Securities holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by any Holder of Securities for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or the interest on, any of the Securities, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Securities.

SECTION 5.9Remedies Cumulative.

Except as provided in the last sentence of Section 3.6, no remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities of any series is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute.  No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of the Securities of any series to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default shall impair any such right or

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power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or an acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Article Five to the Trustee and to the Holders, respectively, 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.  In case the Trustee or any Holder of Securities shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and the proceedings for the enforcement thereof shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of waiver or for any other reason or shall have been adjudicated adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall severally and respectively be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and thereafter all rights, remedies and powers of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceedings had been instituted, except as to any matters so waived or adjudicated.

SECTION 5.10Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.1Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a)Except during the continuance of a 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 that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(b)In case a Default with respect to any series of Securities, of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, 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.

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(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 willful misconduct, except that

(1)this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

(2)the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3)the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken 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 5.6, 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 indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to it, 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 6.2Notice of Defaults.

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default hereunder actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any Default of the character specified in Section 5.7(d) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.

SECTION 6.3Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:

(a)the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,

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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, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

(d)the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e)the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by 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 security or indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to it, against the costs, expenses and liabilities that 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 trust 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;

(h)the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or by any Holder of the Securities; and

(i)the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.

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SECTION 6.4Not 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 6.5May 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 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

SECTION 6.6Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.  The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

SECTION 6.7Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company agrees:

(1)to pay to the Trustee from time to time such 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, nominees, custodians 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 a trust hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Securities. 

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The obligations of the Company under this Section shall survive the removal or resignation of the Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

When the Trustee incurs any expenses or renders any services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c), such expenses and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

SECTION 6.8Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

The Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act during the period of time provided for therein.  In determining whether the Trustee has a conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded for purposes of the conflicting interest provisions of such Section 310(b) the Securities of every other series issued under this Indenture.  Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 6.9Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof 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 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority.  If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervision 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 6.10Resignation 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 6.11.

(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 6.11 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.

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(d)If at any time:

(1)the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8(a) 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 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

(3)the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.8, 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 6.11.  If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the 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 6.11, 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 6.11, 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.

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SECTION 6.11Acceptance 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 the Securities of all series for which it is the Trustee hereunder, 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 co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any 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 paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d)No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

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(e)The Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any successor Trustee.

SECTION 6.12Merger, 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 6.13Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

The Trustee shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in the Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b).  A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to the Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

SECTION 6.14Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.  Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent 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 thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority.  If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

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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 of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent that shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give 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 to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

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

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
As Trustee

By:
	As Authenticating Agent
By:
	Authorized Officer

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ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 7.1Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

(a)semi-annually not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the preceding March 1 or September 1, or as of such Regular Record Date, as the case may be; and

(b)at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

provided that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, such list shall not be required to be furnished.

SECTION 7.2Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

Holders may communicate pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture and the Securities.  The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other person shall have the protection of the Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).

SECTION 7.3Reports by Trustee.

(a)Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the year 2010, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities for which it is Trustee hereunder, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report dated as of such May 15 with respect to:

(1)its eligibility under Section 6.9 and its qualifications under Section 6.8, or in lieu thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible and qualified under said Sections, a written statement to such effect;

(2)the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) that remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of such Securities, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than ½ of 1% of the principal amount of such Securities Outstanding on the date of such report;

(3)the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral

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security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in Section 6.13;

(4)the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;

(5)any additional issue of Securities for which it is Trustee hereunder that the Trustee has not previously reported; and

(6)any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder that it has not previously reported and that in its opinion materially affects such Securities, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.2.

(b)The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities for which it is Trustee hereunder, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of such Securities, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee and that it has not previously reported pursuant to this subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of such Securities Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.

(c)A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to such Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which any such Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company.  The Company will notify the Trustee when any such Securities are listed on any securities exchange.

SECTION 7.4Reports by Company.

The Company shall:

(1)file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports that may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;

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(2)file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(3)transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 8.1Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

(1)the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or that leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety 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 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 Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become a Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

(3)the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate 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 8.2Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company

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substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.1Supplemental 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 contained herein and in the Securities, pursuant to Article VIII; 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 less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of one or more specified series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

(3)to add any additional Defaults; or

(4)to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or

(5)to secure the Securities; or

(6)to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or

(7)to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or

(8)to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with

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respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.

SECTION 9.2Supplemental 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, 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 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 interest thereon (including any change in the Floating or Adjustable Rate Provision pursuant to which such rate is determined that would reduce that rate for any period) or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or 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 modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders, 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 or Section 5.6, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided that 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 or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.1(8), or

(4)remove or impair the rights of any Holder of Securities to bring a Direct Action in certain circumstances, as provided in Section 15.1;

provided, further, that if the Securities of such series are held by a City National Trust or a trustee of such trust, such supplemental indenture shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation preference of Trust Securities of the applicable City National Trust shall have consented to such supplemental indenture; provided, further, that if the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Securities is required, such supplemental indenture shall not be

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effective until each holder of the Trust Securities of the applicable City National Trust shall have consented to such supplemental indenture.

A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture that has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or that modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 9.3Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the documents required by Section 1.2, and (subject to Section 6.1) 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 that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 9.4Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall he 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 to the extent provided therein.

SECTION 9.5Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

SECTION 9.6Reference 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.

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ARTICLE X
COVENANTS

SECTION 10.1Payment 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 of such series and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series.

SECTION 10.2Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where 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 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 that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency 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 10.3Money 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.

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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 (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 three 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; provided that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 10.4Statement by Officers As to Default.

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of Sections 10.1 to 10.3, inclusive, and

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if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

SECTION 10.5Covenants as to City National Trusts.

For so long as any Trust Securities of a City National Trust remain outstanding, the Company will (i) maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the Common Securities of such City National Trust; provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Company hereunder may succeed to the Company’s ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) not voluntarily dissolve, wind up or terminate such City National Trust, except in connection with a distribution of Securities upon a Special Event, and in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by the Declaration of the applicable City National Trust, (iii) timely perform its duties as Sponsor of the applicable City National Trust and (iv) use its reasonable efforts to cause such City National Trust to (a) remain a statutory trust, except in connection with a distribution of Securities to the holders of Trust Securities as provided in the Declaration of such City National Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust Securities and in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by the Declaration of such City National Trust, and (b) otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

SECTION 10.6Payment of Expenses.

(a)In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of each series of Securities to the Institutional Trustee of a City National Trust and in connection with the sale of Trust Securities by such City National Trust, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect to such Securities, shall:

(i)pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and issuance of such Securities and Trust Securities, including commissions to the underwriters payable pursuant to the applicable Underwriting Agreement and compensation of the Trustee under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.7;

(ii)pay all costs and expenses of such City National Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of the trust, the fees and expenses of the Institutional Trustee, the Regular Trustees and the Delaware Trustee of such City National Trust, the costs and expenses relating to the operation, maintenance and dissolution of such City National Trust and the enforcement by such Institutional Trustee of the rights of the holders of the Preferred Securities of such City National Trust, including without limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, paying agent(s), registrar(s), transfer agent(s), duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing, and disposition of assets of such City National Trust);

(iii)be primarily liable for any indemnification obligations arising with respect to the Declaration of such City National Trust;

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(iv)pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes in respect of amounts paid on the Securities held by such City National Trust) and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such taxes of such City National Trust.

(b)Upon termination of this Indenture or any series of Securities or the removal or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.10, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts accrued and owing to the Trustee to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.  Upon termination of the Declaration of any City National Trust or the removal or resignation of the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Declaration of such City National Trust, the Company shall pay to such Delaware Trustee or such Institutional Trustee, as the case may be, all amounts accrued and owing to such Delaware Trustee or such Institutional Trustee, as the case may be, to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.

SECTION 10.7Listing on an Exchange.

If Securities of any series are to be issued as a Global Security in connection with the distribution of such Securities to the holders of the Preferred Securities of a City National Trust upon a Dissolution Event with respect to such City National Trust, the Company will use its best efforts to list such series of Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or on such other securities exchange as the Preferred Securities of such City National Trust are then listed.  The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any Securities that will be listed on any securities exchange.

SECTION 10.8Future Issuance of Securities Under This Indenture.

Any Securities issued under this Indenture shall either (x) be issued with the concurrence or approval of the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or the staff of the Federal Reserve or (y) qualify at the time of issuance for Tier 1 capital treatment (irrespective of any limits on the amount of the Company’s Tier 1 capital) under the applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations, policies or published interpretations of the Federal Reserve.

ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 11.1Applicability of Article; Federal Reserve Approval.

Securities of each series are redeemable before their respective Stated Maturities in accordance with their respective terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.  Any redemption of any series of Securities, in whole or in part, prior to their respective Stated Maturities shall be subject to receipt by the Company of prior written approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, if then required under applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations or policies of the Federal Reserve.

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SECTION 11.2     Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

(a)        Subject to the provisions of Section 11.2(b) and to the other provisions of this Article XI, except as otherwise may be specified in this Indenture or, with respect to any series of Securities, as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series, the Company shall have the right to redeem any series of Securities, in whole or in part, from time to time, on or after the Redemption Option Date for such series at the Redemption Price.  The election of the Company to redeem any Securities redeemable at the election of the Company shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.  In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 40 days (unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee), but not more than 60 days, prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company, notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities 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 Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

(b)        If a partial redemption of any series of Securities would result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities of the City National Trust that purchased such Securities from any national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Securities of such City National Trust are then listed, the Company shall not be permitted to effect such partial redemption and may only redeem such series of Securities in whole.

SECTION 11.3     Selection By Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any series 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 not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, 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; provided, that, if at the time of redemption such Securities are registered as a Global Security, the Depositary shall determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of such Securities held by each Security Beneficial Owner to be redeemed.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in 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 that has been or is to be redeemed.

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SECTION 11.4     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 less 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 of such series to be redeemed,

(4)        that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(5)        the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and

(6)        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 11.5     Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on 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 10.3) 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 that are to be redeemed on that date.

SECTION 11.6     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 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

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Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.

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.

The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of such redemption or such earlier time as the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid.

SECTION 11.7     Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment for Securities of that series (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of like tenor and 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.

SECTION 11.8     Tax Event Redemption.

If a Tax Event with respect to any City National Trust has occurred and is continuing, then, notwithstanding Section 11.2(a) but subject to Section 11.2(b) and Section 11.1, the Company shall have the right upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders of Securities of the series issued to such City National Trust, or to its Institutional Trustee, to redeem such Securities, in whole or in part, for cash within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event at the Redemption Price, provided that if at the time there is available to the Company or such City National Trust the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90-day period, the Tax Event by taking some ministerial action (“Ministerial Action”), such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other similar reasonable measure that has no adverse effect on the Company, the Trust or the holders of the Trust Securities of such City National Trust, the Company or such City National Trust shall pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of redemption, and, provided, further that the Company shall have no right to redeem such Securities while the Company or such City National Trust is pursuing any Ministerial Action pursuant to its obligations under the Declaration of such City National Trust.1

1 This change to 11.8 reflects the fact that “Tax Event” is defined in the declaration of trust as the receipt of an opinion to the effect that the trust would be taxable with respect to income from the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, that the interest on such debt would not be deductible, or that the trust would be subject to more than a de minimis amount of taxes.  There is no corresponding definition of “Tax Event Opinion,” “Redemption Tax Opinion” or “No Recognition Tax Opinion.”

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ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 12.1     Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the 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 12.2.  Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

SECTION 12.2     Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

Unless the form or terms of any series of Securities shall provide otherwise, the Company (1) may deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that has 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 any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited.  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 12.3     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 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, that is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.2 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 11.3 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 11.4.  The Company shall deposit the amount of cash, if any, required for such sinking fund payment with the Trustee in the manner provided in Section 11.5.  Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.

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ARTICLE XIII
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD

SECTION 13.1     Extension of Interest Payment Period.

The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Securities of any series, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of all Securities of such series for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (or 10 consecutive semi-annual periods) (the “Extended Interest Payment Period”), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable on Securities of such series; provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the Stated Maturity of such Securities.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section 13.1, will bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of the Extended Interest Payment Period (“Compounded Interest”).  At the end of any Extended Interest Payment Period with respect to any series of Securities, the Company shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid on such Securities, including any Additional Interest and Compounded Interest (together, “Deferred Interest”) that shall be payable to the Holders of Securities of such Series in whose names such Securities are registered in the Security Register on the first record date after the end of such Extended Interest Payment Period.  Before the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such period; provided that such period, together with all such further extensions thereof, shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarters (or 10 consecutive semi-annual periods); and provided further that no prepayment of interest during an Extended Interest Payment Period shall allow the Company to extend such Extended Interest Payment Period beyond 20 consecutive quarters (or 10 consecutive semi-annual periods).  Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period with respect to any series of Securities and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period with respect to such series of Securities, subject to the foregoing requirements.  No interest on a series of Securities shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period with respect thereto, except at the end thereof, provided the Company may prepay at any time all or any portion of the interest accrued during any Extended Interest Payment Period.

SECTION 13.2     Notice of Extension.

(a)        If the Institutional Trustee of a City National Trust is the only Holder of Securities of a series at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period with respect thereto, the Company shall give written notice to the Regular Trustees and the Institutional Trustee of such City National Trust and to the Trustee of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period one Business Day before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which Distributions on the Trust Securities issued by such City National Trust would be payable, if not for such Extended Interest Payment Period, or (ii) the date such City National Trust is required to give notice of the record date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the Preferred Securities issued by such City National Trust, but in any event at least one Business Day before such record date.

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(b)        If the Institutional Trustee of a City National Trust is not the only Holder of Securities of a series at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period with respect thereto, the Company shall give written notice to the Holders of Securities of such series and the Trustee of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period 10 Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the record or payment date of such interest payment to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to Holders of Securities of such series.

(c)        The quarter in which any notice is given pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 13.2 shall be counted as one of the 20 quarters permitted in the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period with respect to any series of Securities permitted under Section 1.3.

SECTION 13.3     Limitation of Transactions.

If with respect to any series of Securities (i) the Company shall exercise its right to defer payments of interest thereon as provided in Section 13.1 or (ii) there shall have occurred any Default, then the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) declare or pay any dividends on, make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries, (b) make any payment of interest on, principal of or premium, if any, on, or repay, repurchase or redeem, any debt securities issued by the Company that rank pari passu with or junior to the Securities of such series (including the Securities of any other series), or (c) make any guarantee payment with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company (including Preferred and Common Security Guarantees other than the Preferred and Common Security Guarantee related to the Preferred Securities and Common Securities issued by the City National Trust holding Securities of such series) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the Securities of such series (other than (i) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company, (ii) payments under the Preferred and Common Security Guarantee related to the Preferred Securities and Common Securities issued by the City National Trust holding Securities of such series, (iii) any declaration or payment of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (iv) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (v) solely in the case of a Subsidiary of the Company, any declaration or payment of dividends or distributions on the capital stock of such Subsidiary to the Company or one of its Affiliates.

ARTICLE XIV
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 14.1     Agreement to Subordinate.

The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities issued hereunder by such Holder’s acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article Fourteen; and each Holder of a Security, whether

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upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.

The payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Securities issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.

No provision of this Article Fourteen shall prevent the occurrence of any Default hereunder.

SECTION 14.2     Default on Senior Indebtedness.

In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal (including redemption payments) of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities or to acquire any of the Securities (except sinking fund payments made in Securities acquired by the Company prior to such default).

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee, by any Holder or by any Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such payment is segregated and held in trust) when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this Section 14.2, before all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, ratably according to the aggregate amount remaining unpaid on account of the principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, but only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

SECTION 14.3     Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.

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winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made by the Company on account of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled to receive, except for the provisions of this Article Fourteen, shall be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money’s worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Holders of Securities or to the Trustee.

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee, by any Holder or by any Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such payment is segregated and held in trust) before all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, ratably according to the aggregate amount remaining unpaid on account of the principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

For purposes of this Article Fourteen, the words “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article Fourteen with respect to the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, that may at the time be outstanding, provided that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment.  The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the

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Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article Eight shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 14.3 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article Eight.  Nothing in Section 14.2 or in this Section 14.3 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7.

SECTION 14.4     Subrogation.

Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the rights of the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case may be, applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Fourteen, and no payment pursuant to the provisions of this Article Fourteen to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness.  It is understood that the provisions of this Article Fourteen are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness on the other hand.

Nothing contained in this Article Fourteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company, as the case may be, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Fourteen of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case may be, received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Fourteen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution,

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the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Fourteen.

SECTION 14.5     Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.

Each Holder of Securities by such Holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article Fourteen and appoints the Trustee such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

SECTION 14.6     Notice by the Company.

The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article Fourteen.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Fourteen or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article Fourteen, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 14.6 at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within three Business Days prior to such date.

The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be (or a trustee on behalf of such holder), to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders.  In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Fourteen, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Fourteen, 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 14.7     Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness.

The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Fourteen in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article Fourteen, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Fourteen or otherwise.

SECTION 14.8     Subordination May Not Be Impaired.

No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company, as the case may be, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company, as the case may be, with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article Fourteen or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following:  (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, as the case may be, and any other Person.

SECTION 14.9     Trustee’s Compensation Not Prejudiced.

Nothing in this Article Fourteen shall apply to amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 of this Indenture.

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ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 15.1     Acknowledgement of Rights.

The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any Securities held by a City National Trust or a trustee of such City National Trust, if the Institutional Trustee of such City National Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the Holder of the series of Securities held as the assets of such City National Trust, any holder of Preferred Securities of such City National Trust may institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such Institutional Trustee’s rights under this Indenture without first instituting any legal proceedings against such Institutional Trustee or any other person or entity.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest, premium, if any, or principal on the applicable series of Securities on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), the Company acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities issued by the City National Trust that is, or the Institutional Trustee of which is, the Holder of such Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or interest on the applicable series of Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Securities of such holder (a “Direct Action”) on or after the respective due date specified of such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the applicable series of Securities.  Notwithstanding any payments made to such holder of Trust Securities by the Company in connection with a Direct Action, the Company shall remain obligated to pay the principal of or interest on the series of Securities held by a City National Trust or the Institutional Trustee of a City National Trust, and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of such Trust Securities to the extent of any payments made by the Company to such holder in any Direct Action.

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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 as of the day and year first above written.

