-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, R1nu8c+QzMA8juC5fg9sqnKdbrbVpqArYkMYW1zIjsxSPABIOLKVWPUb29doF8KH Of5Ng945YEv91DTEpMD0sg== 0000950123-09-053196.txt : 20091026 0000950123-09-053196.hdr.sgml : 20091026 20091026165826 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-053196 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091023 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20091026 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091026 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BRIDGE BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000846617 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 112934195 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34096 FILM NUMBER: 091137333 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 MONTAUK HGWAY CITY: BRIDGEHAMPTON STATE: NY ZIP: 11932 BUSINESS PHONE: 6315371000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 3005 CITY: BRIDGEHAMPTON STATE: NY ZIP: 11932 8-K 1 g20924e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 23, 2009
 
BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
New York
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  001-34096
(Commission File Number)
  11-2934195
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
2200 Montauk Highway
Bridgehampton, New York
  11932
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(631) 537-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):
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o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4c)
 
 

 


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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EX-4.1
EX-4.3
EX-4.5
EX-4.6
EX-99.1


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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On October 23, 2009, Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) completed a private placement of $9.0 million aggregate liquidation amount of 8.50% cumulative convertible trust preferred securities (the “TPS”) through a newly-formed subsidiary, Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, a wholly-owned Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”). The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, primarily to provide additional capital to our primary operating subsidiary, The Bridgehampton National Bank.
     The TPS were offered and sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The TPS are not being registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
     The TPS mature in 30 years, and carry a fixed distribution rate of 8.50%. The TPS have a liquidation amount of $1,000 per security. The Company has the right to redeem the TPS at par (plus any accrued but unpaid distributions) at any time after September 30, 2014. Holders of the TPS may convert the TPS into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to $31.00 per share, which represents 125% of the of the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over the 20 trading days ended on October 14, 2009. Each $1,000 in liquidation amount of the TPS is convertible into 32.2581 shares of the Company’s common stock.
     The Company has guaranteed the distributions on, and amounts payable upon liquidation or redemption of, the TPS on a subordinated basis to the extent that the Trust has funds available to make such payments but fails to do so. In connection with the issuance by the Trust of the TPS, the Company issued junior subordinated debentures (the “Debentures”) in the aggregate amount of $9,000,900 to the Trust. The Debentures bear interest at fixed rate equal to 8.50% and the terms are otherwise the same as the terms of the TPS.
     The total contemplated private placement amount of the TPS is up to $15.0 million. The Company reserves the right to issue additional TPS under this private placement at a later date. This notice does not and will not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, the TPS or any other securities issued by the Company or its subsidiaries. This notice is being filed pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.
     For additional information concerning the TPS, the Debentures and the guarantee, please refer to the Indenture, dated as of October 23, 2009, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee; the form of Junior Subordinated Debenture; the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2009, by and among the Company, Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee, and the administrative trustees named therein; the form of Preferred Securities Certificate; the Convertible Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2009, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Guarantee Trustee; and the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities, dated as of October 23,2009, by and between the Company and the Trust, filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 


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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
     On October 23, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing its earnings for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 and the private placement of $9.0 million aggregate liquidation amount of the TPS. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the related information set forth in the Press Release attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
     The disclosure contained under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits.
         
Exhibit No.   Description
 
  4.1    
Indenture, dated October 23, 2009, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee.
 
  4.2    
Form of Junior Subordinated Debenture (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1).
 
  4.3    
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, dated October 23, 2009, by and among the Company, Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee, and the administrative trustees named therein.
 
  4.4    
Form of Preferred Securities Certificate (included as Exhibit D to Exhibit 4.3).
  4.5    
Convertible Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement, dated October 23, 2009, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Guarantee Trustee.
 
  4.6    
Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities, dated October 23, 2009, by and between the Company and the Trust.
 
  99.1    
Press Release Dated October 23, 2009, announcing completion of private placement of 8.50% Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Securities and the earnings of the Company for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009.*
 
*   Furnished electronically as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K. As further described in Item 2.02 and Item 7.01, this exhibit is being “furnished” and not “filed” with this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 


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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
(Registrant)

 
 
  /s/ Kevin M. O’Connor    
  Kevin M. O’Connor   
  President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
Dated: October 26, 2009

 

EX-4.1 2 g20924exv4w1.htm EX-4.1 exv4w1
EXHIBIT 4.1
BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
AND
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
8.50% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2039
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 23, 2009

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
ARTICLE I — DEFINITIONS
    2  
Section 1.1 Definitions of Terms
    2  
ARTICLE II — ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, CONDITIONS REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF THE DEBENTURES
    10  
Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount
    10  
Section 2.2 Maturity
    11  
Section 2.3 Form And Payment
    11  
Section 2.4 [Reserved]
    11  
Section 2.5 Interest
    12  
Section 2.6 Execution and Authentications
    12  
Section 2.7 Registration of Transfer and Exchange
    13  
Section 2.8 Temporary Debentures
    14  
Section 2.9 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures
    15  
Section 2.10 Cancellation
    15  
Section 2.11 Benefit of Indenture
    16  
Section 2.12 Authenticating Agent
    16  
ARTICLE III — REDEMPTION OF DEBENTURES
    17  
Section 3.1 Redemption
    17  
Section 3.2 Special Event Redemption
    17  
Section 3.3 Optional Redemption by Company
    17  
Section 3.4 Notice of Redemption
    18  
Section 3.5 Payment Upon Redemption
    19  
Section 3.6 No Sinking Fund
    20  
ARTICLE IV — CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES
    20  
Section 4.1 Conversion Rights
    20  
Section 4.2 Conversion Procedures
    20  
Section 4.3 Conversion Ratio Adjustments
    22  
Section 4.4 Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger Or Sale Of Assets
    26  
Section 4.5 Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Ratio
    27  
Section 4.6 Prior Notice of Certain Events
    27  
Section 4.7 Certain Defined Terms
    28  
Section 4.8 Dividend Or Interest Reinvestment Plans
    28  
Section 4.9 Certain Additional Rights
    29  
Section 4.10 Trustee Not Responsible for Determining Conversion Ratio or Adjustments
    29  
ARTICLE V — EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
    30  
Section 5.1 Extension of Interest Payment Period
    30  
Section 5.2 Notice of Extension
    30  
Section 5.3 Limitation on Transactions
    31  
ARTICLE VI — PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
    31  
Section 6.1 Payment of Principal and Interest
    31  
Section 6.2 Maintenance of Agency
    32  
Section 6.3 Paying Agents
    32  
Section 6.4 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee
    33  

 


 

         
Section 6.5 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions
    33  
Section 6.6 Limitation on Transactions
    33  
Section 6.7 Covenants as to the Trust
    34  
Section 6.8 Covenants as to Purchases
    34  
Section 6.9 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
    35  
ARTICLE VII — DEBENTUREHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
    35  
Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Debentureholders
    35  
Section 7.2 Preservation of Information Communications with Debentureholders
    35  
Section 7.3 Reports by the Company
    36  
Section 7.4 [Reserved]
    36  
ARTICLE VIII — REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND DEBENTUREHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
    36  
Section 8.1 Events of Default
    36  
Section 8.2 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
    38  
Section 8.3 Application of Moneys Collected
    39  
Section 8.4 Limitation on Suits
    40  
Section 8.5 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver
    40  
Section 8.6 Control by Debentureholders
    41  
Section 8.7 Undertaking to Pay Costs
    41  
Section 8.8 Direct Action; Right of Set-Off
    42  
ARTICLE IX — FORM OF DEBENTURE AND ORIGINAL ISSUE
    42  
Section 9.1 Form of Debenture
    42  
Section 9.2 Original and Ongoing Issue of Debentures
    42  
ARTICLE X — CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
    43  
Section 10.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee
    43  
Section 10.2 Notice of Defaults
    44  
Section 10.3 Certain Rights of Trustee
    44  
Section 10.4 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Etc.
    46  
Section 10.5 May Hold Debentures
    46  
Section 10.6 Moneys Held in Trust
    47  
Section 10.7 Compensation and Reimbursement
    47  
Section 10.8 Reliance on Officers’ Certificate
    48  
Section 10.9 Disqualification: Conflicting Interests
    48  
Section 10.10 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
    48  
Section 10.11 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
    48  
Section 10.12 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
    50  
Section 10.14 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
    51  
ARTICLE XI — CONCERNING THE DEBENTUREHOLDERS
    51  
Section 11.1 Evidence of Action by Holders
    51  
Section 11.2 Proof of Execution by Debentureholders
    52  
Section 11.3 Who May Be Deemed Owners
    52  
Section 11.4 Certain Debentures Owned by Company Disregarded
    52  
Section 11.5 Actions Binding on Future Debentureholders
    53  