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION
By:
Name:	Michael B. Cahill
Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
As Trustee
By:
Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President

EX-4.8

Exhibit 4.8

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

between

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION

as Issuer

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

DATED AS OF DECEMBER [·], 2009

Supplement to Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of December [·], 2009

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December [·], 2009 (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), among CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal office at 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California, 90071 and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have entered into that certain Indenture, dated as of December [·], 2009 (the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of Securities (as defined in the Indenture);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of Securities under the Indenture to be known as its [·]% Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due 2040, the form and substance of such Securities and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture have been satisfied; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Indenture have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time on or after the date hereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all such Holders, that the Indenture is supplemented and amended, to the extent and for the purposes expressed herein, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1       Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

Section 1.2       In addition, the following terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture have the following respective meanings:

“Capital Treatment Event” means the reasonable determination by the Company that, as a result of:  (1) any amendment to, or change in, the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities; (2) any proposed change in such laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities; or (3) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other

official pronouncement interpreting or applying such laws or regulations that is announced after initial issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk of impairment of the Company’s ability to treat the Trust Preferred Securities as Tier 1 capital (or the then equivalent thereof) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies), as then in effect and applicable to the Company; provided, however, that the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in connection with the liquidation of the Trust by the Company shall not in and of itself constitute a Capital Treatment Event unless such liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a Tax Event.

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Declaration of Trust” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof.

“Existing Parity Obligations” means the junior subordinated debt securities originally issued by Business Bank Corporation in connection with the November 2004 offering of capital securities by Business Bancorp Capital Trust I and the guarantee thereof by the Company (as successor to Business Bank Corporation).

“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, or its successor as the Company’s primary federal banking regulator.

“First Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Junior Subordinated Debt Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof.

“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company or the Trust of an opinion of counsel  experienced in such matters, to the effect that, as a result of:  any amendment to or change (including any prospective proposed change announced after the original issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities) in the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying the laws enumerated in the preceding clause, there is more than an insubstantial risk that:  (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; (ii) interest payable by the Company on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges.

“Treasury Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or its successor) or, if J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or its successor) refuses to act as Treasury Dealer for this purpose or ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer specified by the Company for these purposes.

“Treasury Rate” means the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Treasury Security that corresponds to the Treasury Price (calculated in accordance with standard market practice and computed as of the second trading day preceding the date of the redemption).

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“Treasury Security” means the United States Treasury security that the Treasury Dealer determines would be appropriate to use, at the time of determination and in accordance with standard market practice, in pricing the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities being redeemed in a tender offer based on a spread to United States Treasury yields.

“Treasury Price” means the bid-side price for the Treasury Security as of the third trading day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on that trading day and designated “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities,” except that:  (1) if that release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain that price information on that trading day; or (2) if the Treasury Dealer determines that the price information is not reasonably reflective of the actual bid-side price of the Treasury Security prevailing at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that trading day, then the Treasury Price will instead mean the bid-side price for the Treasury Security at or around 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that trading day (expressed on a next trading day settlement basis) as determined by the Treasury Dealer through such alternative means as the Treasury Dealer considers to be appropriate under the circumstances.

“Trust” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof.

“Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of Trust.

“Trust Preferred Security” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of Trust.

“Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

ARTICLE II

TERMS OF SERIES OF SECURITIES

Section 2.1       Pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture, there is hereby established a series of Securities, the terms of which shall be as follows:

(a)        Designation.  The Securities of this series shall be known and designated as the “[·]% Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due 2040” of the Company (the “Junior Subordinated Debt Securities”).  The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities initially shall be issued to City National Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).  The Declaration of Trust for the Trust shall be the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of December [·], 2009, among the Company, as Sponsor, BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as Delaware Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Institutional Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein (the “Declaration of Trust”).  The guarantee (the “Guarantee”) will be issued pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December [·], 2009, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Guarantee Trustee.

(b)        Aggregate Principal Amount.  The maximum aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under the

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Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture is $[·] (except for Junior Subordinated Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or exchange for, or in lieu of, other Junior Subordinated Debt Securities pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.6 of the Indenture).

(c)        Denominations.  The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued only in fully registered form, and the authorized minimum denomination of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof.

(d)        Maturity.  The principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be payable in full on [·] , 2040, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.

(e)        Rate of Interest.  The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will bear interest at the annual rate of [·]%, payable semi-annually in arrears on [·]  and [·]  of each year (the “Interest Payment Dates,” as defined in the Indenture), commencing [·] , 2010.  Interest payments not paid when due will themselves accrue additional interest at the annual rate of [·]% on the amount of unpaid interest, to the extent permitted by law, compounded semi-annually.  The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.  The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full period will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for periods less than a month, the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.

(f)         To Whom Interest Payable.  Interest will be payable to the person in whose name the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date, except that, interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid.

(g)        Option To Defer Interest Payments.  Interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be subject to deferral to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 13.1 of the Indenture for one or more Extended Interest Payment Periods of up to ten (10) consecutive semi-annual periods.  If the Company has deferred interest payments under this clause (g) for an Extended Interest Payment Period consisting of 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, no interest will be due or payable on the Interest Payment Date relating to the last such semi-annual period, provided, however, that all accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) will become due and payable on the next subsequent Interest Payment Date.  With respect to each Interest Payment Date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee written notice of any optional deferral pursuant to this clause (g) at least ten and not more than sixty Business Days prior to such Interest Payment Date (which notice requirement shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, the notice requirement described in Section 13.2 of the Indenture, which shall not apply to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.)

(h)        Federal Reserve Approvals.  The Company shall notify the Federal Reserve upon the commencement of any Extended Interest Payment Period.  In addition, to the extent required under the Federal Reserve’s capital rules, the Company shall obtain the approval of the Federal

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Reserve prior to exercising any redemption rights in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, or dissolving or liquidating the Trust.

(i)         [Reserved].

(j)         Events of Default.  An Event of Default with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be (i) an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture and (ii) a failure to pay principal or premium when due on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; provided that the nonpayment of interest for so long as and to the extent permitted pursuant to clause (g) above shall not be deemed to be a default in the payment of interest for the purposes of Section 5.1(a) of the Indenture and shall not otherwise be deemed an Event of Default with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  Notwithstanding anything in Section 5.2 of the Indenture to the contrary, if one or more of the Events of Default specified in Sections 5.1(b) or (c) occurs, then, and in each and every such case, the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities then Outstanding shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or any holder of the Trust Preferred Securities, become immediately due and payable.  Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, an Event of Default due to a failure to pay principal or premium when due on Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall not entitle the Trustee, any Holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or any holder of the Trust Preferred Securities to declare or take any action to declare the principal amount of any of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series than Outstanding to be immediately due and payable.

(k)        Location of Payment.  Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities Register.  The office where the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment and the office where the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Indenture may be served shall be the Corporate Trust Office.  The Trustee shall act as Paying Agent.

(l)         Redemption.  The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are redeemable at the option of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of Article XI of the Indenture and subject to the Company having received prior approval from the Federal Reserve if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve (i) in whole or in part at the option of the Company on one or more occasions at any time after [·], 2014, or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time if a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event has occurred and is continuing and the Company cannot cure the Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event by some reasonable action, in which case the Company may redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt

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Securities within 90 days following the occurrence of the Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event.  The redemption price of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be, (A) in the case of a redemption pursuant to clause (i), equal to the greater of (x) 100% of the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be redeemed and (y) the present value of scheduled payments of principal and interest from the Redemption Date to [·], 2040, on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be redeemed, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus a spread of [·], plus, in each case, an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (B) in the case of a redemption pursuant to clause (ii), the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities so redeemed plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date, in each case payable in cash.

(m)       Sinking Fund.  The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall not be subject to any sinking fund or analogous provisions.

(n)        Forms.  The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the same.  The Declaration of Trust shall be substantially in the form of Annex B attached hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the same.  The Guarantee Agreement shall be substantially in the form of Annex C attached hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the same.

(o)        The subordination provisions of Article XIV of the Indenture shall apply; provided, however, that for the purposes of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities (but not for the purposes of any other Securities unless specifically set forth in the terms of such Securities), the definition of “Senior Indebtedness” in the Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“Senior Indebtedness” means:

(1)        the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (a) indebtedness for money borrowed and (b) indebtedness evidenced by securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company, including the Company’s junior subordinated debentures or guarantees issued in connection with any future traditional trust preferred securities, each of which will rank senior to the Trust Preferred Securities issued by the Trust;

(2)        all of the Company’s capital lease obligations;

(3)        all of the Company’s obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all of the Company’s conditional sale obligations and all of its obligations under any title retention agreement, but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business;

(4)        all of the Company’s obligations, contingent or otherwise, in respect of any letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, security purchase facilities, repurchase agreements or similar credit transactions;

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(5)        all of the Company’s obligations in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts, hedging arrangements and other similar agreements;

(6)        all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above of other persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and

(7)        all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above of other persons secured by any lien on any of the Company’s property or assets, whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company;

except that Senior Indebtedness will not include:

(A)       except as provided in clause (C), any indebtedness issued after the date hereof under the Indenture that is expressly subordinated to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;

(B)       the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee;

(C)       any indebtedness or guarantee that is by its terms subordinated to, or ranks equally with, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the issuance of which, in the case of this clause (C) only, (x) has received the concurrence or approval of the staff of the Federal Reserve or (y) does not at the time of issuance prevent the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities from qualifying for Tier 1 capital treatment (irrespective of any limits on the amount of the Company’s Tier 1 capital) under the applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations, policies or published interpretations of the Federal Reserve;

(D)       trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business; and

(E)       the Existing Parity Obligations.

(p)        Dividend Stopper.  During any Extended Interest Payment Period the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment on any of the Company’s capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on, or repay, repurchase or redeem, any debt securities of the Company (including other junior subordinated debt securities or other junior subordinated debt) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or (iii) make any guarantee payments on any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any of its Subsidiaries (including under other guarantees of junior subordinated debt securities or other junior subordinated debt) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, other than, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), (A) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company, (B) payments under the Guarantee with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of the Trust, (C) any declaration or payment of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (D) repurchases,

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redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants and (E) solely in the case of a Subsidiary of the Company, any declaration or payment of dividends or distributions on the capital stock of such Subsidiary to the Company or one of its Affiliates.  This “Dividend Stopper” provision shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, the “Limitations of Transactions” provision contained in Section 13.3 of the Indenture, which shall not apply to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

ARTICLE III

[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.1       If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control.

Section 4.2       The Article headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

Section 4.3       All covenants and agreements in this First Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 4.4       In case any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture 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 4.5       Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture is intended to or shall provide any rights to any parties other than those expressly contemplated by this First Supplemental Indenture.

Section 4.6       THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 4.7       The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.  The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not of the Trustee.

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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.

[The remainder of this page left blank intentionally; the signature page follows.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION
By:
Name:	Michael B. Cahill
Title:	Executive Vice President, General
	Counsel and Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
By:
Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President

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Annex A

Form of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

[IF THE SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT - This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary.  This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in limited circumstances.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION

[·]% Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due 2040

No.

$

CUSIP No.

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Institutional Trustee of CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I, or registered assigns, the principal sum of dollars ($) on [·], 2040.  The Company is authorized to direct payments to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as paying agent under the Declaration of Trust (as defined below), or any other paying agent appointed under the terms of the Declaration of Trust.  The Company further promises to pay interest on said principal sum from December [·], 2009 or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) on which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on [·] and [·] of each year, commencing [·], 2010, at the rate of [·]% per annum, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable.  Interest payments not paid when due will themselves accrue additional interest at the annual rate of [·]% on the amount of unpaid interest, to the extent permitted by law, compounded semi-annually.  The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.  The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full period will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month period and, for periods less than a

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month, the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.  In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay).  A “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by any applicable law or executive order to close.  The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which shall be (i) the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date if this Security is issued in the form of a Global Security, or (ii) the first day (whether or not a Business Day) of the month in which such Interest Payment Date occurs if this Security is not issued in the form of a Global Security.  Any such interest installment not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name 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 fewer than ten 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.

So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right at any time and from time to time during the term of this Security to defer payment of interest on this Security for up to ten consecutive semi-annual interest payment periods with respect to each deferral period (each an “Extended Interest Payment Period”), but shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law, compounded semi-annually at the rate specified in this Security) on the first Interest Payment Date following the termination of such Extended Interest Payment Period;  provided, however, that no Extended Interest Payment Period shall extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security.  Upon termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) then due, the Company may elect to begin a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the above requirements.  No interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period except on the first Interest Payment Date thereafter.

During any Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment on any of the Company’s capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on, or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company (including other junior subordinated debt securities or other junior subordinated debt) that rank  pari passu with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or (iii) make any guarantee payments on any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any of its Subsidiaries (including under other guarantees of junior subordinated debt securities or other junior subordinated debt) if such guarantee ranks pari

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passu with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, other than, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), (A) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company, (B) payments under the Guarantee with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of the Trust, (C) any declaration or payment of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (D) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants and (E) solely in the case of a Subsidiary of the Company, any declaration or payment of dividends or distributions on the capital stock of such Subsidiary to the Company or one of its Affiliates.

Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the United States, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated in writing at least 15 days before the relevant Interest Payment Date by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities Register.

The Securities are not deposits or savings accounts.  The Securities are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) or any other governmental agency or instrumentality.  The Securities are not guaranteed under the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.

The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject in right of payments to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness (as such definition is modified in the First Supplemental Indenture with respect to this Security), and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto.  Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.  Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.

Reference is made hereby 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 by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION

By:

Name:

Title:

Attest:

Name:

Title:

Dated: December ___, 2009

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REVERSE OF SECURITY

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December [·], 2009, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December [·], 2009 (herein together called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount of $[·],010,000, issuable on one or more occasions.

All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture or in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of December [·], 2009 (the “Declaration of Trust”), for CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I, among City National Corporation, as Sponsor, and the Trustees named therein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Declaration of Trust, as the case may be.

The Company may at any time, at its option, and subject to the terms and conditions of Article XI of the Indenture and Section 2.1(l) of the First Supplemental Indenture, and subject to prior approval by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System if then required, redeem this Security in whole or in part at any time after [·], 2014, without premium or penalty, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (x) 100% of the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be redeemed and (y) the present value of scheduled payments of principal and interest from the Redemption Date to [·], 2040, on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be redeemed, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus a spread of [·], in each case, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

For purposes of the above:

“Treasury Rate” means the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Treasury Security that corresponds to the Treasury Price (calculated in accordance with standard market practice and computed as of the second trading day preceding the Redemption Date);

“Treasury Security” means the United States Treasury security that the Treasury Dealer determines would be appropriate to use, at the time of determination and in accordance with standard market practice, in pricing the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities being redeemed in a tender offer based on a spread to United States Treasury yields;

“Treasury Price” means the bid-side price for the Treasury Security as of the third trading day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on that trading day and designated

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“Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities,” except that:  (1) if that release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain that price information on that trading day; or (2) if the Treasury Dealer determines that the price information is not reasonably reflective of the actual bid-side price of the Treasury Security prevailing at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that trading day, then the Treasury Price will instead mean the bid-side price for the Treasury Security at or around 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that trading day (expressed on a next trading day settlement basis) as determined by the Treasury Dealer through such alternative means as the Treasury Dealer considers to be appropriate under the circumstances; and

“Treasury Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or its successor) or, if J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or its successor) refuses to act as Treasury Dealer for this purpose or ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer specified by the Company for these purposes.

Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event in respect of a Trust, the Company may, at its option, at any time within 90 days of the occurrence of such Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event redeem this Security, in whole but not in part, subject to the provisions of Article XI of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities so redeemed plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.  In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Security then outstanding and affected thereby.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture with respect to such series,

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and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series.  Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case (other than any Event of Default due to failure to pay principal or premium when due on the Securities) the Trustee or the Holders of not less that 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of this series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), provided that, in the case of the Securities of this series issued to a Trust, if upon an Event of Default (other than any Event of Default due to failure to pay principal or premium when due on the Securities), the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series fails to declare the principal of all the Securities of this series to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee; and upon any such declaration the principal amount of and the accrued interest (including Additional Interest) on all the Securities of this series shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and interest (including Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article XIV of the Indenture and Section 2.1(o) of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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 on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed (subject to the deferral rights of the Company described in the Indenture).

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Securities Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained under Section 10.2 of the Indenture duly endorsed by, or accompanied by written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities 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.  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 or 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

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overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and in any multiple thereof.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for like aggregate principal amount of Securities of such series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

The Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires beneficial interest in, this Security agree that for United States federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that this Security constitute indebtedness.

THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

This is one of the Securities referred to in the mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
By:
	Authorized Signatory

Dated:  December ___, 2009

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EX-4.9

Exhibit 4.9

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I

THIS Certificate of Trust of City National Capital Trust I (the “Trust”), dated as of November 30, 2009, is being duly executed and filed on behalf of the Trust by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq.) (the “Act”).

1.         Name.  The name of the statutory trust formed by this Certificate of Trust is City National Capital Trust I.

2.         Delaware Trustee.  The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware are BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, White Clay Center, Route 273, Newark, Delaware 19711.

3.         Effective Date.  This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

[Signature pages follow]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY,
N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Institutional
Trustee
By:	/s/ Teresa Petta
Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President
BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, not in its individual
capacity, but solely as Delaware Trustee
By:	/s/ Kristine K. Gullo
Name:	Kristine K. Gullo
Title:	Vice President
/s/ Michael B. Cahill
Michael B. Cahill, as Administrative Trustee
/s/ Donald Riechel
Donald Riechel, as Administrative Trustee

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EX-4.10

Exhibit 4.10

DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I

THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST is made as of November 30, 2009 (this “Declaration of Trust”), by and among City National Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as sponsor (the “Sponsor”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as institutional trustee (the “Institutional Trustee”), BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware trustee (the “Delaware Trustee,” and together with the Institutional Trustee, the “Issuer Trustees”) and Michael B. Cahill and Donald Riechel, as administrative trustees (each an “Administrative Trustee” and jointly, the “Administrative Trustees”).  The Sponsor, the Issuer Trustees and the Administrative Trustees hereby agree as follows:

1.The trust created hereby shall be known as “City National Capital Trust I” (the “Trust”), in which name the Issuer Trustees or the Sponsor, to the extent provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts on behalf of the Trust, and sue and be sued on behalf of the Trust.

2.The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Trust the sum of $10.  Such amount shall constitute the initial trust property.  It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby constitute a statutory trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12  Del. C. § 3801 et seq. (the “Statutory Trust Act”), and that this Declaration of Trust constitute the governing instrument of the Trust.  The Issuer Trustees and the Administrative Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in such form as they may approve.