 


 

         
ARTICLE XII — SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
    53  
Section 12.1 Supplemental Indentures without the Consent of Debentureholders
    53  
Section 12.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Debentureholders
    54  
Section 12.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
    55  
Section 12.4 Debentures Affected by Supplemental Indentures
    55  
Section 12.5 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
    55  
ARTICLE XIII — SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
    56  
Section 13.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc.
    56  
Section 13.2 Successor Corporation Substituted
    56  
Section 13.3 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee
    57  
ARTICLE XIV — SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
    57  
Section 14.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
    57  
Section 14.2 Discharge of Obligations
    58  
Section 14.3 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust
    58  
Section 14.4 Payment of Monies Held by Paying Agents
    58  
Section 14.5 Repayment to Company
    58  
ARTICLE XV — IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
    59  
Section 15.1 No Recourse
    59  
ARTICLE XVI — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
    59  
Section 16.1 Effect on Successors and Assigns
    59  
Section 16.2 Actions by Successor
    59  
Section 16.3 Surrender of Company Powers
    59  
Section 16.4 Notices
    60  
Section 16.5 Governing Law
    60  
Section 16.6 Treatment of Debentures as Debt
    60  
Section 16.7 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
    60  
Section 16.8 Payments on Business Days
    61  
Section 16.9 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
    61  
Section 16.10 Counterparts
    61  
Section 16.11 Separability
    61  
Section 16.12 Assignment
    61  
Section 16.13 Acknowledgment of Rights
    62  
ARTICLE XVII — SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
    62  
Section 17.1 Agreement to Subordinate
    62  
Section 17.2 Default on Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt or Additional Senior Obligations
    62  
Section 17.3 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy
    63  
Section 17.4 Subrogation
    64  
Section 17.5 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
    65  
Section 17.6 Notice by the Company
    65  
Section 17.7 Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness
    66  
Section 17.8 Subordination May Not Be Impaired
    66  
FORM OF DEBENTURE
    A-1  

 


 

INDENTURE
     INDENTURE, dated as of October 23, 2009, between BRIDGE BANCORP, INC., a New York corporation (the Company) and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”);
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of securities to be known as its 8.50% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2039 (hereinafter referred to as the “Debentures”), the form and substance of such Debentures and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in this Indenture;
     WHEREAS, Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust (the Trust), has offered to certain accredited investors (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) up to $15,000,000 aggregate liquidation amount of its Preferred Securities (as defined herein) and in connection therewith proposes to invest the proceeds from such offering, together with the proceeds of the issuance and sale by the Trust to the Company of $1,500 aggregate liquidation amount of its Common Securities (as defined herein), in up to $15,001,500 aggregate principal amount of the Debentures;
     WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Indenture;
     WHEREAS, all requirements necessary to make this Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Debentures, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Indenture have been duly authorized in all respects;
     WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Debentures are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this Indenture; and
     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Debentures by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Debentures:

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ARTICLE I — DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions of Terms.
     The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly provided) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1 and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, or that are by reference in the Trust Indenture Act defined in the Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
     “Accelerated Maturity Date” means if the Company elects to accelerate the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.2(c), the date selected by the Company, which is prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, but is after September 30, 2014.
     “Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(c).
     “Additional Senior Obligations” means all indebtedness of the Company whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, for claims in respect of derivative products such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements; provided, however, that Additional Senior Obligations does not include claims in respect of Senior Debt or Subordinated Debt or obligations which, by their terms, are expressly stated to be not superior in right of payment to the Debentures or to rank pari passu in right of payment with the Debentures. For purposes of this definition, claim shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 101(4) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
     “Administrative Trustees” shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Agreement.
     “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests of the specified Person; (b) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by the specified Person; (c) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the specified Person; (d) a partnership in which the specified Person is a general partner; (e) any officer or director of the specified Person; and (f) if the specified Person is an individual, any entity of which the specified Person is an officer, director or general partner.
     “Authenticating Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to the Debentures appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12.

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     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
     “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 Company’s Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or of officers of the Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been lawfully delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.
     “Business Day” means, with respect to the Debentures, any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which federal or state banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law, executive order or regulation to close, or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Property Trustee is closed for business.
     “Capital Treatment Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized national bank regulatory practice, to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or as a result of any official or administrative pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date of issuance of the Preferred Securities under the Trust Agreement, there is more than an insubstantial risk of impairment of the Company’s ability to treat the Preferred Securities (or any substantial portion thereof) as Tier 1 capital (or the then equivalent thereof), for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the Company; provided, however, that the Trust or the Company shall have requested and received such an Opinion of Counsel with regard to such matters within a reasonable period of time after the Trust or the Company shall have become aware of the possible occurrence of any such event; provided, however, that the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion of the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities as Tier 1 Capital shall not constitute the basis for a Capital Treatment Event if such inability results from the Company having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest which the Federal Reserve now or may hereafter accord Tier 1 Capital treatment in excess of the amount which may qualify for treatment as Tier 1 Capital under applicable capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve; provided, further, however, that the distribution of Debentures in connection with the dissolution of the Trust shall not in and of itself constitute a Capital Treatment Event.
     “Change in 1940 Act Law” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Investment Company Event.
     “Closing Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7
     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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     “Common Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with the Preferred Securities; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights of holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights of holders of Preferred Securities.
     “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
     “Company” means Bridge Bancorp, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, and, subject to the provisions of Article XIII, shall also include its successors and assigns.
     “Compounded Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
     “Conversion Agent” means the Person appointed to act on behalf of the holders of the Preferred Securities in effecting the conversion of Preferred Securities to Debentures and Debentures to Common Stock as and in the manner set forth in the Trust Agreement and this Indenture, which shall initially be Wilmington Trust Company.
     “Conversion Price” means $31.00.
     “Conversion Ratio” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
     “Conversion Request” means (a) the irrevocable request to be given by a Debenture holder to the Conversion Agent directing the Conversion Agent to convert the Debentures into shares of Common Stock, and (b) the irrevocable request to be given by a holder of Preferred Securities to the Conversion Agent directing the Conversion Agent to exchange such stock on behalf of such holder.
     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Indenture Trustee and the Property Trustee at which, at any particular time, such trustee’s corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
     “Coupon Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
     “Current Market Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(f).
     “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
     “Debentures” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
     “Debenture holder”, “holder of Debentures”, “registered holder”, or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Debenture shall be registered

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on the books of the Company or the Indenture Trustee kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
     “Debenture Issue Date” shall mean, with respect to each Debenture, the date on which such Debenture was issued by the Company to the Trust or to the Debenture holder thereof.
     “Debenture Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b).
     “Debenture Registrar” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b).
     “Debt” means with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not contingent, (i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed; (ii) every obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses; (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person; (iv) every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business); (v) every capital lease obligation of such Person; and (vi) and every obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of another Person and all dividends of another Person the payment of which, in either case, such Person has guaranteed or is responsible or liable for directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise.
     “Default” means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
     “Deferred Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
     “Direct Action” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.8.
     “Dissolution Event” means that as a result of the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, the Trust is to be dissolved in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Debentures held by the Property Trustee are to be distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust pro rata in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
     “Event of Default” means, with respect to the Debentures, any event specified in Section 8.1, which has continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Extended Interest Payment Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
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     “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation required hereunder as promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
     “Governmental Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.
     “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.
     “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 in accordance with the terms hereof.
     “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any installment of interest on the Debentures, shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to the Debentures as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to the Debentures is due and payable.
     “Investment Company Act”, means the Investment Company Act of 1940.
     “Investment Company Event” means the receipt by the Trust and the Company of an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized national tax and securities law practice, to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a “Change in 1940 Act Law”), the Trust is or shall be considered an investment company that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred Securities under the Trust Agreement; provided, however, that the Trust or the Company shall have requested and received such an Opinion of Counsel with regard to such matters within a reasonable period of time after the Trust or the Company shall have become aware of the possible occurrence of any such event.