The Sponsor, the Issuer Trustees and the Administrative Trustees will enter into an amended and restated Declaration of Trust (the “Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust”) satisfactory to each such party, to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance by the Trust of the preferred securities (the “Preferred Securities”) and common securities referred to therein.  Prior to the execution and delivery of such Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, the Issuer Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect of the trust property, except as otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer Trustees may take all actions which the Sponsor deems necessary, convenient or incidental to effect the transactions contemplated herein and as the Issuer Trustees shall be directed in writing by the Sponsor.  The Delaware Trustee is appointed to serve as the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware for the sole purpose of satisfying the requirement of Section 3807(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act that the Trust have at least one trustee with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware.  It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the Delaware Trustee shall have none of the duties or liabilities of the other trustees.  The duties of the Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (i) accepting legal process served on the Trust in the State of Delaware and (ii) the execution of any certificates required to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State which the Delaware Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

3.Each of the Sponsor, as the sponsor of the Trust, and any Administrative Trustee is hereby authorized, in its discretion, acting individually or collectively, (i) to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and execute, in each case on behalf of the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on such form as the Sponsor determines (the “1933 Act Registration Statement”), including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (including the preliminary or final prospectus, prospectus

supplements and the exhibits contained therein), relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of any or all of the Preferred Securities and (b) a Registration Statement on such appropriate form as the Sponsor determines (the “1934 Act Registration Statement”) (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto) relating to the registration of any or all of the Preferred Securities of the Trust under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the New York Stock Exchange or any other national stock exchange or The Nasdaq National Market (each, an “Exchange”) and execute on behalf of the Trust one or more listing applications and all other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause any or all of the Preferred Securities to be listed on any of the Exchanges; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register any or all of the Preferred Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable; (iv) to execute and deliver letters or documents to, or instruments for filing with, a depository relating to any or all of the Preferred Securities; and (v) to execute on behalf of the Trust an underwriting agreement or agreements relating to any or all of the Preferred Securities, among the Trust, the Sponsor and the several underwriters named therein, in the form negotiated by the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust.  In the event that any filing referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, an Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by any of the Administrative Trustees, each of the Administrative Trustees is hereby directed to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing.

4.This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

5.The number of trustees of the Trust initially shall be four and thereafter the number of trustees of the Trust shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Sponsor which may increase or decrease the number of trustees of the Trust; provided, however, that to the extent required by the Statutory Trust Act, one trustee of the Trust shall either be a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law.  Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any trustee of the Trust at any time.  Any trustee of the Trust may resign upon thirty (30) days’ prior notice to the Sponsor.

6.The Sponsor hereby agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to (i) reimburse the Issuer Trustees for all reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and other experts) and (ii) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer Trustees and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Issuer Trustees (the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses, disbursements (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), taxes and penalties of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”), to the extent that such Expenses arise out of or are imposed upon or asserted at any time against such Indemnified Persons with respect to the performance of this Declaration of Trust, the creation,

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operation or termination of the Trust or the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Sponsor shall not be required to indemnify any Indemnified Person for any Expenses which are a result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of such Indemnified Person.

7.The Trust may be dissolved without issuing any preferred securities at the election of the Sponsor.

8.This Declaration shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles).

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Declaration of Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor
By:	/s/ Michael B. Cahill
Name:	Michael B. Cahill
Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
	Secreatry
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., as Institutional Trustee
By:	/s/ Teresa Petta
Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President
BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE,
as Delaware Trustee
By:	/s/ Kristine K. Gullo
Name:	Kristine K. Gullo
Title:	Vice President
/s/ Michael B. Cahill
Michael B. Cahill, as Administrative Trustee
/s/ Donald Riechel
Donald Riechel, as Administrative Trustee

EX-4.11

Exhibit 4.11

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION

OF TRUST

CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I

Dated as of [•], 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
ARTICLE I.	INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS	1
Section 1.1	Definitions	1
ARTICLE II.	TRUST INDENTURE ACT	7
Section 2.1	Trust Indenture Act; Application	7
Section 2.2	Lists of Holders of Securities	8
Section 2.3	Reports by the Institutional Trustee	8
Section 2.4	Periodic Reports to Institutional Trustee	8
Section 2.5	Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent	8
Section 2.6	Declaration Defaults; Waiver	9
Section 2.7	Declaration Default; Notice	10
ARTICLE III.	ORGANIZATION	11
Section 3.1	Name	11
Section 3.2	Office	11
Section 3.3	Purpose	11
Section 3.4	Authority	11
Section 3.5	Title to Property of the Trust	11
Section 3.6	Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees	12
Section 3.7	Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees	14
Section 3.8	Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee	15
Section 3.9	Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Institutional Trustee	17
Section 3.10	Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee	19
Section 3.11	Delaware Trustee	21
Section 3.12	Execution of Documents	22
Section 3.13	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	22
Section 3.14	Duration of Trust	22
Section 3.15	Mergers	22
Section 3.16	Paying Agent	24
ARTICLE IV.	SPONSOR	24
Section 4.1	Sponsor’s Purchase of Common Securities	24
Section 4.2	Responsibilities of the Sponsor	24
Section 4.3	Exchanges by the Sponsor	25
ARTICLE V.	TRUSTEES	26
Section 5.1	Number of Trustees	26

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Section 5.2	Delaware Trustee	26
Section 5.3	Institutional Trustee; Eligibility	26
Section 5.4	Qualifications of Administrative Trustees and Delaware Trustee Generally	27
Section 5.5	Initial Trustees; Additional Powers of Administrative Trustees	27
Section 5.6	Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees	28
Section 5.7	Vacancies among Trustees	30
Section 5.8	Effect of Vacancies	30
Section 5.9	Meetings	30
Section 5.10	Delegation of Power	31
Section 5.11	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	31
ARTICLE VI.	DISTRIBUTIONS	31
Section 6.1	Distributions	31
ARTICLE VII.	ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES	31
Section 7.1	General Provisions Regarding Securities	31
Section 7.2	Issuance of Securities; Purchase of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities	32
ARTICLE VIII.	TERMINATION OF TRUST	33
Section 8.1	Termination of Trust	33
ARTICLE IX.	TRANSFER OF INTERESTS	34
Section 9.1	Transfer of Securities	34
Section 9.2	Transfer of Certificates	34
Section 9.3	Deemed Security Holders	35
Section 9.4	Book Entry Interests	35
Section 9.5	Notices to Clearing Agency	36
Section 9.6	Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency	36
Section 9.7	Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates	36
Section 9.8	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates	37
ARTICLE X.	LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS	37
Section 10.1	Liability	37
Section 10.2	Exculpation	38
Section 10.3	Fiduciary Duty	38
Section 10.4	Indemnification	39
Section 10.5	Outside Businesses	41
ARTICLE XI.	ACCOUNTING	42
Section 11.1	Fiscal Year	42
Section 11.2	Certain Accounting Matters	42

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Section 11.3	Banking	43
Section 11.4	Withholding	43
ARTICLE XII.	AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS	43
Section 12.1	Amendments	43
Section 12.2	Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent	45
ARTICLE XIII.	REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE	47
Section 13.1	Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee	47
Section 13.2	Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee	47
ARTICLE XIV.	MISCELLANEOUS	48
Section 14.1	Notices	48
Section 14.2	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial	49
Section 14.3	Intention of the Parties	49
Section 14.4	Headings	49
Section 14.5	Successors and Assigns	49
Section 14.6	Partial Enforceability	50
Section 14.7	Counterparts	50

ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

ANNEX I	Terms of [•]% Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities
EXHIBIT A-1	Form of Trust Preferred Security Certificate
EXHIBIT A-2	Form of Common Security Certificate
EXHIBIT B	Specimen of Junior Subordinated Debt Security
EXHIBIT C	Underwriting Agreement

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended	Section of Declaration of Trust
310(a)	5.3(a)
310(c)	Inapplicable
311(c)	Inapplicable
312(a)	2.2(a)
312(b)	2.2(b)
313	2.3
314(a)	2.4
314(b)	Inapplicable
314(c)	2.5
314(d)	Inapplicable
314(f)	Inapplicable
315(a)	3.9(b)
315(c)	3.9(a)
315(d)	3.9(a)
316(a)	Annex I
316(c)	3.6(e)

* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Declaration of Trust and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST

OF

CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I

[•]         , 2009

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST (“Declaration of Trust”) dated and effective as of [•], 2009, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as defined herein) and by the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust to be issued pursuant to this Declaration of Trust;

WHEREAS, the Trustees and the Sponsor established City National Capital Trust I (the “Trust”), a trust under the Statutory Trust Act (as defined herein) pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated as of [•], 2009 (the “Original Declaration”) and a Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on [•], 2009, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and investing the proceeds thereof in certain Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer;

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the Trust have been issued;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, by this Declaration of Trust, amend and restate each and every term and provision of the Original Declaration; and

NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to continue the Trust as a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that this Declaration of Trust constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust, the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in trust for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration of Trust.

ARTICLE I.

INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)Capitalized terms used in this Declaration of Trust but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;

(b)a term defined anywhere in this Declaration of Trust has the same meaning throughout;

(c)all references to “the Declaration of Trust” or “this Declaration of Trust” are to this Declaration of Trust as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;

(d)all references in this Declaration of Trust to Articles and Sections and Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits to this Declaration of Trust unless otherwise specified;

(e)a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Declaration of Trust unless otherwise defined in this Declaration of Trust or unless the context otherwise requires; and

(f)a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.

“Administrative Trustee”:  has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

“Affiliate”:  has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.

“Authorized Officer”:  of a Person means any Person that is authorized to bind such Person.

“Book Entry Interest”:  means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.4.

“Business Day”:  means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York are permitted or required by any applicable law or executive order to close.

“Capital Treatment Event”:  has the meaning set forth in Annex I hereto.

“Certificate”:  means a Common Security Certificate or a Trust Preferred Security Certificate.

“Clearing Agency”:  means an organization registered as a “Clearing Agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as depositary for the Trust Preferred Securities and in whose name or in the name of a nominee of that organization shall be registered a Global Certificate and which shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the Trust Preferred Securities.

“Clearing Agency Participant”:  means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

“Closing Date”:  means [•], 2009.

“Code”:  means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

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“Commission”:  means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Common Security”:  has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.

“Common Security Certificate”:  means a definitive certificate in fully registered form representing a Common Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.

“Company Indemnified Person”:  means (a) any Administrative Trustee; (b) any Affiliate of any Administrative Trustee; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any Administrative Trustee; or (d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates.

“Corporate Trust Office”:  means the office of the Institutional Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Declaration of Trust is located at The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 700 South Flower Street, 5th Floor, Los Angeles, California  90017, Attention: Corporate Unit, or such other address as the Institutional Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Sponsor, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Institutional Trustee (or such other address as such successor Institutional Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Sponsor).

“Coupon Rate”:  has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I.

“Covered Person”:  means:  (a) any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust or (ii) the Trust’s Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.

“Declaration Default”:  in respect of the Securities means an Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

“Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.

“Delaware Trustee”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).

“Distribution”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

“DTC”:  means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency.

“Exchange Act”:  means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

“Extended Interest Payment Period”:  has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(b) of Annex I.

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“Federal Reserve Board”:  means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, or its successor as the Sponsor’s primary federal banking regulator.

“Fiduciary Indemnified Person”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(b).

“Fiscal Year”:  has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.

“Global Certificate”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.

“Holder”:  means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Statutory Trust Act.

“Indemnified Person”:  means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary Indemnified Person.

“Indenture”:  means the Indenture dated as of [•], 2009, between the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of [•], 2009, between the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to which the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are to be issued.

“Indenture Event of Default”:  has the meaning given to the term “Event of Default” in the Indenture.

“Indenture Trustee”:  means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee.

“Institutional Trustee”:  means the Trustee meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 5.3.

“Institutional Trustee Account”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(c).

“Investment Company”:  means an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act.

“Investment Company Act”:  means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

“Investment Company Event”:  has the meaning set forth in Annex I hereto.

“Junior Subordinated Debt Securities”:  means the series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be issued by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer under the Indenture to be held by the Institutional Trustee hereunder, a specimen certificate for such series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities being attached hereto as Exhibit B.

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“Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer”:  means City National Corporation, a bank holding company incorporated in Delaware (or the Sponsor), in its capacity as issuer of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities under the Indenture.

“Legal Action”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(g).

“List of Holders”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

“Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities”:  means, except as provided in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of an aggregate liquidation amount representing more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.

“Officers’ Certificate”:  means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two Authorized Officers of such Person.  Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Declaration of Trust shall include:

(a)a statement that each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

(b)a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers’ Certificate;

(c)a statement that each such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d)a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

“Paying Agent”:  means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.16 and shall initially be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

“Payment Amount”:  has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

“Person”:  means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.

“Quorum”:  means any one Administrative Trustee or, if there is only one Administrative Trustee, such Administrative Trustee.

“Registrar”:  has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.

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“Related Party”:  means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the Sponsor.

“Responsible Officer”:  means, with respect to the Institutional Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Declaration of Trust and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Rule 3a-5”:  means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act.

“Securities”:  means the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities.

“Securities Act”:  means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

“Sponsor”:  means City National Corporation, a bank holding company that is a U.S. person incorporated in Delaware, or any successor entity in a merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust.

“Statutory Trust Act”:  means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code §3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any company, a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by that company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the company and one or more other Subsidiaries.  For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

“Successor Delaware Trustee”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.

“Successor Entity”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).

“Successor Institutional Trustee”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.

“Successor Securities”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).

“Super Majority”:  has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(ii).

“Tax Event”:  has the meaning set forth in Annex I hereto.

“10% in liquidation amount of the Securities”:  means, except as provided in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of an aggregate liquidation amount representing 10% or more of the

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aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.

“Treasury Regulations”:  means the income tax regulations, including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

“Trustee” or “Trustees”:  means each Person who has signed this Declaration of Trust as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.

“Trust Indenture Act”:  means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

“Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee”:  means the guarantee agreement dated as of [•] 2009, of the Sponsor in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities.

“Trust Preferred Security”:  has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.

“Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner”:  means, with respect to a Book Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

“Trust Preferred Security Certificate”:  means a certificate representing a Trust Preferred Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

“Underwriting Agreement”:  means the Underwriting Agreement for the offering and sale of Trust Preferred Securities in the form of Exhibit C.

ARTICLE II.

TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.1Trust Indenture Act; Application.

(a)This Declaration of Trust is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Declaration of Trust and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

(b)The Institutional Trustee shall be the only Trustee that is a Trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.

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(c)If and to the extent that any provision of this Declaration of Trust limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by §§ 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

(d)The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Declaration of Trust shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

SECTION 2.2Lists of Holders of Securities.

(a)Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide the Institutional Trustee (i) within 14 days after each record date for payment of Distributions, a list, in such form as the Institutional Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities (“List of Holders”) as of such record date, provided, that neither the Sponsor nor the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Institutional Trustee by the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust, and (ii) at any other time, within 30 days of receipt by the Trust of a written request for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to the Institutional Trustee.  The Institutional Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information contained in Lists of Holders given to it or which it receives in the capacity as Paying Agent (if acting in such capacity), provided, that the Institutional Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.

(b)The Institutional Trustee shall comply with its obligations under §§ 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.3Reports by the Institutional Trustee.  Within 60 days after [•] of each year, the Institutional Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities such reports as are required by § 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by § 313 of the Trust Indenture Act.  The Institutional Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of § 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.4Periodic Reports to Institutional Trustee.  Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Institutional Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by § 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by § 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by § 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.  Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Institutional Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Institutional Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Institutional Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

SECTION 2.5Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.  Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Institutional

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Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent provided for in this Declaration of Trust that relate to any of the matters set forth in § 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.  Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to § 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate.

SECTION 2.6Declaration Defaults; Waiver.

(a)The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Trust Preferred Securities, waive any past Declaration Default in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities and its consequences, provided, that if the underlying Indenture Event of Default:

(i)is not waivable under the Indenture, the Declaration Default shall also not be waivable; or

(ii)is waivable only with the consent of holders of more than a majority in principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities (a “Super Majority”) affected thereby, only the Holders of at least the proportion in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities outstanding may waive such Declaration Default in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities under the Declaration of Trust.

The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such § 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration of Trust and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.  Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Declaration Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Declaration of Trust, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or a Declaration Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.  Any waiver by the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of a Declaration Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities shall also be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Holders of the Common Securities of any such Declaration Default with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes of this Declaration of Trust without any further act, vote, or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities.

(b)The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common Securities, waive any past Declaration Default with respect to the Common Securities and its consequences, provided, that if the underlying Indenture Event of Default:

(i)is not waivable under the Indenture, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Declaration Default as provided in this Section 2.6(b), the Declaration Default shall also not be waivable; or

(ii)is waivable only with the consent of a Super Majority, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Declaration Default as provided in this Section 2.6(b), only the Holders of at least the proportion in aggregate

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liquidation amount of the Common Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities outstanding may waive such Declaration Default in respect of the Common Securities under the Declaration of Trust;

provided, further each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any such Declaration Default and all Declaration Defaults with respect to the Common Securities and its consequences until all Declaration Defaults with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, and until such Declaration Defaults with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Institutional Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and only the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Institutional Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Securities.  The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b) shall be in lieu of §§ 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such §§ 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration of Trust and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.  Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b), upon the waiver of a Declaration Default by the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities, any such default shall cease to exist and any Declaration Default with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration of Trust, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Declaration Default with respect to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.

(c)A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Institutional Trustee at the direction of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Declaration Default.  The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(c) shall be in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such § 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration of Trust and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.7Declaration Default; Notice.

(a)The Institutional Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a Declaration Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Securities, notices of (i) all defaults with respect to the Securities actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term “defaults” for the purposes of this Section 2.7(a) being hereby defined to be an Indenture Event of Default, not including any periods of grace provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of any notice provided therein) and (ii) any notice of default received from the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, which notice from the Institutional Trustee to the Holders shall state that an Indenture Event of Default also constitutes a Declaration Default; provided that, except for a default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities.

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(b)The Institutional Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default except:

(i)a default under Sections 5.7(b) and 5.7(c) of the Indenture; or

(ii)any default as to which the Institutional Trustee shall have received written notice or of which a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee charged with the administration of the Declaration of Trust shall have actual knowledge.

ARTICLE III.

ORGANIZATION

SECTION 3.1Name.  The Trust is named “City National Capital Trust I,” as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Institutional Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Holders of Securities.  The Trust’s activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the Administrative Trustees.

SECTION 3.2Office.  The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o City National Corporation, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California 90071.  On ten Business Days written notice to the Institutional Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Holders of Securities, the Administrative Trustees may designate another principal office.

SECTION 3.3Purpose.  The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and (b) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those other activities necessary, or incidental thereto.  The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a domestic grantor trust.

SECTION 3.4Authority.  Subject to the limitations provided in this Declaration of Trust and to the specific duties of the Institutional Trustee and the Sponsor, the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust.  An action taken by the Administrative Trustees in accordance with their powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust and an action taken by the Institutional Trustee on behalf of the Trust in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust.  In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Trustees to bind the Trust.  Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in this Declaration of Trust.

SECTION 3.5Title to Property of the Trust.  Except as provided in Section 3.8 with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Institutional Trustee Account or as otherwise provided in this Declaration of Trust, legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust.  The Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.

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SECTION 3.6Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees.  The Administrative Trustees shall have the exclusive power, duty and authority to cause the Trust to engage in the following activities (and any actions taken by the Administrative Trustees in furtherance of the following prior to the date hereof are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):

(a)to issue and sell the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with this Declaration of Trust; provided, however, that the Trust may issue no more than one series of Trust Preferred Securities and no more than one series of Common Securities, and, provided further, that there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the Securities, and the issuance of Securities shall be limited to a simultaneous issuance of both Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities;

(b)in connection with the issue and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities to:

(i)execute and file with the Commission on behalf of the Trust a registration statement on Form S-3 or on another appropriate form, or a registration statement under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, in each case prepared by the Sponsor, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments thereto, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of the Trust Preferred Securities;

(ii)execute and file any documents prepared by the Sponsor, or take any acts as determined by the Sponsor to be necessary in order to qualify or register all or part of the Trust Preferred Securities in any State in which the Sponsor has determined to qualify or register such Trust Preferred Securities for sale;

(iii)if requested by the Sponsor, execute and file an application, prepared by the Sponsor, to the New York Stock Exchange, any other national stock exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market for listing upon notice of issuance of any Trust Preferred Securities;

(iv)if requested by the Sponsor, execute and file with the Commission on behalf of the Trust a registration statement on Form 8-A, prepared by the Sponsor, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments thereto, relating to the registration of the Trust Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(v)execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities;

(c)to acquire the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities with the proceeds of the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the Administrative Trustees shall cause legal title to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be held of record in the name of the Institutional Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Holders of Common Securities;

(d)to give the Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee prompt written notice of the occurrence of a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event; provided, that the Administrative

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Trustees shall consult with the Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee before taking or refraining from taking any ministerial action in relation to a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event;

(e)to establish a record date with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date be established, including and with respect to, for the purposes of § 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities and Holders of Common Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates;

(f)to take all actions and perform such duties as may be required of the Administrative Trustees pursuant to the terms of the Securities;

(g)to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action, or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the Trust (“Legal Action”), unless pursuant to Section 3.8(e), the Institutional Trustee has the exclusive power to bring such Legal Action;

(h)to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who may be designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors, and consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such services;

(i)to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust’s obligations under the Trust Indenture Act;

(j)to give the certificate required by § 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act to the Institutional Trustee, which certificate may be executed by any Administrative Trustee;

(k)to incur expenses that are necessary or incidental to carry out any of the purposes of the Trust;

(l)to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, registrar and transfer agent for the Securities;

(m)to give prompt written notice to the Holders of the Securities of any notice received from the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer of its election to defer payments of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities under the Indenture;

(n)to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust’s valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created;

(o)to take any action, not inconsistent with this Declaration of Trust or with applicable law, that the Administrative Trustees determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable in carrying out the activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.6, including, but not limited to:

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(i)causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;

(ii)causing the Trust to be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a domestic grantor trust; and

(iii)cooperating with the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer to ensure that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be treated as indebtedness of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes;

provided, that any such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of Holders;

(p)to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the Trust to be duly prepared and filed by the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust; and

(q)to execute all documents or instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in all matters necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

The Administrative Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 3.6 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Administrative Trustees shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set forth in Section 3.3.

Subject to this Section 3.6, the Administrative Trustees shall have none of the powers or the authority of the Institutional Trustee set forth in Section 3.8.

For the avoidance of doubt, until the occurrence of any Declaration Default, it is intended that the Administrative Trustees will have no powers that would cause them to be deemed fiduciaries with respect to any assets of the Trust for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Any expenses incurred by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall be reimbursed by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer.

SECTION 3.7Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.

(a)The Trust shall not, and the Trustees (including the Institutional Trustee) shall not cause the Trust to, engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by this Declaration of Trust.  In particular, the Trust shall not:

(i)invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, but shall promptly distribute all such proceeds to Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration of Trust and of the Securities;

(ii)acquire any assets other than as expressly provided herein;

(iii)possess Trust property for other than a Trust purpose;

(iv)make any loans or incur any indebtedness;

(v)possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the Trust assets;

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(vi)possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever (except to the extent expressly authorized in this Declaration of Trust or by the terms of the Securities);

(vii)issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the Securities;

(viii)take any action inconsistent with the status of the Trust as a domestic grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes;

(ix)other than as provided in this Declaration of Trust or Annex I, (A) direct the time, method and place of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (B) waive any past Declaration Default that is waivable under the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of all the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be due and payable or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities where such consent shall be required unless the Trust shall have obtained an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that as a result of such action, the Trust will not fail to be classified as a domestic grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes; or

(x)revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.

SECTION 3.8Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee.

(a)The legal title to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be owned by and held of record in the name of the Institutional Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities.  The right, title and interest of the Institutional Trustee to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter be appointed as Institutional Trustee in accordance with Section 5.6.  Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents with regard to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities have been executed and delivered.

(b)The Institutional Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and interest in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the Administrative Trustees or to the Delaware Trustee (if the Institutional Trustee does not also act as Delaware Trustee).

(c)The Institutional Trustee shall:

(i)establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing trust account (the “Institutional Trustee Account”) in the name of and under the exclusive control of the Institutional Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Institutional Trustee, deposit such funds into the Institutional Trustee Account and make payments to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and Holders of the Common Securities from the Institutional Trustee Account in accordance with Section 6.1.  Funds

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in the Institutional Trustee Account shall be held uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this Declaration of Trust.  The Institutional Trustee Account shall be an account that is maintained with a banking institution the rating on whose long-term unsecured indebtedness assigned by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, is at least equal to the rating assigned to the Trust Preferred Securities by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization;

(ii)engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities to the extent the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are redeemed or mature; and

(iii)upon written notice of distribution issued by the Administrative Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to Holders of Securities upon the occurrence of a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event, or other specified circumstances pursuant to the terms of the Securities.

(d)The Institutional Trustee shall take all actions and perform such duties as may be specifically required of the Institutional Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Securities.

(e)Subject to Section 2.6, the Institutional Trustee shall take any Legal Action that arises out of or in connection with a Declaration Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or the Institutional Trustee’s duties and obligations under this Declaration of Trust or the Trust Indenture Act.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Declaration Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer to pay interest, principal or other required payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities on the date such interest, principal or other required payments are otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding against the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest on Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such Holder (a “Direct Action”) on or after the respective due date specified in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Declaration of Trust or the Indenture, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer shall have the right to set-off any payment it is otherwise required to make under the Indenture in respect of any Trust Preferred Security to the extent the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer has heretofore made, or is currently on the date of such payment making, a payment under the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or a Direct Action.

(f)The Institutional Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee until either:

(i)the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities and this Declaration of Trust (including Annex I); or

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(ii)a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed and has accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 5.6.

(g)The Institutional Trustee shall have the legal power to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities under the Indenture and, if a Declaration Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee occurs and is continuing, the Institutional Trustee shall, for the benefit of Holders of the Securities, enforce its rights as holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the terms of such Securities, this Declaration of Trust (including Annex I), the Statutory Trust Act and the Trust Indenture Act.

(h)Subject to this Section 3.8, the Institutional Trustee shall have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 3.6.

The Institutional Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Institutional Trustee shall have no power to and shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3.

SECTION 3.9Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Institutional Trustee.

(a)The Institutional Trustee, before the occurrence of any Declaration Default and after the curing of all Declaration Defaults that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Declaration of Trust and no implied covenants shall be read into this Declaration of Trust against the Institutional Trustee.  Subject to any voting right of the Holders under the Securities, if the Institutional Trustee is required to decide between alternative causes of action under this Declaration of Trust, construe ambiguous provisions in this Declaration of Trust or is unsure of the application of any provision of this Declaration of Trust, the Institutional Trustee will take such action as directed by the Sponsor and, if not so directed, shall take such action as it deems necessary.  In case a Declaration Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) of which a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge, the Institutional Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration of Trust, and use the same degree of care and skill in the exercise of such rights and powers, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(b)No provision of this Declaration of Trust shall be construed to relieve the Institutional Trustee from liability for its own bad faith, its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i)prior to the occurrence of a Declaration Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Declaration Defaults that may have occurred:

(A)the duties and obligations of the Institutional Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Declaration of Trust and the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Declaration of Trust, and no

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implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Declaration of Trust against the Institutional Trustee; and

(B)in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Institutional Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Declaration of Trust; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Declaration of Trust (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein, absent manifest error);

(ii)the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Institutional Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii)the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration of Trust;

(iv)no provision of this Declaration of Trust shall require the Institutional Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Declaration of Trust or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Institutional Trustee against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;

(v)the Institutional Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Institutional Trustee Account shall be to deal with such property in a similar manner as the Institutional Trustee deals with similar property for its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration of Trust and the Trust Indenture Act;

(vi)the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty or liability for or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in connection therewith;

(vii)the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the Sponsor.  Money held by the

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Institutional Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Institutional Trustee Account maintained by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and

(viii)the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor with their respective duties under this Declaration of Trust, nor shall the Institutional Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor.

SECTION 3.10Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee.

(a)Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9:

(i)the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii)any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Administrative Trustees contemplated by this Declaration of Trust shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;

(iii)whenever in the administration of this Declaration of Trust, the Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Institutional Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or the Administrative Trustees;

(iv)the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof;

(v)the Institutional Trustee may consult with counsel or other experts and the advice or opinion of such counsel and experts with respect to legal matters or advice within the scope of such experts’ area of expertise shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion, such counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees.  The Institutional Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration of Trust from any court of competent jurisdiction;

(vi)the Institutional Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration of Trust at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Institutional Trustee security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Institutional Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and the expenses of the Institutional Trustee’s

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agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Institutional Trustee provided that nothing contained in this Section 3.10(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Institutional Trustee, upon the occurrence of a Declaration Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration of Trust;

(vii)the Institutional 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 Institutional Trustee, in its discretion, may make such reasonable further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit at the expense of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(viii)the Institutional Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(ix)any action taken by the Institutional Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities, and the signature of the Institutional Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action and no third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Institutional Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Declaration of Trust, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Institutional Trustee’s or its agent’s taking such action;

(x)whenever in the administration of this Declaration of Trust the Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Institutional Trustee (A) may request instructions from the Holders of the Securities which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities as would be entitled to direct the Institutional Trustee under the terms of the Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action, (B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (C) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in or accordance with such instructions;

(xi)in no event shall the Institutional Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Institutional Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(xii)the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Institutional Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are

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extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Institutional Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(xiii)the Trustee may request that the Sponsor deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Declaration of Trust; and

(xiv)in no event shall the Institutional Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Institutional Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances; and

(xv)except as otherwise expressly provided by this Declaration of Trust, the Institutional Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Declaration of Trust.

(b)No provision of this Declaration of Trust shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Institutional Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Institutional Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation.  No permissive power or authority available to the Institutional Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.

SECTION 3.11           Delaware Trustee.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration of Trust other than Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Administrative Trustees or the Institutional Trustee described in this Declaration of Trust.  Except as set forth in Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of § 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Act that the Trust have at least one trustee with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware.  The duties of the Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (i) accepting legal process served on the Trust in the State of Delaware and (ii) the execution of any certificates required to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State which the Delaware Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811 of the Statutory Trust Act.  To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Delaware Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust, the Sponsor or the Holders, it is hereby understood and agreed by the other parties hereto that such duties and liabilities are replaced by the duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement.  The Delaware Trustee shall have no liability for the acts or omissions of the Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor or the Administrative Trustees. The Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to all of the same rights, protections, privileges and immunities under this Declaration Trust and with respect to the Trust as the Institutional Trustee.

SECTION 3.12Execution of Documents.  Except as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act or applicable law, any Administrative Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents that the Administrative Trustees have the power and authority to execute pursuant to Section 3.6; provided, that the registration statement referred to in Section 3.6(b)(i), including any amendments thereto, shall be signed by all of the Administrative Trustees.

SECTION 3.13Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.  The recitals contained in this Declaration of Trust and the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustees make no representations as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part

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thereof.  The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Declaration of Trust or the Securities.

SECTION 3.14Duration of Trust.  The Trust shall exist until dissolved and terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII hereof.

SECTION 3.15Mergers.

(a)The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other body, except as described in Section 3.15(b) and (c), and Section 3 of Annex I.

(b)The Trust may, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided, that:

(i)if the Trust is not the successor, such successor entity (the “Successor Entity”) either:

(A)expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under the Securities; or

(B)substitutes for the Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Trust Preferred Securities (the “Successor Securities”) so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Trust Preferred Securities rank with respect to Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;

(ii)the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer expressly acknowledges a trustee of the Successor Entity that possesses the same powers and duties as the Institutional Trustee in its capacity as the Holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;

(iii)immediately following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust Preferred Securities of the Successor Entity or any Successor Securities are listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or with any other organization on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed or quoted, if any;

(iv)such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not cause the Trust Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization;

(v)such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Securities

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(including any Successor Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of such Holders’ interests in the new entity as a result of such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement);

(vi)such Successor Entity has a purpose identical to that of the Trust;

(vii)prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust has received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such matters to the effect that:

(A)such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of the Holders’ interest in the new entity); and

(B)following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, neither the Trust nor the Successor Entity will be required to register as an Investment Company; and

(C)following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust (or the Successor Entity) will continue to be classified as a domestic grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes; and

(viii)the Sponsor or any permitted successor or assignee owns all of the Common Securities and guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and such Successor Entity expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Trustees.

(c)Notwithstanding Section 3.15(b), the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of 100% in liquidation amount of the Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it, if in the opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters, such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or replacement would cause the Trust or the Successor Entity to be classified as other than a domestic grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

SECTION 3.16Paying Agent.  The initial Paying Agent shall be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. and any co-paying agent chosen by the Paying Agent and acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor.  The Paying Agent shall make Distributions and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Institutional Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.  Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Institutional Trustee and the Sponsor.  In the event that The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is acceptable to the Institutional Trustee and the Sponsor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company).  The Administrative Trustees shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any

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additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders.  The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Institutional Trustee and upon resignation or removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Institutional Trustee.  Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.

ARTICLE IV.

SPONSOR

SECTION 4.1Sponsor’s Purchase of Common Securities.  On the Closing Date, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust in an amount equal to $10,000 or more of the capital of the Trust, at the same time as the Trust Preferred Securities are sold.

SECTION 4.2Responsibilities of the Sponsor.  In connection with the issue and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities, the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in the following activities (and any actions taken by the Sponsor in furtherance of the following prior to the date hereof are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):

(a)to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 or on another appropriate form, or a registration statement under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments thereto, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of the Trust Preferred Securities;

(b)to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Trust Preferred Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must take, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States;

(c)if it determines to be necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion, to prepare for filing by the Trust an application to the New York Stock Exchange, any other national stock exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market for listing upon notice of issuance of any Trust Preferred Securities;

(d)if it determines to be necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion, to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission a registration statement on Form 8-A, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments thereto, relating to the registration of the Trust Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto; and

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(e)        to negotiate the terms of the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities.

SECTION 4.3       Exchanges by the Sponsor.

(a)        If at any time, or from time to time, the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (in either case, a “Sponsor Affiliated Holder”) is the Holder of any Trust Preferred Securities, such Sponsor Affiliated Holder shall have the right to deliver to the Institutional Trustee all or such portion of its Trust Preferred Securities as it elects and receive, in exchange therefor, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate identical to the distribution rate of, and accrued and unpaid interest equal to accumulated and unpaid Distributions on, the Trust Preferred Securities.  Such election (i) shall be exercisable effective by such Sponsor Affiliated Holder delivering to the Institutional Trustee a written notice of such election (A) specifying the liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities with respect to which such election is being made and (B) the date on which such exchange shall occur, which date shall not be less than three (3) Business Days after the receipt by the Institutional Trustee of such election notice, and which may be any date other than the record date for any Distribution or a date from such record date to and including the Distribution Date for such Distribution and (ii) shall be conditioned upon such Sponsor Affiliated Holder having delivered or caused to be delivered to the Institutional Trustee or its designee the Trust Preferred Securities which are the subject of such election by 10:00 A.M. New York City time, on the date on which such exchange is to occur.  After the exchange, such Trust Preferred Securities will be cancelled and will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the Sponsor or its Affiliate(s) with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities will cease, including accumulated but unpaid Distributions thereon.  In the event such Trust Preferred Securities are Book Entry Interests, upon such exchange the Institutional Trustee, in its capacity as Registrar, shall cause an annotation to be made on the related Global Certificate or certificates evidencing such Book-Entry Interests to evidence the reduction in the liquidation amount thereof resulting from such cancellation.

(b)        Notwithstanding anything else in this Declaration of Trust to the contrary, in order to effectuate the exchanges contemplated in (a) above, the Trust is hereby authorized to execute, deliver and perform, and the Sponsor, the Institutional Trustee, any Administrative Trustee or the Registrar, on behalf of the Trust, acting singly or collectively, is hereby authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust, an exchange agreement, cancellation letter, and any and all other documents, agreements, or certificates contemplated by or related to the exchanges made pursuant to (a) above, in each case without further vote or approval of any other Person.  For the avoidance of doubt, the exchanges contemplated in (a) above shall not be deemed “redemptions” for any purposes of this Declaration of Trust or the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities.

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ARTICLE V.

TRUSTEES

SECTION 5.1       Number of Trustees.  The number of Trustees initially shall be four, and:

(a)        at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and

(b)        after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may be increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities,

provided, however, that the number of Trustees shall in no event be less than two; provided further that (1) one Trustee, in the case of a natural person, shall be a person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or that, if not a natural person, shall be an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Trustee”); (2) there shall be at least one Trustee who is an employee or officer of, or is affiliated with the Sponsor (an “Administrative Trustee”); and (3) one Trustee shall be the Institutional Trustee for so long as this Declaration of Trust is required to qualify as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee if it meets the applicable requirements.

SECTION 5.2       Delaware Trustee.  If required by the Statutory Trust Act, the Delaware Trustee shall be:

(a)        a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware; or

(b)        if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law,

provided, that if the Institutional Trustee has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law, then the Institutional Trustee shall also be the Delaware Trustee and Section 3.11 shall have no application.

SECTION 5.3       Institutional Trustee; Eligibility.

(a)        There shall at all times be one Trustee that shall act as Institutional Trustee which shall:

(i)         not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;

(ii)        be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars

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($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority.  If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section 5.3(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published; and

(iii)       if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an Investment Company solely by means of Rule 3a-7 and to the extent Rule 3a-7 requires a trustee having certain qualifications to hold title to the “eligible assets” of the Trust, the Institutional Trustee shall possess those qualifications.

(b)        If at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 5.3(a), the Institutional Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 5.6(c).

(c)        If the Institutional Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of § 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of the Common Securities (as if such Holders were the obligor referred to in § 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all respects comply with the provisions of § 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(d)        The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Declaration of Trust for purposes of clause (i) of the first provision contained in § 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(e)        The initial Institutional Trustee shall be as set forth in Section 5.5 hereof.

SECTION 5.4       Qualifications of Administrative Trustees and Delaware Trustee Generally.  Each Administrative Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless the Institutional Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more Authorized Officers.

SECTION 5.5       Initial Trustees; Additional Powers of Administrative Trustees.