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     “Maturity Date” means the date described in Section 2.2 on which the Debentures mature and on which the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any.
     “Ministerial Action” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the President or an Executive Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 16.7, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
     “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing of independent, outside legal counsel for the Company that is delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Company in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 16.7, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
     “Outstanding”, when used in reference to the Debentures, means, subject to the provisions of Section 11.4, as of any particular time, all Debentures theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Debentures theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to the Indenture Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Debentures or portions thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Indenture Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Debentures or portions of such Debentures are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as in Article III provided, or provision satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and (c) Debentures in lieu of or in substitution for which other Debentures shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.7; provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Debentures have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Debentures held by the Company shall not be included; provided, further, that the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any request, notice, consent or waiver unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge that the holder of such Debenture is the Company or an Affiliate thereof.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint-venture, joint-stock company, limited liability company or corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “Predecessor Debenture” means every previous Debenture evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debenture; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debenture authenticated and delivered under Section 2.9 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture.

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     “Preferred Securities” means the 8.50% Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with Common Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights of holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights of holders of Preferred Securities.
     “Preferred Securities Guarantee” means any guarantee that the Company may enter into with the Trustee or other Persons that operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Preferred Securities.
     “Property Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Trust Agreement.
     “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
     “Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Indenture Trustee means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, including any managing director, director, vice president, any assistant vice president, associate, any assistant secretary, assistant treasurer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
     “Scheduled Maturity Date” means December 31, 2039.
     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “Senior Debt” means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not such claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), on Debt, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are not superior in right of payment to the Debentures or to other Debt which is pari passu with, or subordinated to, the Debentures, provided, however, that Senior Debt shall not be deemed to include (i) any Debt of the Company which when incurred and without respect to any election under section 1111(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was without recourse to the Company; (ii) any Debt of the Company owed to any of its subsidiaries; (iii) Debt owed to any employee of the Company; (iv) Debt which by its terms is subordinated to trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent that payments made to the holders of such Debt by the holders of the Debentures as a result of the subordination provisions of this Indenture would be greater than they otherwise would have been as a result of any obligation of such holders to pay amounts over to the obligees on such trade accounts payable or

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accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business as a result of subordination provisions to which such Debt is subject; and (v) Debt which constitutes Subordinated Debt.
     “Senior Indebtedness” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 17.1.
     “Special Event” means a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital Treatment Event.
     “Subordinated Debt” means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not such claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), on Debt, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, which is by its terms expressly provided to be junior and subordinate to Senior Debt of the Company and on any Debt of the Company under debt securities (and guarantees in respect of these debt securities) initially issued to any trust, or any trustee or trustees of a trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company that is, directly or indirectly, a financing vehicle of the Company in connection with the issuance by that entity of preferred securities or other securities which are intended to qualify for Tier 1 capital treatment, unless those debt securities are by their terms convertible into Common Stock of the Company; provided, however, that Subordinated Debt will not be deemed to include (i) any Debt of the Company which when incurred and without respect to any election under section 1111(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was without recourse to the Company, (ii) any Debt of the Company owed to any of its subsidiaries, (iii) any Debt owed to any employee of the Company, (iv) any Debt which by its terms is subordinated to trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent that payments made to the holders of such Debt by the holders of the Subordinated Debentures as a result of the subordination provisions of the Indenture would be greater than they otherwise would have been as a result of any obligation of such holders to pay amounts over to the obligees on such trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business as a result of subordination provisions to which such Debt is subject, and (v) Debt which constitutes Senior Debt.
     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries; (ii) any general partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
     “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized national tax and securities practice, to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or