(a)        The initial Administrative Trustees shall be:

Michael B. Cahill
Donald Riechel

The initial Delaware Trustee shall be:

BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware
White Clay Center,
Route 273
Newark, Delaware 19711

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The initial Institutional Trustee shall be:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
700 South Flower Street, 5th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90017

(b)        Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration of Trust and except if a meeting of the Administrative Trustees is called with respect to any matter over which the Administrative Trustees have power to act, any power of the Administrative Trustees may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Administrative Trustee.

(c)        Except as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act or applicable law, any Administrative Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents which the Administrative Trustees have the power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6, provided, that the registration statement referred to in Section 3.6, including any amendments thereto, shall be signed by all of the Administrative Trustees.

(d)        An Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purposes of signing any documents which the Administrative Trustees have power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.

SECTION 5.6       Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.

(a)        Subject to Section 5.6(b), Trustees may be appointed or removed without cause at any time:

(i)         until the issuance of any Securities, by written instrument executed by the Sponsor; and

(ii)        in the case of the Administrative Trustees, after the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities;

(iii)       in the case of the Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, unless a Declaration Default shall have occurred and be continuing after the issuance of any Securities, by a vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities; and

(iv)       in the case of the Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, if a Declaration Default shall have occurred and be continuing after the issuance of the Securities, by a vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.

(b)        (i) The Trustee that acts as Institutional Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 5.6(a) until a successor Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Institutional Trustee under Section 5.3 (a “Successor Institutional Trustee”) has been appointed

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and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Institutional Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor; and

(ii)        the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 5.6(a) until a successor Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Sections 5.2 and 5.4 (a “Successor Delaware Trustee”) has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor.

(c)        A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his successor shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or resignation.  Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by the Trustee and delivered to the Sponsor and the Trust, which resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is specified therein; provided, however, that:

(i)         No such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Institutional Trustee shall be effective:

(A)       until a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Institutional Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the resigning Institutional Trustee; or

(B)       until the assets of the Trust have been completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof distributed to the Holders of the Securities; and

(ii)        no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the resigning Delaware Trustee.

(d)        The Holders of the Common Securities shall use their best efforts to promptly appoint a Successor Delaware Trustee or Successor Institutional Trustee as the case may be if the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee delivers an instrument of resignation in accordance with this Section 5.6.

(e)        If no Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 5.6 within 60 days after delivery to the Sponsor and the Trust of an instrument of resignation, the resigning Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, may petition at the expense of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee.  Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.

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(f)         No Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.

SECTION 5.7       Vacancies Among Trustees.  If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.1, or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 5.1, a vacancy shall occur.  A resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Administrative Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy.  The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 5.6.

SECTION 5.8       Effect of Vacancies.  The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust.  Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 5.6, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number, shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Declaration of Trust.

SECTION 5.9       Meetings.  If there is more than one Administrative Trustee, meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Administrative Trustee.  Regular meetings of the Administrative Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed by resolution of the Administrative Trustees.  Notice of any in-person meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before such meeting.  Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Administrative Trustees or any committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before a meeting.  Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting.  The presence (whether in person or by telephone) of an Administrative Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where an Administrative Trustee attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.  Unless provided otherwise in this Declaration of Trust, any action of the Administrative Trustees may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Administrative Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter, provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written consent of the Administrative Trustees.  In the event there is only one Administrative Trustee, any and all action of such Administrative Trustee shall be evidenced by a written consent of such Administrative Trustee.

SECTION 5.10     Delegation of Power.

(a)        Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section 3.6, including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing.

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(b)        The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.

SECTION 5.11     Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.  Any corporation into which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, may be merged or converted or with which either may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be the successor of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

ARTICLE VI.

DISTRIBUTIONS

SECTION 6.1       Distributions.  Holders shall receive Distributions (as defined herein) in accordance with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder’s Securities.  Distributions shall be made on the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with the preferences set forth in their respective terms.  If and to the extent that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer makes a payment of interest (including Compounded Interest (as defined in the Indenture) and Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)), premium and/or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Institutional Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a “Payment Amount”), the Institutional Trustee shall and is directed to make a distribution (a “Distribution”) of the Payment Amount to Holders.

ARTICLE VII.

ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 7.1       General Provisions Regarding Securities.

(a)        The Administrative Trustees shall on behalf of the Trust issue one class of cumulative trust preferred securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the “Trust Preferred Securities”) and one class of common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the “Common Securities”).  The Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.

(b)        The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by an Administrative Trustee.  Such signature shall be the manual or facsimile signature of any present or any future

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Administrative Trustee.  In case any Administrative Trustee of the Trust who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrative Trustee before the Certificates so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates had not ceased to be such Administrative Trustee; and any Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the actual date of execution of such Security, shall be the Administrative Trustees of the Trust, although at the date of the execution and delivery of the Declaration of Trust any such person was not such an Administrative Trustee.  Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by their execution thereof, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the Administrative Trustees may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.  The Securities shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Institutional Trustee.  Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Declaration of Trust.  Upon a written order of the Trust signed by an Administrative Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate the Securities for original issue.  The aggregate number of Securities outstanding at any time shall not exceed the number set forth in Section 7.2.

(c)        The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.

(d)        Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration of Trust, the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and each Holder thereof shall be entitled to the benefits provided by this Declaration of Trust.

(e)        Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Declaration of Trust, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration of Trust.

SECTION 7.2       Issuance of Securities; Purchase of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

(a)        The Trust shall be authorized to issue the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities set forth in Section 1 of Annex I hereto.

(b)        Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration of Trust, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 7.1(b) and the Institutional Trustee shall, pursuant to Section 7.1(b), authenticate and deliver to the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement Trust Preferred Security Certificates, registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, in an aggregate amount of [•] Trust Preferred Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount of $[•], against receipt of an aggregate purchase price of such Trust Preferred Securities of $[•] , by the Trust.

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(c)        Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration of Trust, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 7.1(b) and the Institutional Trustee shall, pursuant to Section 7.1(b), authenticate and deliver to the Sponsor, in its capacity as the Holder of the Common Securities, Common Security Certificates registered in the name of such Holder, evidencing 10 Common Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount of $10,000, against receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such Common Securities of $[•] , by the Institutional Trustee.  Contemporaneously therewith and with the issuance of Trust Preferred Securities as set forth in Section 7.2(b), an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall subscribe to and purchase from the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, registered in the name of the Institutional Trustee and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $[•],010,000 , and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Trust shall deliver to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer the sum of $[•]  (being the sum of the amounts delivered to the Trust pursuant to the first sentence of Section 7.2(b) above and the first sentence of this Section 7.2(c) less the commissions paid to the underwriters in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement).

ARTICLE VIII.

TERMINATION OF TRUST

SECTION 8.1       Termination of Trust.

(a)        The Trust shall dissolve:

(i)         upon the bankruptcy of any Holder of the Common Securities or the Sponsor;

(ii)        upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to any Holder of the Common Securities or the Sponsor; or the revocation of the charter of the Holder of the Common Securities or the Sponsor and the expiration of 90 days after the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof;

(iii)       upon the entry of a decree of a judicial dissolution of any Holder of the Common Securities, the Sponsor or the Trust;

(iv)       subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval, when all of the Securities have been called for redemption;

(v)        subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval, upon election by the Sponsor to dissolve the Trust;

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(vi)       before the issuance of any Securities, with the consent of the Sponsor; or

(vii)      upon the expiration of the term of the Trust set forth in Section 3.14.

(b)        As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of one of the events described in Section 8.1(a), the Administrative Trustees shall wind-up the Trust’s affairs pursuant to Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Act.  Upon completion of the winding up of the Trust, an Administrative Trustee shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and provide notice thereof to the Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.

(c)        The provisions of Section 3.9 and Article X shall survive the termination of the Trust.

ARTICLE IX.

TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

SECTION 9.1       Transfer of Securities.

(a)        Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration of Trust and in the terms of the Securities.  Any transfer or purported transfer of any Security not made in accordance with this Declaration of Trust shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void.

(b)        Subject to this Article IX, Trust Preferred Securities shall be freely transferable.

(c)        Subject to this Article IX and except as provided in Article VIII of the Indenture, the Sponsor and any Related Party may transfer Common Securities only to the Sponsor or a Related Party of the Sponsor; provided, that any such transfer is subject to the condition precedent that the transferor obtain the written opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer would not cause more than an insubstantial risk that:

(i)         the Trust would not be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a domestic grantor trust; and

(ii)        the Trust would be an Investment Company or the transferee would become an Investment Company.

SECTION 9.2       Transfer of Certificates.  The Administrative Trustees shall keep or cause to be kept a register for registering the Certificates and transfers and exchanges of the Certificates, in which the Administrative Trustees or the transfer agent and registrar designated by the Administrative Trustees (the “Registrar”) shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers of Certificates, which will be effected without charge but only upon payment in respect of any tax or other government charges that may be imposed in relation to it.  Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Registrar shall cause one or more new Certificates to be issued in the name of the designated transferee or transferees.  Every Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder’s

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attorney duly authorized in writing.  Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall be canceled by the Registrar.  A transferee of a Certificate shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of a Certificate.  By acceptance of a Certificate, each transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Declaration of Trust.  The Institutional Trustee shall be the initial Registrar.

SECTION 9.3       Deemed Security Holders.  The Trustees may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and of the Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of any Person, whether or not the Trust shall have actual or other notice thereof.

SECTION 9.4       Book Entry Interests.  Unless otherwise specified in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities, the Trust Preferred Securities Certificates, on original issuance, will be issued in the form of one or more, fully registered, global Trust Preferred Security Certificates (each a “Global Certificate”), to be delivered to DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust.  Such Global Certificates shall initially be registered on the books and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and no Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificate representing such Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner’s interests in such Global Certificates, except as provided in Section 9.7.  Unless and until definitive, fully registered Trust Preferred Security Certificates (the “Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates”) have been issued to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.7:

(a)        the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall be in full force and effect;

(b)        the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Declaration of Trust (including the payment of Distributions on the Global Certificates and receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities and the sole holder of the Global Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners;

(c)        to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.4 conflict with any other provisions of this Declaration of Trust, the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall control; and

(d)        the rights of the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of Distributions on the Global Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants.  DTC will make book entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants.

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SECTION 9.5       Notices to Clearing Agency.  Whenever a notice or other communication to the Trust Preferred Security Holders is required under this Declaration of Trust, unless and until Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall have been issued to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.7, the Administrative Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Trust Preferred Security Holders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no notice obligations to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners.

SECTION 9.6       Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.  If any Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as a securities depositary with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, the Administrative Trustees may, in their sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities.

SECTION 9.7       Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates.  If

(a)        a Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as a securities depositary with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and a successor Clearing Agency is not appointed within 90 days after such discontinuance pursuant to Section 9.6; or

(b)        the Administrative Trustees elect after consultation with the Sponsor to terminate the book entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, then:

(i)         Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall be prepared by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities; and

(ii)        upon surrender of the Global Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Definitive Certificates to be delivered to Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency.  Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and each of them may conclusively rely on and shall be protected in relying on, said instructions of the Clearing Agency.  The Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by their execution thereof, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the Administrative Trustees may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which Trust Preferred Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.

SECTION 9.8       Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.  If:

(a)        any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the Administrative Trustees, or if the Administrative Trustees shall receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and

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(b)        there shall be delivered to the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to keep each of them harmless,

then, in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide or protected purchaser, any Administrative Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like denomination.  In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 9.8, the Administrative Trustees may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.  Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the relevant Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

ARTICLE X.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS

OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS

SECTION 10.1     Liability.

(a)        Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration of Trust, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor shall not be:

(i)         personally liable for the return of any portion of the capital contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders of the Securities which shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; and

(ii)        required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder of Securities any deficit upon dissolution of the Trust or otherwise.

(b)        The Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for all of the debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to the Securities) to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust’s assets.

(c)        Pursuant to § 3803(a) of the Statutory Trust Act, the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 10.2     Exculpation.

(a)        No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration of Trust or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by

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reason of such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence (or negligence in the case of the Institutional Trustee) or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.

(b)        An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.

SECTION 10.3     Fiduciary Duty.

(a)        To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Declaration of Trust shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration of Trust.  The provisions of this Declaration of Trust, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the duties imposed on the Institutional Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Indemnified Person.

(b)        Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:

(i)         whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between any Covered Persons; or

(ii)        whenever this Declaration of Trust or any other agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of Securities,

the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles.  In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person, the resolution, action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified Person shall not constitute a breach of this Declaration of Trust or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person at law or in equity or otherwise.

(c)        Whenever in this Declaration of Trust an Indemnified Person is permitted or required to make a decision:

(i)         in its “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or

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(ii)        in its “good faith” or under another express standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Declaration of Trust or by applicable law.

SECTION 10.4     Indemnification.

(a)        (i) The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Trust) by reason of the fact that he is or was a Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Company Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

(ii)        The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust and except that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Company Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

(iii)       To the extent that a Company Indemnified Person shall be successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full extent permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

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(iv)       Any indemnification under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Company Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii).  Such determination shall be made (1) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of such Administrative Trustees who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust.

(v)        Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Company Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a) shall be paid by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Company Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer as authorized in this Section 10.4(a).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees, (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iii) the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts known to the Administrative Trustees, counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time such determination is made, such Company Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Company Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Administrative Trustees, independent legal counsel or Common Security Holder reasonably determine that such person deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common or Trust Preferred Security Holders.

(vi)       The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 10.4(a) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or Trust Preferred Security Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.  All rights to indemnification under this Section 10.4(a) shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer and each Company Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section 10.4(a) is in effect.  Any repeal or modification of this Section 10.4(a) shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.

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(vii)      The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Company Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a).

(viii)      For purposes of this Section 10.4(a), references to “the Trust” shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any constituent entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger, so that any person who is or was a director, trustee, officer or employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a) with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.

(ix)       The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 10.4(a) shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Company Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

(b)        The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer agrees to indemnify the (i) Institutional Trustee, (ii) the Delaware Trustee, (iii) any Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, and (iv) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons in (i) through (iv) being referred to as a “Fiduciary Indemnified Person”) for, and to hold each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.  The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 10.4(b) shall survive the resignation or removal of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, and the satisfaction and discharge of this Declaration of Trust.

SECTION 10.5     Outside Businesses.  Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee (subject to Section 5.3(c)) may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Declaration of Trust in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper or the breach of any duty at law, in equity or otherwise.  No Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee, or the Institutional Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the

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Institutional Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity.  Any Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.

ARTICLE XI.

ACCOUNTING

SECTION 11.1     Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year (“Fiscal Year”) of the Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code.

SECTION 11.2     Certain Accounting Matters.

(a)        At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrative Trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail, each transaction of the Trust.  The books of account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.  The Trust shall use the accrual method of accounting for United States federal income tax purposes.

(b)        The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, to the extent, if any, required by the Trust Indenture Act, within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust, annual financial statements of the Trust, including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income or loss;

(c)        The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, any annual United States federal income tax information statement required by the Code, containing such information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations.  Notwithstanding any right under the Code to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrative Trustees shall endeavor to deliver all such statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.

(d)        The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and filed with the appropriate taxing authority, an annual United States federal income tax return, on a Form 1041 or such other form required by United States federal income tax law, and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing authority.

SECTION 11.3     Banking.  The Trust shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Institutional Trustee shall be made directly to the Institutional Trustee Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the Institutional Trustee Account.  The sole signatories for such accounts shall be designated by

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the Administrative Trustees; provided, however, that the Institutional Trustee shall designate the signatories for the Institutional Trustee Account.

SECTION 11.4     Withholding.  The Trust and the Administrative Trustees shall comply with all withholding requirements under United States federal, state and local law.  The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations.  The Administrative Trustees shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions.  To the extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder.  In the event of any claimed overwithholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction.  If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made to a specific Holder, the Trust may reduce subsequent Distributions by the amount of such withholding to such Holder.

ARTICLE XII.

AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

SECTION 12.1     Amendments.

(a)        Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration of Trust or by any applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration of Trust may only be amended by a written instrument approved and executed by:

(i)         the Administrative Trustees (or, if there are more than two Administrative Trustees a majority of the Administrative Trustees);

(ii)        if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee; and

(iii)       if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware Trustee;

(b)        no amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void and ineffective:

(i)         unless, in the case of any proposed amendment, the Institutional Trustee (and the Delaware Trustee to the extent it is required to execute or consent to any such amendment) shall have first received an Officers’ Certificate from each of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration of Trust (including the terms of the Securities);

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(ii)        unless, in the case of any proposed amendment which affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall have first received:

(A)       an Officers’ Certificate from each of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration of Trust (including the terms of the Securities); and

(B)       an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Sponsor or the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration of Trust (including the terms of the Securities); and

(iii)       to the extent the result of such amendment would be to:

(A)       cause the Trust to fail to continue to be classified for purposes of United States federal income taxation as a domestic grantor trust;

(B)       reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the Institutional Trustee in contravention of the Trust Indenture Act; or

(C)       cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.

(c)        at such time after the Trust has issued any Securities that remain outstanding, any amendment that would materially and adversely affect the rights, privileges or preferences of any Holder of Securities may be effected only with such additional requirements as may be set forth in the terms of such Securities;

(d)        Section 9.1(c) and this Section 12.1 shall not be amended without the consent of all of the Holders of the Securities;

(e)        Article IV shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities;

(f)         the rights of the Holders of the Common Securities under Article V to increase or decrease the number of, and appoint and remove Trustees shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities; and

(g)        subject to Section 12.1(c), this Declaration of Trust may be amended without the consent of the Holders of the Securities to:

(i)         cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions in this Declaration of Trust that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Declaration of Trust, which may not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Declaration of Trust;

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(ii)        modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Declaration of Trust to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a domestic grantor trust at all times that any Securities are outstanding, to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act or to ensure the treatment of the Trust Preferred Securities as Tier 1 regulatory capital of the Sponsor under prevailing Federal Reserve Board rules and regulations;

(iii)       add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Sponsor;

(iv)       maintain the qualification of this Declaration of Trust under the Trust Indenture Act; and

(v)        to modify, eliminate and add to any provision of the Declaration of Trust to such extent as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate any of the foregoing or to otherwise comply with applicable law.

SECTION 12.2     Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent.

(a)        Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration of Trust, the terms of the Securities or, if applicable, the rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading.  The Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of Securities representing at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities.  Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Administrative Trustees one or more consents in a writing stating that the signing Holders of Securities wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called.  Any Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Security Certificates held by the Holders of Securities exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met.

(b)        Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of Securities:

(i)         notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereat at least 7 days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting.  Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this Declaration of Trust or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading, if any, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders of Securities.  Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders of Securities may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders of Securities owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action

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at a meeting at which all Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereon were present and voting.  Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of Securities entitled to vote who have not consented in writing.  The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Administrative Trustees;

(ii)        each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of Securities is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting.  No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy.  Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder of Securities executing it.  Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders of the Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation;

(iii)       each meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and

(iv)       unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Declaration of Trust, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed or trading, if any, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

(c)        To the fullest extent permitted by the Statutory Trust Act, voting and consensual rights with respect to the Trust available to or in favor of holders or owners of Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities may be exercised only by a United States person that is a beneficial owner of a Trust Preferred Security or by a United States person acting as irrevocable agent with discretionary powers for the beneficial owner of a Trust Security that is not a United States person.  To the fullest extent permitted by the Statutory Trust Act, Holders of Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities that are not United States Persons must irrevocably appoint a United States Person with discretionary powers to act as their agent with respect to such voting and consensual rights.  For this purpose, a United States Person is any person treated as a United States person as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

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ARTICLE XIII.

REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL
TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE

SECTION 13.1     Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee.  The Trustee that acts as initial Institutional Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration of Trust, and each Successor Institutional Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Institutional Trustee’s acceptance of its appointment as Institutional Trustee that:

(a)        the Institutional Trustee is a banking corporation with trust powers, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this Declaration of Trust;

(b)        the Institutional Trustee has a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000).

(c)        the execution, delivery and performance by the Institutional Trustee of the Declaration of Trust have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Institutional Trustee.  The Declaration of Trust has been duly executed and delivered by the Institutional Trustee, and it constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Institutional Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(d)        the execution, delivery and performance of the Declaration of Trust by the Institutional Trustee do not conflict with or constitute a breach of the Articles of Organization or By-laws of the Institutional Trustee; and

(e)        no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or notice to, any State or Federal banking authority is required for the execution, delivery or performance by the Institutional Trustee, of the Declaration of Trust.

SECTION 13.2     Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee.  The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration of Trust, and each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee’s acceptance of its appointment as Delaware Trustee that:

(a)        The Delaware Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation with trust powers, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, the Declaration of Trust.

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(b)        The Delaware Trustee has been authorized to perform its obligations under the Declaration of Trust.  The Declaration of Trust under Delaware law constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(c)        No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or notice to, any State or Federal banking authority is required for the execution, delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee, of the Declaration of Trust.

(d)        The Delaware Trustee is an entity which maintains its principal place of business in the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 14.1     Notices.  All notices provided for in this Declaration of Trust shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by registered or certified mail, as follows:

(a)        if given to the Trust, in care of the Administrative Trustees at the Trust’s mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Trust may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

City National Capital Trust I
City National Corporation
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California  90071
Attention:  Administrative Trustees

(b)        if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address set forth below (or such other address as Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware
White Clay Center
Route 273
Newark, Delaware  19711
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

(c)        if given to the Institutional Trustee, at the mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Institutional Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
700 South Flower Street, 5th Floor

Los Angeles, California  90017

Attention: Corporate Unit

(d)        if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of the Common Securities may give notice of to the Trust):

City National Corporation
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California  90071
Attention:  General Counsel

(e)        if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Trust.

All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Declaration of Trust sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions.  If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction.  The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

SECTION 14.2     Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.  This Declaration of Trust and the Securities and the rights of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to principles of conflict of laws.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

SECTION 14.3     Intention of the Parties.  It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a domestic grantor trust.  The provisions of this Declaration of Trust shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with this classification.

SECTION 14.4     Headings.  Headings contained in this Declaration of Trust are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Declaration of Trust or any provision hereof.

SECTION 14.5     Successors and Assigns.  Whenever in this Declaration of Trust any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be included, and all covenants and agreements in this Declaration of Trust by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed.

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SECTION 14.6     Partial Enforceability.  If any provision of this Declaration of Trust, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration of Trust, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

SECTION 14.7     Counterparts.  This Declaration of Trust may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Declaration of Trust may be executed by the affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages.  All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.

THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A HOLDER OR TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE HOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS DECLARATION, THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE, AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS DECLARATION SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

Name:	Michael B. Cahill
Title:	Administrative Trustee
Name:	Donald Riechel
Title:	Administrative Trustee
BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, as Delaware Trustee
By:
Name:	Kristine K. Gullo
Title:	Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Institutional Trustee
By:
Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President
CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor
By:
Name:	Michael B. Cahill
Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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ANNEX I

TERMS OF
[·]% CUMULATIVE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
COMMON SECURITIES

Pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of [·], 2009 (as amended from time to time, the “Declaration of Trust”), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of Trust or, if not defined in such Declaration of Trust, as defined in the Prospectus referred to below):

1.  Designation and Number.

(a)  Trust Preferred Securities.  [·] Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of [·] dollars ($[·]), and a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $1,000.00 per trust preferred security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as “ [·]% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities” (the “Trust Preferred Securities”).  The Trust Preferred Security Certificates evidencing the Trust Preferred Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration of Trust, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or to conform to the rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed, if any.

(b)  Common Securities.  10 Common Securities of the Trust with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $1,000.00 per common security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as “Common Securities” (the “Common Securities”).  The Common Security Certificates evidencing the Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Declaration of Trust, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice.

2.  Distributions.

(a)  Distributions payable on each Security will be fixed at a rate per annum of [·]% (the “Coupon Rate”) of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be held by the Institutional Trustee.  Distributions in arrears beyond the first date such Distributions are payable (or would be payable, if not for any Extended Interest Payment Period (as defined below) or default by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities) will bear interest thereon compounded semi-annually at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law).  The term “Distributions” as used herein includes such cash distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated.  A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor.  The

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amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full semi-annual Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a full semi-annual Distribution period for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for periods less than a month, the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.

(b)  Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from and including [·], 2009, and will be payable semi-annually in arrears, on [·] and [·] of each year, commencing on [·], 2010.  When, as and if available for payment, Distributions will be made by the Paying Agent, except as otherwise described below.  The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities from time to time for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (each an “Extended Interest Payment Period”), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, provided, that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the date of maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  As a consequence of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer’s election to defer payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, semi-annual Distributions will also be deferred.  Despite such deferral, semi-annual Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually during any such Extended Interest Payment Period.  In the event that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer exercises its right to defer payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, then the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer and its Subsidiaries shall not (a) declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries, (b) make any payment of interest on or principal of (or premium, if any, on), or repay, repurchase or redeem, any debt securities issued by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer (including other junior subordinated debt securities or other junior subordinated debt) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, or (c) make any guarantee payments on any guarantee by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer of the debt securities of any of its Subsidiaries (including under other guarantees of junior subordinated debt securities or other junior subordinated debt) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities (other than (i) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer, (ii) payments under the guarantee with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities, (iii) any declaration or payment of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (iv) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, and (v) solely in the case of a Subsidiary of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer, any declaration or payment of dividends or distributions on the capital stock of such Subsidiary to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or one of its Affiliates).  Prior to the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer may further extend such Extended Interest Payment Period; provided, that such Extended Interest

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Payment Period, together with all such previous and further extensions thereof, may not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods; provided further, that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  Payments of deferred Distributions and accrued interest thereon will be payable to Holders as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the first record date after the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period.  Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the above requirements.  The Administrative Trustees or, if the Institutional Trustee is the sole holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Institutional Trustee, will give notice to each Holder of any Extended Interest Payment Period within five days of their receipt of notice thereof from the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer.

(c)  Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust at the close of business on the relevant record dates.  While the Trust Preferred Securities remain in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates shall be one Business Day prior to the relevant payment dates which payment dates shall correspond to the interest payment dates on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of the Declaration of Trust, each such payment in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities will be made as described under the heading “Summary of Terms of Trust Preferred Securities—Distributions” in the Prospectus dated [·] (the “Prospectus”), of the Trust included in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Sponsor and the Trust.  The relevant record dates for the Common Securities shall be the same record date as for the Trust Preferred Securities.  If the Trust Preferred Securities shall not continue to remain in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates for the Trust Preferred Securities shall be the first days of the months in which the relevant payment dates occur, which payment dates shall correspond to the interest payment dates on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  Distributions payable on any Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution payment date, as a result of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer having failed to make a payment under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, will cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the special record date or other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture.  If any date on which Distributions are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay and no interest or other payment will accrue as a result of such delay).

(d)  In the event that there is any money or other property held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such property shall be distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among the Holders of the Securities.

3.  Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution.

(a)  In the event of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Trust, the Holders of the Securities on the date of the dissolution will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders of Securities after satisfaction of liabilities of claims and obligations of the Trust pursuant to Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Act, distributions in an amount equal to the aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount

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being the “Liquidation Distribution”), unless (i) such dissolution was in accordance with Section 8.1(a)(iv) of the Declaration of Trust, or (ii) in connection with such dissolution, as determined by the Sponsor, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate equal to the Coupon Rate, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on, such Securities outstanding at such time, have been distributed on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the Securities in exchange for such Securities.  Prior to any such Liquidation Distribution, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer will obtain any required regulatory approval.

(b)  If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the Trust on the Securities shall be paid on a Pro Rata basis.

(c)  On and from the date fixed by the Administrative Trustees for any distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities upon the dissolution of the Trust:  (i) the Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, (ii) DTC or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee), as the record Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities, will receive a registered global certificate or certificates representing the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be delivered upon such distribution and (iii) any certificates representing Securities, except for certificates representing Trust Preferred Securities held by DTC or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee), will be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate identical to the Coupon Rate of, and accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Securities until such certificates are presented to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or its agent for transfer or reissue.

(d)  If the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are distributed to the Holders of the Securities, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer will use its best efforts to cause the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be listed on any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities were listed immediately prior to the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

4.  Redemption and Distribution.

(a)  Upon the repayment of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, whether at maturity or upon redemption (either (i) in whole or in part at any time after [·], 2014 at the option of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time pursuant to a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event as described below), the proceeds from such repayment or payment shall be simultaneously applied to redeem Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities so repaid or redeemed at a redemption price of, (x) in the case of a redemption pursuant to clause (i), the price calculated as described in Section 4(c) (the “Make-Whole Redemption Price”); and (y) in the case of redemption pursuant to clause (ii), the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities so repaid or redeemed plus an amount equal

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to accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of the redemption, in each case payable in cash (the “Mandatory Redemption Price” and, together with the Make-Whole Redemption Price, the “Redemption Prices” and each a “Redemption Price”).  Holders shall be given not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice of such redemption.  Prior to any such redemption, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer will obtain any required regulatory approval.

(b)  If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so redeemed, the Securities will be redeemed Pro Rata and the Trust Preferred Securities to be redeemed will be as described in Section 4(f)(ii) below.

(c)  Subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer shall have the right after [·], 2014 to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, in whole or in part, for cash in the amount equal to the greater of (x) 100% of the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities so repaid or redeemed and (y) the present value of scheduled payments of principal and interest from the date of redemption to [·], 2040, on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities so repaid or redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30day months) at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus a spread of [·]%, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

For purposes of the above:

“Treasury Rate” means the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Treasury Security that corresponds to the Treasury Price (calculated in accordance with standard market practice and computed as of the second trading day preceding the date of the redemption);

“Treasury Security” means the United States Treasury security that the Treasury Dealer determines would be appropriate to use, at the time of determination and in accordance with standard market practice, in pricing the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities being redeemed in a tender offer based on a spread to United States Treasury yields;

“Treasury Price” means the bid-side price for the Treasury Security as of the third trading day preceding the redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on that trading day and designated “Composite 3:30 p.m.  Quotations for U.S. Government Securities,” except that:  (1) if that release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain that price information on that trading day; or (2) if the Treasury Dealer determines that the price information is not reasonably reflective of the actual bid-side price of the Treasury Security prevailing at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that trading day, then the Treasury Price will instead mean the bid-side price for the Treasury Security at or around 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that trading day (expressed on a next trading day settlement basis) as determined by the Treasury Dealer through such alternative means as the Treasury Dealer considers to be appropriate under the circumstances; and

“Treasury Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or its successor) or, if J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or its successor) refuses to act as Treasury Dealer for this purpose or ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, another nationally recognized investment banking

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firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer specified by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer for these purposes.

(d)  Subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, in whole or in part, for cash if, at any time, a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event (each as defined below) shall occur and be continuing, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event, and, following such redemption, Securities with an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities so redeemed shall be redeemed by the Trust at the Mandatory Redemption Price on a Pro Rata basis; provided, however, that if at the time there is available to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or the Trust the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90-day period, the Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event by taking some ministerial action, such as filing a form or making an election or pursuing some other similar reasonable measure that will have no adverse effect on the Trust, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or the Holders of the Securities, then the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or the Trust will pursue such measure in lieu of redemption.

“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or the Trust of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to or change (including any prospective proposed change announced after the original issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying the laws enumerated in the preceding clause, there is more than an insubstantial risk that:  (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; (ii) interest payable by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other governmental charges.

“Capital Treatment Event” means the reasonable determination by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any prospective proposed change announced after the original issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities) in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or as the result of any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying such laws, rules or regulations, which amendment or change is enacted or becomes effective or which decision, action or pronouncement is announced after the date of original issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk of impairment of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer’s ability to treat the Trust Preferred Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” (or the then equivalent thereof) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve Board (or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies), as then in effect and applicable to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer; provided, however, that

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the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in connection with the Liquidation of the Trust by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer shall not in and of itself constitute a Capital Treatment Event unless such Liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a Tax Event.

(e)  The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all Securities for all semi-annual Distribution periods terminating on or before the date of redemption.

(f)  Redemption or Distribution procedures will be as follows:

(i)  Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in exchange for the Securities (a “Redemption/Distribution Notice”) will be given by the Trust by mail to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the date fixed for redemption of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  For purposes of the calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given pursuant to this Section 4(f)(i), a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Securities.  Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of the Securities at the address of each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the Trust.  No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange proceedings with respect to any other Holder.

(ii)  In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the Trust Preferred Securities to be redeemed shall be redeemed Pro Rata from each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, it being understood that, in respect of Trust Preferred Securities registered in the name of and held of record by DTC or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee), the distribution of the proceeds of such redemption will be made to each Clearing Agency Participant (or Person on whose behalf such nominee holds such securities) in accordance with the procedures applied by such agency or nominee.

(iii)  If Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a Redemption/ Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued if the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are redeemed as set out in this Section 4 (which notice will be irrevocable), then (A) while the Trust Preferred Securities are in book-entry only form, with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, provided, that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer has paid to the Institutional Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Institutional Trustee will deposit irrevocably with DTC or its nominee (or successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and will give DTC (or any successor Clearing Agency) irrevocable instructions and authority to pay such Redemption Price to the Holders of the

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Trust Preferred Securities, and (B) with respect to Trust Preferred Securities issued in definitive form and Common Securities, provided, that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer has paid the Institutional Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Paying Agent will pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holders of such Securities, upon surrender thereof, by check mailed to the address of the relevant Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the redemption date.  If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as required, if applicable, then immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such deposit, distributions will cease to accrue on the Securities so called for redemption and all rights of the Holders of such Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to receive the applicable Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price.  Neither the Administrative Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of any Securities that have been so called for redemption.  The record date for any payment under this Section 4 shall be determined as set forth in Section 2(c).  If any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the applicable Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay and no interest or other payment will accrue as a result of the delay).  If payment of the applicable Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not paid by the Paying Agent or by the Sponsor as guarantor pursuant to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such Securities will continue to accrue from the original redemption date to the actual date of payment, in which case the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating such Redemption Price.

(iv)  Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust to (A) in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities, DTC or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) if the Global Certificates have been issued or, if Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates have been issued, to the Holder thereof and (B) in respect of the Common Securities to the Holder thereof.

(v)  Subject to applicable law (including, without limitation, United States federal securities laws), the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer or its affiliates may at any time and from time to time purchase outstanding Trust Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or by private agreement and no such action shall be deemed a redemption for purposes of the Declaration of Trust or the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities.

5.  Voting Rights - Trust Preferred Securities.

(a)  Except as provided under Sections 5(b) and 7 and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration of Trust, the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will have no voting rights.

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time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, or direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under the Declaration of Trust, including the right to direct the Institutional Trustee, as holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, to (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercise any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (ii) waive any past Indenture Event of Default that is waivable under Section 5.6 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities where such consent shall be required; provided, however, that, where a consent or action under the Indenture would require the consent or act of each holder of each Junior Subordinated Debt Security affected thereby, such consent or action under the Indenture shall not be effective until each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities shall have consented to such action or provided such consent.  The Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.  Except with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting a proceeding for a remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee, as holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, shall not take any of the actions described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that as a result of such action, the Trust will not fail to be classified as a domestic grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.  If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may directly institute a legal proceeding against the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer to enforce the Institutional Trustee’s rights under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other Person or entity.  If a Declaration Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a holder of Trust Preferred Securities may also directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder (a “Direct Action”) of the principal of or interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities without first (i) directing the Institutional Trustee to enforce the terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or (ii) instituting a legal proceeding directly against the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer to enforce the Institutional Trustee’s rights under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities will not be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.  In connection with such Direct Action, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Trust Preferred Securities under the Declaration of Trust to the extent of any payment made by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Issuer to such holder of Trust Preferred Securities in such Direct Action.

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meeting of all of the Holders of Securities or pursuant to written consent.  The Administrative Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of Trust Preferred Securities are entitled to vote to be mailed to each Holder of record of Trust Preferred Securities.  Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date and time of such meeting, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies.

No vote or consent of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Trust Preferred Securities or to distribute the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in accordance with this Declaration of Trust and the terms of the Securities.

Notwithstanding that Holders of Trust Preferred Securities are entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the Trust Preferred Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall, for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding.

6.  Voting Rights - Common Securities.

(a)  Except as provided under Sections 6(b), (c) and 7 as otherwise required by law and the Declaration of Trust, the Holders of the Common Securities will have no voting rights.

(b)  The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in accordance with and subject to Article V of the Declaration of Trust, to vote to appoint, remove or replace any Trustee or to increase or decrease the number of Trustees.

(c)  Subject to Section 2.6 of the Declaration of Trust and only after the Declaration Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities has been cured, waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirements of the second to last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, or direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under the Declaration of Trust, including (i) directing the time, method, place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (ii) waiving any past Indenture Event of Default that is waivable under Section 5.6 of the Indenture, or (iii) exercising any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be due and payable, provided that, where a consent or action under the Indenture would require the consent or act of the Holders of greater than a majority in principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities affected thereby (a “Super Majority”), the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Common Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities outstanding.  Pursuant to this Section 6(c), the Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.  Except with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or the Junior Subordinate Debt Securities Issuer as set forth above, the

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Institutional Trustee shall not take any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Common Securities under this paragraph unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that as a result of such action, the Trust will not fail to be classified as a domestic grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.  If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Declaration of Trust, any Holder of Common Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against any Person to enforce the Institutional Trustee’s rights under the Declaration of Trust, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other Person.

Any approval or direction of Holders of Common Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities or pursuant to written consent.  The Administrative Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote to be mailed to each Holder of record of Common Securities.  Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date and time of such meeting, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies.

No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to distribute the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in accordance with the Declaration of Trust and the terms of the Securities.

Voting and consensual rights with respect to the Trust available to or in favor of holders or owners of Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities may be exercised only by a United States person that is a beneficial owner of a Trust Preferred Security or by a United States person acting as irrevocable agent with discretionary powers for the beneficial owner of a Trust Security that is not a United States person.  Holders of Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities that are not United States Persons must irrevocably appoint a United States Person with discretionary powers to act as their agent with respect to such voting and consensual rights. For this purpose, a United States Person is any person treated as a United States person as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

7.  Amendments to Declaration of Trust and Indenture.

(a)  In addition to any requirements under Section 12.1 of the Declaration of Trust, if any proposed amendment to the Declaration of Trust provides for, or the Administrative Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would materially and adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Declaration of Trust or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than as described in Section 8.1 of the Declaration of Trust, then the Holders of outstanding Securities voting together as a single class, will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal (but not on any other amendment or proposal) and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities, voting together as a single class; provided, however, if any amendment or proposal referred to in clause (i) above would materially and adversely affect only the Trust Preferred Securities or only the Common Securities, then only the Holders of the affected class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be

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effective except with the approval of Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of such class of Securities.

(b)  In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee as the holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment, modification or termination on the Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent at the direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities outstanding; provided, further, that the Institutional Trustee shall not take any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities under this Section 7(b) unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a domestic grantor trust on account of such action.

(c)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification may be made to the Declaration of Trust if such amendment or modification would (i) cause the Trust to be classified for purposes of United States federal income taxation as other than a domestic grantor trust, (ii) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the Institutional Trustee in contravention of the Trust Indenture Act or (iii) cause the Trust to be deemed an “investment company” which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.

8.  Pro Rata.

A reference in these terms of the Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being “Pro Rata” shall mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, a Declaration Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Trust Preferred Securities outstanding, and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities outstanding.

9.  Ranking.

The Trust Preferred Securities rank pari passu and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities except that, where an Indenture Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the Indenture in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Institutional Trustee, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities to payment in respect of

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Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.

10.  Acceptance of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and Indenture.

Each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities, by the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, including the subordination provisions therein and to the provisions of the Indenture.

11.  No Preemptive Rights.

The Holders of the Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for any additional securities.

12.  Miscellaneous.

These terms constitute a part of the Declaration of Trust.

The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration of Trust or the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, and the Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.

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EXHIBIT A-1

FORM OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE

THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE “DEPOSITARY”) OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY.  THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

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Certificate Number	Number of Trust Preferred Securities
	CUSIP NO. [·]

Certificate Evidencing Trust Preferred Securities

Of

CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I
[·]% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities
(Liquidation Amount $1,000 per Trust Preferred Security)

CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I, a statutory trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), hereby certifies that                      (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of                          ( ) trust preferred securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the [·]% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities (the “Trust Preferred Securities”).  The Trust Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer.  The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Trust Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of [·], 2009, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Declaration of Trust”), including the designation of the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities as set forth in Annex I thereto.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration of Trust.  The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein.  The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration of Trust, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and the Indenture to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.

The Holder of this certificate, by accepting this certificate, is deemed to have (i) agreed to the terms of the Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, including that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) and (ii) agreed to the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, including that the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness in the same manner and to the same extent as the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration of Trust and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities as indebtedness and the Trust Preferred Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

This Certificate shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this              day of [·], 2009.

Name:

Title: Administrative Trustee

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This certificate represents the Trust Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Declaration of Trust.

Dated: [·], 2009
[·],
as Institutional Trustee
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Trust Preferred Security Certificate to:

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number)

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

and irrevocably appoints
as agent to transfer this Trust Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the Trust.  The agent
may substitute another to act for him or her.

Date:

Signature:

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Trust Preferred Security Certificate)

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EXHIBIT A-2

FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE

TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION REFERRED TO BELOW.

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Certificate Number Number of Common Securities

Certificate Evidencing Common Securities

of

CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I

Common Securities
(Liquidation Amount $1,000 per Common Security)

CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I, a statutory trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), hereby certifies that City National Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Holder”), is the registered owner of                  (                  ) common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the Common Securities (the “Common Securities”).  The Common Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in the Declaration of Trust (as defined below), including, without limitation, Section 9.1 thereof.  The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of [·], 2009, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Declaration of Trust”), including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth in Annex I thereto.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration of Trust.  The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration of Trust and the Indenture to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration of Trust and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

The Holder of this certificate, by accepting this certificate, is deemed to have agreed to the terms of the Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, including that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) as and to the extent provided in the Indenture.

By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities as indebtedness and the Common Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

This Certificate shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this                  day of [·], 2009.

Name:

Title: Administrative Trustee

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This certificate represents the Common Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Declaration of Trust.

Dated: [·]     , 2009

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Institutional Trustee

By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common Security Certificate to:

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number)

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

and irrevocably appoints as agent to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

Date:

Signature:

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Common Security Certificate)

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EX-4.12

Exhibit 4.12

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

Dated as of [•], 2009

By and Between

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION,

as Guarantor

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

CROSS REFERENCE TABLE1

Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as Amended	Section of Guarantee Agreement
310(a)	4.1(a)
310(b)	2.8; 4.1(c)
310(c)	Inapplicable
311(a)	2.2(b)
311(b)	2.2(b)
311(c)	Inapplicable
312(a)	2.2(a); 2.9
312(b)	2.2(b); 2.9
312(c)	2.9
313(a)	2.3
313(b)	2.3
313(c)	2.3
313(d)	2.3
314(a)	2.4
314(b)	Inapplicable
314(c)	2.5
314(d)	Inapplicable
314(e)	2.5
314(f)	Inapplicable
315(a)	3.1(d); 3.2(a)
315(b)	2.7(a)
315(c)	3.1(c)
315(d)	3.1(d)
316(a)	2.6; 5.4(a)
316(b)	5.3
316(c)	Inapplicable
317(a)	2.10
317(b)	Inapplicable
318(a)	2.1(b)

1This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Agreement and shall not have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

INDEX OF TERMS

	Page
Affiliate	2
Business Day	2
Common Securities	2
Common Stock	2
Company Indemnified Person	2
Corporate Trust Office	2
Declaration Default	2
Declaration of Trust	2
Existing Parity Obligations	2
Extended Interest Payment Period	2
First Supplemental Indenture	2
Global Security	2
Guarantee Event of Default	2
Guarantee Payments	2
Guarantee Trustee	3
Holder	3
Indenture	3
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities	3
List of Holders	3
Majority in Liquidation Amount	3
Officers’ Certificate	3
Parity Securities	3
Person	3
Redemption Price	3
Responsible Officer	4
Securities	4
Successor Guarantee Trustee	4
Trust Indenture Act	4
Trust Preferred Securities	4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS	1
SECTION 1.1      INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS	1
ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT	4
SECTION 2.1      TRUST INDENTURE ACT; APPLICATION	4
SECTION 2.2      LISTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES	4
SECTION 2.3      REPORTS BY GUARANTEE TRUSTEE	4
SECTION 2.4      PERIODIC REPORTS TO GUARANTEE TRUSTEE	4
SECTION 2.5      EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT	5
SECTION 2.6      GUARANTEE EVENT OF DEFAULT; WAIVER	5
SECTION 2.7      GUARANTEE EVENT OF DEFAULT; NOTICE	5
SECTION 2.8      CONFLICTING INTERESTS	5
SECTION 2.9      DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION	5
SECTION 2.10    GUARANTEE TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM	5
ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE	6
SECTION 3.1      POWERS AND DUTIES OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE	6
SECTION 3.2      CERTAIN RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE	7
ARTICLE IV GUARANTEE TRUSTEE	8
SECTION 4.1      GUARANTEE TRUSTEE; ELIGIBILITY	8
SECTION 4.2      APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE	9
ARTICLE V GUARANTEE	9
SECTION 5.1      GUARANTEE	9
SECTION 5.2      WAIVER OF NOTICE AND DEMAND	10
SECTION 5.3      OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED	10
SECTION 5.4      RIGHTS OF HOLDERS	11
SECTION 5.5      GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT	11
SECTION 5.6      SUBROGATION	11
SECTION 5.7      INDEPENDENT OBLIGATIONS	11
ARTICLE VI LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION	11
SECTION 6.1      LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS	11
SECTION 6.2      RANKING	12
SECTION 6.3      SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES	12
ARTICLE VII TERMINATION	12
SECTION 7.1TERMINATION	12

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ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION	12
SECTION 8.1INDEMNIFICATION	12
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS	12
SECTION 9.1      SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS	12
SECTION 9.2      AMENDMENTS	13
SECTION 9.3      NOTICES	13
SECTION 9.4      BENEFIT	13
SECTION 9.5      GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	13

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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the “Guarantee”), dated as of [•], 2009, is executed and delivered by CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the “Guarantee Trustee”), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Securities (as defined herein) of CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Declaration of Trust (as defined herein), the Trust may issue up to $[•] aggregate liquidation amount of trust preferred securities, having a liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per security and designated the “[•]% Trust Preferred Securities” of the Trust (together with the further trust preferred securities that the Trust may issue pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the “Trust Preferred Securities”) and $10,000 aggregate liquidation amount of common securities, having a liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per security and designated the “Common Securities” of the Trust (together with the further common securities that the Trust may issue pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the “Common Securities” and, together with the Trust Preferred Securities, the “Securities”);

WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth in this Guarantee, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, if a Trust Declaration Default (as defined herein) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) under this Guarantee are subordinated to the rights of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under this Guarantee;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.

ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS.

In this Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)capitalized terms used in this Guarantee but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;

(b)a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee has the same meaning throughout;

(c)all references to “the Guarantee” or “this Guarantee” are to this Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;

(d)all references in this Guarantee to Articles, Sections and Recitals are to Articles, Sections and Recitals of this Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;

(e)unless otherwise defined in this Guarantee, a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Guarantee;

(f)a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa and a reference to any masculine form of a term shall include the feminine form of a term, as applicable; and

(g)the following terms have the following meanings:

“Affiliate” has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.

“Business Day” has the meaning specified in the Declaration of Trust.

“Common Securities” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Guarantor.

“Company Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified in the Declaration of Trust.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Guarantee Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Guarantee is located at The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 700 South Flower Street, 5th Floor, Los Angeles, California  90017, Attention: Corporate Unit, or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Guarantor, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Guarantee Trustee (or such other address as such successor Guarantee Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Guarantor).

“Declaration Default” in respect of the Securities means an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

“Declaration of Trust” means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of the date hereof, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, among the trustees of the Trust named therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the Holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets of the Trust.

“Existing Parity Obligations” means the junior subordinated debt securities originally issued by Business Bank Corporation in connection with the November 2004 offering of capital securities by Business Bancorp Capital Trust I and the guarantee thereof by the Guarantor (as successor to Business Bank Corporation).

“Extended Interest Payment Period” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.

“First Supplemental Indenture” means the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [•], 2009, between City National Corporation and the Indenture Trustee.

“Global Security” means a fully registered, global Trust Preferred Security, as defined in the Indenture, representing the Trust Preferred Securities.

“Guarantee Event of Default” means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Guarantee.

“Guarantee Payments” means the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Securities, to the extent not paid by or on behalf of the Trust:  (i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions (as defined in the Declaration of Trust) that are required to be paid on such Securities to the extent the Trust has sufficient funds available therefor at the time, (ii) the redemption price, plus all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption, with respect to any Securities called for redemption by the Trust, to the extent the Trust shall have sufficient funds available therefor at the time or (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust (other than in connection with a redemption or the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the Holders in exchange for Securities as provided in the Declaration of Trust), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Securities to the date of payment, to the extent the Trust has sufficient funds available therefor and (b) the amount of assets of the Trust remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Trust (in either case, the “Liquidation Distribution”).

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“Guarantee Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

“Holder” means any holder of Securities, as registered on the books and records of the Trust; provided, however, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of Trust Preferred Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, “Holder” shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor or any other obligor on the Trust Preferred Securities.

“Indenture” means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of [•], 2009, between City National Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Indenture Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and as may be further amended or supplemented.

“Junior Subordinated Debt Securities” means the series of [•]% Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due 2040 designated the “[•]% Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due 2040”, held by the Institutional Trustee as defined in the Declaration of Trust.

“List of Holders” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.2 hereof.

“Majority in Liquidation Amount” means, except as provided in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Securities, voting together as a single class, or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities, voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.  In determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Securities have voted, Securities which are owned by the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities shall be disregarded for the purpose of any such determination.

“Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed on behalf of such Person by two Authorized Officers (as defined in the Declaration of Trust) of such Person.  Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Guarantee shall include:

(i)a statement that each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

(ii)a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer on behalf of such Person in rendering the Officers’ Certificate;

(iii)a statement that each such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer on behalf of such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(iv)a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer acting on behalf of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

“Parity Securities” means the Existing Parity Obligations and debt securities issued by the Guarantor after the date hereof that have the same rank upon liquidation of the Guarantor as the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

“Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.

“Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in the Declaration of Trust.

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“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any officer with direct responsibility for the administration of this Guarantee and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Securities” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

“Successor Guarantee Trustee” means a successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

“Trust Preferred Securities” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.1TRUST INDENTURE ACT; APPLICATION.

(a)This Guarantee is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required or deemed to be part of this Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

(b)If and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

SECTION 2.2LISTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

(a)The Guarantor shall provide the Guarantee Trustee (i) except while the Trust Preferred Securities are represented by one or more Global Securities, at least two Business Days prior to the date for payment of Distributions, a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities (“List of Holders”) as of the record date relating to the payment of such Distributions, and (ii) at any other time, within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request from the Guarantee Trustee for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 15 days before such List of Holders is given to the Guarantee Trustee; provided that the Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor.  The Guarantee Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information contained in Lists of Holders given to it, provided  that the Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.

(b)The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.3REPORTS BY GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

Within 60 days after May 15 of each year (commencing with the year of the first anniversary of the issuance of the Securities), the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act.  The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.4PERIODIC REPORTS TO GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314(a) (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance certificate required by Section 314(a) of the

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Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, but in no event later than 120 days after the end of each calendar year.

SECTION 2.5EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.  Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate.

SECTION 2.6GUARANTEE EVENT OF DEFAULT; WAIVER.

The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Preferred Securities may, by vote or written consent, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities, waive any past Guarantee Event of Default and its consequences.  Upon such waiver, any such Guarantee Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Guarantee Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Guarantee Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 2.7GUARANTEE EVENT OF DEFAULT; NOTICE.

(a)The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Securities, notices of all such Guarantee Events of Default, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided that the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities.

(b)The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Guarantee Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice thereof or a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have obtained actual knowledge thereof.

SECTION 2.8CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

The Declaration of Trust shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.9DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.

The disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities in accordance with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a violation of any existing law, or any law hereafter enacted which does not specifically refer to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the Guarantee Trustee be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.10GUARANTEE TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

Upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Event of Default, the Guarantee Trustee is hereby authorized to (a) recover judgment, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, against the Guarantor for the whole amount of any Guarantee Payments remaining unpaid and (b) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have its claims and those of the Holders of the Securities allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Guarantor, its creditors or its property.

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ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND
RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.1       POWERS AND DUTIES OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

(a)This Guarantee shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee on behalf of the Trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and interest in this Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of Securities exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Guarantee Trustee.  The right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee in and to this Guarantee shall automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and succession of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(b)If a Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities.

(c)The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Guarantee Event of Default and after the curing of all Guarantee Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee.  In case a Guarantee Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(d)No provision of this Guarantee shall be construed to relieve the Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i)prior to the occurrence of any Guarantee Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Guarantee Events of Default that may have occurred:

(A)the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Guarantee, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee; and

(B)in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Guarantee; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Guarantee (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculation or other facts stated therein, absent manifest error);

(ii)the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;

(iii)the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy

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available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee; and

(iv)no provision of this Guarantee shall require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or protection from liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee or if the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that an indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee.

SECTION 3.2       CERTAIN RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

(a)Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:

(i)The Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii)Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;

(iii)Whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor;

(iv)The Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any re-recording, re-filing or re-registration thereof);

(v)The Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion.  Such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its employees.  The Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction;

(vi)The Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and the expenses of the Guarantee Trustee’s agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Guarantee Trustee; provided that nothing contained in this Section 3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee;

(vii)The Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such reasonable further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit at the expense of the Guarantor and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(viii)The Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the Guarantee

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Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(ix)Any action taken by the Guarantee Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders, and the signature of the Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action.  No third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Guarantee, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Guarantee Trustee’s or its agent’s taking such action;

(x)Whenever in the administration of this Guarantee, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (i) may request written instructions from the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such written instructions are received and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such written instructions;

(xi)In no event shall the Guarantee Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Guarantee Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(xii)The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Guarantee Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Guarantee Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(xiii)The Guarantee Trustee may request that the Guarantor deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Guarantee; and

(xiv)In no event shall the Guarantee Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Guarantee Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

(b)No provision of this Guarantee shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent to act in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation.  No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.

ARTICLE IV
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.1       GUARANTEE TRUSTEE; ELIGIBILITY.

(a)There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:

(i)not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and

(ii)be a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted by the

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Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia authority.  If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

(b)If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).

(c)If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 4.2       APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

(a)Subject to Section 4.2(b), unless a Guarantee Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed with or without cause at any time by the Guarantor.

(b)The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.

(c)The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold such office until a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or resignation.  The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee Trustee.

(d)If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of removal or resignation, the removed or resigning Guarantee Trustee may petition at the expense of the Guarantor any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee.  Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(e)No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(f)Upon termination of this Guarantee or removal or resignation of the Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Guarantee Trustee all amounts owing for fees and reimbursement of expenses that have accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.

ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE

SECTION 5.1       GUARANTEE.

The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Trust or the Guarantor), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of setoff or counterclaim that the Trust may have or assert.  The Guarantor’s obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Trust to pay such amounts to the Holders.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the

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Guarantor retains all of its rights under the Indenture to defer the interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities pursuant to the terms thereof and the Guarantor shall not be obligated hereunder to make any Guarantee Payments during any Extended Interest Payment Period (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Distributions (as defined in the Declaration of Trust) on the Securities.

SECTION 5.2       WAIVER OF NOTICE AND DEMAND.

The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.

SECTION 5.3       OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED.

The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect until the entire liquidation amount of all outstanding Securities shall have been paid and such obligation shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any event, including, without limitation, the following, whether or not with notice to, or the consent of, the Guarantor:

(a)The release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Trust of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Securities to be performed or observed by the Trust;

(b)The extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or any portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with the Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that results from the extension of any interest payment period on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities);

(c)Any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Institutional Trustee or the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Institutional Trustee or the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Securities, or any action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind;

(d)The voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Trust or any of the assets of the Trust;

(e)Any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Securities;

(f)The settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or

(g)Any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

There shall be no obligation of the Guarantee Trustee or the Holders to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor or any other Person with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.

No setoff, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any obligation, or any defense of any kind or nature that the Guarantor has or may have against any Holder shall be available hereunder to the Guarantor against such Holder to reduce the payments to it under this Guarantee.

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SECTION 5.4       RIGHTS OF HOLDERS.

(a)The Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee.

(b)If the Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce this Guarantee, then any Holder of Securities may, subject to the subordination provisions of Section 6.2, institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee Trustee’s rights under this Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Trust, the Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity.  In addition, if the Guarantor fails to make a Guarantee Payment, a Holder of Securities may, subject to the subordination provisions of Section 6.2, directly institute a proceeding against the Guarantor for enforcement of the Guarantee for such payment to the Holder of the Securities of the principal of or interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities on or after the respective due dates specified in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and the amount of the payment will be based on the Holder’s pro rata share of the amount due and owing on all of the Securities.  The Guarantor hereby waives any right or remedy to require that any action on this Guarantee be brought first against the Trust or any other person or entity before proceeding directly against the Guarantor.

SECTION 5.5       GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT.

This Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection.

SECTION 5.6       SUBROGATION.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of Securities against the Trust in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee, if at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this Guarantee.  If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders.

SECTION 5.7       INDEPENDENT OBLIGATIONS.

The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections 5.3(a) through 5.3(g), inclusive, hereof.

ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.1       LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS.

So long as any Securities remain outstanding, (i) if there shall have occurred an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (ii) if there shall have occurred a Guarantee Event of Default or (iii) during any Extended Interest Payment Period as provided in the Indenture, the Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any subsidiary of the Guarantor to, (x) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor’s capital stock or the capital stock of any of the Guarantor’s subsidiaries, (y) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any Parity Securities or debt securities of the Guarantor that rank junior to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or (z) make any guarantee payments on any guarantee by the Guarantor of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Guarantor if such guarantee ranks equally with or junior in

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interest to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities (other than (a) dividends or distributions in the Guarantor’s capital stock, (b) payments under this Guarantee, (c) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (d) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Guarantor in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of its directors, officers, employees or consultants,  and (e) solely in the case of any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries, any declaration or payment of dividends or distributions on the capital stock of such Subsidiary to the Guarantor or one of the Guarantor’s affiliates).

SECTION 6.2       RANKING.

This Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in Section 2.1(o) of the First Supplemental Indenture) of the Guarantor in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture.

SECTION 6.3       SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES.

If a Declaration Default has occurred and is continuing under the Declaration of Trust, the rights of the Holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments hereunder shall be subordinated to the rights of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under this Guarantee.

ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION

SECTION 7.1       TERMINATION.

This Guarantee shall terminate upon (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of all Securities, (ii) distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the Holders of all the Securities or (iii) full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration of Trust upon liquidation of the Trust.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder of Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under the Securities or under this Guarantee.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 8.1       INDEMNIFICATION.

The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Company Indemnified Person, the Institutional Trustee, the Delaware Trustee (as each such term is defined in the Declaration of Trust) and the Guarantee Trustee for, and to hold each such Person harmless against any loss, claim, damage, 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 reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.  The provisions of this Section 8.1 shall survive the termination of this Guarantee or the resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.1       SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Securities then

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outstanding.  Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Guarantor that is permitted under Article VIII of the Indenture and pursuant to which the successor or assignee agrees in writing to perform the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.

SECTION 9.2       AMENDMENTS.

Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect the rights of the Holders (in which case no consent of the Holders will be required), this Guarantee may not be amended without the prior approval of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities.  The provisions of Section 12.2 of the Declaration of Trust with respect to meetings of, and action by written consent of, the Holders of the Securities apply to the giving of such approval.

SECTION 9.3       NOTICES.

All notices provided for in this Guarantee shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered by hand, telecopied or mailed by registered or certified mail, as follows:

(a)If given to the Guarantee Trustee, at the Guarantee Trustee’s mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Guarantor and the Holders of the Securities):

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
700 South Flower Street, 5th Floor

Los Angeles, California  90017

(b)If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor’s mailing addresses set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders of the Securities):

City National Corporation
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
Facsimile No.:  (213) 673-0423
Attention:  Michael B. Cahill

(c)If given to any Holder of Securities, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Trust.

All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.

The Guarantee Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Guarantee Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions.  If the party elects to give the Guarantee Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Guarantee Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Guarantee Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling.  The Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Guarantee Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction.  The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Guarantee Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Guarantee Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

SECTION 9.4       BENEFIT.

This Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not separately transferable from the Securities.

SECTION 9.5       GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guarantee is executed as of the day and year first above written.

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION,
as Guarantor
By:
Name:	Michael B. Cahill
Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Guarantee Trustee
By:
Name:	Teresa Petta
Title:	Vice President

[Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement]

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EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz]

December 2, 2009

City National Corporation

555 South Flower Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

RE:  Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to City National Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by the Company and City National Capital Trust I, a statutory trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof in connection with the registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) of an indeterminate number of preferred securities representing beneficial ownership interests in the Trust (the “Trust Preferred Securities”), Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company (the “Junior Subordinated Debt Securities”) and a guarantee by the Company of certain payments on the Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust (the “Guarantee”).  The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are to be issued under an indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) as supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures (the “Junior Subordinated Indenture”).  The Guarantee will be issued pursuant to a Guarantee Agreement between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as guarantee trustee (the “Guarantee Trustee”).

We have examined and relied on originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and officers of the Company and such other instruments (“Documents”) as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.  In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed (a) the authenticity of original Documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (b) the conformity to the originals of all Documents submitted to us as copies; (c) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the Documents; (d) the Registration Statement, as finally amended (including all necessary post-effective amendments) has become effective under the Securities Act and continues to be so effective; (e) the prospectus will describe the Securities offered thereby or a prospectus supplement will have been filed with the Commission describing such Securities offered thereby; (f) all Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and, if applicable, the prospectus supplement; (g) any definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any Securities offered will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company

and the other parties thereto; (h) the Junior Subordinated Indenture will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Indenture Trustee, (i) the Junior Subordinated Indenture will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Indenture Trustee, (j) the Guarantee will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Guarantee Trustee, (k) the Guarantee will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantee Trustee and (l) the Junior Subordinated Indenture and the Guarantee will have been qualified and continue to be so qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

We have further assumed that the terms of the Securities and of their issuance and sale will have been established so as not to, and that the execution and delivery by the Company, and the performance of its obligations under, the Securities will not, violate, conflict with or constitute a default under (i) any agreement or instrument to which the Company is subject, (ii) any law, rule or regulation to which the Company is subject, (iii) any judicial or regulatory order or decree of any governmental authority or (iv) any consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with any governmental authority.

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 Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, when (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the terms of the offering and related matters by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and (b) the due execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and such agreement, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms.

2.With respect to the Guarantee, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of the Guarantee and related matters by the Board, (b) the due execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Trust Preferred Securities underlying such Guarantee, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of such agreement and (c) the due issuance of such Guarantee, such Guarantee will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

The opinions set forth above are each subject to the effects of (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (b) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

We express no opinion as to whether, or the extent to which, the laws of any particular jurisdiction apply to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the enforceability of the governing law provision contained in any Securities or in any agreement and we express no opinion as to the enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions contained in any agreement insofar as enforcement of these provisions may be limited by applicable federal securities laws or principles of public policy.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the Delaware General Corporation Law (including the statutory provisions and all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws) and the federal securities laws of the United States and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this opinion of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus contained therein.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an expert within the meaning of Section 7 of the Securities Act.   We assume no obligation to advise the Company or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

EX-5.2

Exhibit 5.2

December 1, 2009

City National Capital Trust I
c/o City National Corporation
City National Plaza
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA  90071

Re:City National Capital Trust I

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Delaware counsel for City National Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), in connection with the matters set forth herein.  At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.

We have examined and relied upon such records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below, including the following documents:

(a)The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on November 30, 2009;

(b)The Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of November 30, 2009 among City National Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the trustees of the Trust  named therein;

(c)The Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3, including a preliminary prospectus (the “Prospectus”), with respect to, among other things, the Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a “Trust Preferred Security” and collectively, the “Trust Preferred Securities”), as filed by the Company and the Trust with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about December 1, 2009;

(d)A form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, to be entered into between the Company, the trustees of the Trust named therein, and the

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holders, from time to time, of the undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”), filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (including all attachments and exhibits thereto); and

(e)A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated November 30, 2009, obtained from the Secretary of State.

Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the Declaration of Trust.

As to various questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied upon the representations made in the foregoing documents.  With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.

For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the Declaration of Trust and the Certificate of Trust of the Trust will be in full force and effect and will not be amended, (ii) except to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due organization or due formation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its organization or formation, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by us, (iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each Person to whom a Trust Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (collectively, the “Trust Preferred Security Holders”) of a Trust Preferred Security Certificate for such Trust Preferred Security and the payment for such Trust Preferred Security, in accordance with the Declaration of Trust and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the Trust Preferred Securities will be authenticated, issued and sold to the Trust Preferred Security Holders in accordance with the applicable Declaration of Trust and the Registration Statement.  We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement (except for providing this opinion) or the Prospectus and assume no responsibility for their contents, other than this opinion.

This opinion is limited to the law of the State of Delaware, including the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting such laws (excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto.  Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder which are currently in effect.

Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to

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the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1.The Trusts has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act.

2.The Trust Preferred Securities will represent valid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

3.The Trust Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  We note that the Trust Preferred Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the Declaration of Trust.

We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  We hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Validity of Securities” in the Prospectus.  In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, P. A.

EAM/JWP

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EX-12.1

Exhibit 12.1

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements

(in thousands, except ratios)

	Nine Months Ended			Year Ended December 31,
	September 30, 2009			2008			2007			2006			2005			2004
Excluding interest on deposits
Income before income taxes (1)	$	16,327		$	157,739		$	362,229		$	372,844		$	382,231		$	334,743
Equity investee income	(1,586		)	(3,633		)	(6,983		)	(5,647		)	(2,068		)	(1,168		)
Equity investee distributions	1,824			3,914			6,629			4,844			2,234			1,337
Preferred dividends of consolidated subsidiaries	(2,793		)	(3,145		)	(3,434		)	(3,407		)	(3,478		)	(3,462		)
Fixed charges:
Interest expense (2)	14,586			62,958			72,416			63,700			32,712			16,607
Interest within rental expense	9,155			11,913			10,300			9,644			8,439			8,535
Preferred dividends of consolidated subsidiaries	2,793			3,145			3,434			3,407			3,478			3,462
Total fixed charges	$	26,534		$	78,016		$	86,150		$	76,751		$	44,629		$	28,604
Total earnings and fixed charges	$	40,306		$	232,891		$	444,591		$	445,385		$	423,548		$	360,054
Fixed charges, as above	26,534			$	78,016		$	86,150		$	76,751		$	44,629		$	28,604
Preferred stock dividends	25,787			3,225			-			-			-			-
Fixed charges including preferred stock dividends	$	52,321		$	81,241		$	86,150		$	76,751		$	44,629		$	28,604
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements	0.77			2.87			5.16			5.80			9.49			12.59
Including interest on deposits
Total earnings and fixed charges, as above	$	40,306		$	232,891		$	444,591		$	445,385		$	423,548		$	360,054
Add: Interest on deposits	48,483			122,990			214,680			159,024			76,045			44,258
Total earnings, fixed charges and interest on deposits	$	88,789		$	355,881		$	659,271		$	604,409		$	499,593		$	404,312
Fixed charges, including preferred stock dividends, as above	$	52,321		$	81,241		$	86,150		$	76,751		$	44,629		$	28,604
Add: Interest on deposits	48,483			122,990			214,680			159,024			76,045			44,258
Total fixed charges including preferred stock dividends and interest on deposits	$	100,804		$	204,231		$	300,830		$	235,775		$	120,674		$	72,862
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements	0.88			1.74			2.19			2.56			4.14			5.55

(1) Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.

(2) Includes interest expense on uncertain tax positions.

EX-23.3

Exhibit 23.3

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

City National Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-______ on Form S-3 of City National Corporation of our report dated February 26, 2009 except for Notes 1, 9, 16, 19, 22 and 23 as to which the date is December 1, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of City National Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K of City National Corporation dated December 2, 2009 and our report dated February 26, 2009 with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 which report appears in the December 31, 2008 Annual Report in the Form 10-K of City National Corporation, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

Our report on the aforementioned consolidated financial statements refers to the retrospective adjustment for all periods presented due to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accouting Standards No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB 51, FSP EITF 03-6-1 Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payments Transaction are Participating Securities, a change in the method of accounting for fair value in 2008, and a change in the method of accounting for uncertainty in income taxes in 2007.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California

December 2, 2009

EX-25.1

Exhibit 25.1

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FORM T-1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)           |    |

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

(State of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	95-3571558 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
700 South Flower Street Suite 500 Los Angeles, California (Address of principal executive offices)	90017 (Zip code)

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	95-2568550 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
City National Plaza 555 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California (Address of principal executive offices)	90071 (Zip code)

Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)

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1.         General information.  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a)Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, D.C. 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, California 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, D.C. 20429

(b)Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2.Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16.List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1.A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2.A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

3.A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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4.A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6.The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7.A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 25th day of November, 2009.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/S/ MELONEE YOUNG
Name:   MELONEE YOUNG
Title:     VICE PRESIDENT

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

At the close of business September 30, 2009, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

		Dollar Amounts
		in Thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from
depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances
and currency and coin			1,585
Interest-bearing balances			426
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities			16
Available-for-sale securities			553,806
Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold			83,000
Securities purchased under agreements to resell			0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale			0
Loans and leases,
net of unearned income	0
LESS: Allowance for loan and
lease losses	0
Loans and leases, net of unearned
income and allowance			0
Trading assets			0
Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases)			10,983
Other real estate owned			0
Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated
companies			1
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures			0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill			852,858
Other intangible assets			251,145
Other assets			156,398
Total assets				$1,910,218

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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices		1,712
Noninterest-bearing	1,712
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities
sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased		0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
Trading liabilities		0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness
and obligations under capitalized
leases)		268,691
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures		0
Other liabilities		198,124
Total liabilities		468,527
Not Applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus		0
Common stock		1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)		1,121,520
Not Applicable
Retained earnings		316,907
Accumulated other comprehensive income		2,264
Other equity capital components		0
Not Available
Total bank equity capital		1,441,691
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries		0
Total equity capital		1,441,691
Total liabilities and equity capital			1,910,218

I, Karen Bayz, Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Karen Bayz            )               Managing Director

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Troy Kilpatrick, MD	)
Frank P. Sulzberger, MD	)	Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, MD	)

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EX-25.2

Exhibit 25.2

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FORM T-1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)           |    |

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

(State of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	95-3571558 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
700 South Flower Street Suite 500 Los Angeles, California (Address of principal executive offices)	90017 (Zip code)

CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL TRUST I
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	27-6334003 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
City National Plaza 555 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California (Address of principal executive offices)	90071 (Zip code)

Trust Preferred Securities of City National Capital Trust I
(Title of the indenture securities)

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1.         General information.  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a)Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, D.C. 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, California 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, D.C. 20429

 (b)Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2.Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16.List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1.A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2.A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

3.A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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4.A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6.The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7.A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 25th day of November, 2009.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/S/ MELONEE YOUNG
Name:    MELONEE YOUNG
Title:      VICE PRESIDENT

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

At the close of business September 30, 2009, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

		Dollar Amounts
		in Thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from
depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances
and currency and coin			1,585
Interest-bearing balances			426
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities			16
Available-for-sale securities			553,806
Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold			83,000
Securities purchased under agreements to resell			0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale			0
Loans and leases,
net of unearned income	0
LESS: Allowance for loan and
lease losses	0
Loans and leases, net of unearned
income and allowance			0
Trading assets			0
Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases)			10,983
Other real estate owned			0
Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated
companies			1
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures			0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill			852,858
Other intangible assets			251,145
Other assets			156,398
Total assets				$1,910,218

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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices		1,712
Noninterest-bearing	1,712
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities
sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased		0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
Trading liabilities		0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness
and obligations under capitalized
leases)		268,691
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures		0
Other liabilities		198,124
Total liabilities		468,527
Not Applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus		0
Common stock		1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)		1,121,520
Not Applicable
Retained earnings		316,907
Accumulated other comprehensive income		2,264
Other equity capital components		0
Not Available
Total bank equity capital		1,441,691
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries		0
Total equity capital		1,441,691
Total liabilities and equity capital			1,910,218

I, Karen Bayz, Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Karen Bayz            )               Managing Director

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Troy Kilpatrick, MD	)
Frank P. Sulzberger, MD	)	Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, MD	)

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EX-25.3

Exhibit 25.3

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FORM T-1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)           |    |

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

(State of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	95-3571558 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
700 South Flower Street Suite 500 Los Angeles, California (Address of principal executive offices)	90017 (Zip code)

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware	95-2568550
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)	identification no.)
City National Plaza
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California	90071
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Guarantee of Trust Preferred Securities of City National Capital Trust I
(Title of the indenture securities)

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1.         General information.  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a)Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury	Washington, D.C. 20219
Federal Reserve Bank	San Francisco, California 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, D.C. 20429

(b)Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2.Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16.List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1.A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

2.A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-121948).

3.A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-152875).

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4.A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

6.The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

7.A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 25th day of November, 2009.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:	/S/	MELONEE YOUNG
Name:		MELONEE YOUNG
Title:		VICE PRESIDENT

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

At the close of business September 30, 2009, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

		Dollar Amounts
		in Thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from
depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances
and currency and coin			1,585
Interest-bearing balances			426
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities			16
Available-for-sale securities			553,806
Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold			83,000
Securities purchased under agreements to resell			0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale			0
Loans and leases,
net of unearned income	0
LESS: Allowance for loan and
lease losses	0
Loans and leases, net of unearned
income and allowance			0
Trading assets			0
Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases)			10,983
Other real estate owned			0
Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated
companies			1
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures			0
Intangible assets:
Goodwill			852,858
Other intangible assets			251,145
Other assets			156,398
Total assets				$1,910,218

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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices		1,712
Noninterest-bearing	1,712
Interest-bearing	0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities
sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased		0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
Trading liabilities		0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness
and obligations under capitalized
leases)		268,691
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures		0
Other liabilities		198,124
Total liabilities		468,527
Not Applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus		0
Common stock		1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)		1,121,520
Not Applicable
Retained earnings		316,907
Accumulated other comprehensive income		2,264
Other equity capital components		0
Not Available
Total bank equity capital		1,441,691
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries		0
Total equity capital		1,441,691
Total liabilities and equity capital			1,910,218

I, Karen Bayz, Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Karen Bayz            )               Managing Director

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Troy Kilpatrick, MD	)
Frank P. Sulzberger, MD	)	Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, MD	)

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