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judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date of issuance of the Preferred Securities under the Trust Agreement, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or shall be within 90 days after the date of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Debentures; (ii) interest payable by the Company on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days after the date of such Opinion of Counsel, shall not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or shall be within 90 days after the date of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges; provided, however, that the Trust or the Company shall have requested and received such an Opinion of Counsel with regard to such matters within a reasonable period of time after the Trust or the Company shall have become aware of the possible occurrence of any of the events described in clauses (i) through (iii) above.
     “Trading Days” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
     “Trust” means Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust created pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
     “Trust Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of October 23, 2009, by and among Bridge Bancorp, Inc., Wilmington Trust Company and the Administrative Trustees named therein.
     “Indenture Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company as appointed pursuant to this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article X, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, Trustee shall mean each such Person.
     “Trust Indenture Act”, means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, subject to the provisions of Sections 12.1, 12.2, and 13.1.
     “Trust Securities” means the Common Securities and Preferred Securities, collectively.
     “Voting Stock”, as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE II — ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, CONDITIONS
REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF THE DEBENTURES
Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount.
     There is hereby authorized Debentures designated the 8.50% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2039, limited in aggregate principal amount up to Fifteen Million, One

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Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($15,001,500), which amount shall be as set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Debentures pursuant to Section 2.6.
Section 2.2 Maturity.
     (a) The Maturity Date shall be either:
     (i) the Scheduled Maturity Date; or
     (ii) if the Company elects to accelerate the Maturity Date to be a date prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.2(b) and (c), the Accelerated Maturity Date.
     (b) the Company may at any time before the day which is 90 days before the Scheduled Maturity Date and after September 30, 2014, elect to shorten the Maturity Date only once to the Accelerated Maturity Date provided that the Company has received the prior approval of, or non-objection from, the Federal Reserve if then required under applicable capital guidelines, policies or regulations of the Federal Reserve.
     (c) if the Company elects to accelerate the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.2(b), the Company shall give written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Trust (unless the Trust is not the holder of the Debentures, in which case the Indenture Trustee will give notice to the holders of the Debentures) of the acceleration of the Maturity Date and the Accelerated Maturity Date at least 30 days and no more than 180 days before the Accelerated Maturity Date; provided, however that nothing provided in this Section 2.2 shall limit the Company’s rights, as provided in Article III hereof, to redeem all or a portion of the Debentures at such time or times as the Company may so determine, or at any time upon the occurrence of a Special Event.
Section 2.3 Form And Payment.
     The Debentures shall be issued in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons. Principal and interest on the Debentures issued in certificated form shall be payable, the transfer of such Debentures shall be registrable and such Debentures shall be exchangeable for Debentures bearing identical terms and provisions at the office or agency of the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the holder at such address as shall appear in the Debenture Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the holder as specified in the Debenture Register, provided that the holder provides proper transfer instructions by the regular record date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of any Debentures is the Property Trustee, the payment of principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any) on such Debentures held by the Property Trustee shall be made at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Property Trustee.
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Section 2.5 Interest.
     (a) Each Debenture shall bear interest at the rate of 8.50% per annum (the “Coupon Rate”) from the Debenture Issue Date 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 V) quarterly in arrears at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on December 31, 2009, to the Person in whose name such Debenture or any Predecessor Debenture is registered, at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be the fifteenth day of the last month of the calendar quarter.
     (b) The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is computed, shall be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day (and without any reduction of interest or any other payment in respect of any such acceleration), in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was originally payable.
     (c) If, at any time while the Property Trustee is the holder of any Debentures, the Trust or the Property 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 shall pay as additional interest (“Additional Interest”) on the Debentures held by the Property Trustee, such additional amounts as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained by the Trust and the Property Trustee after paying such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges shall be equal to the amounts the Trust and the Property Trustee would have received had no such taxes, duties, assessments or other government charges been imposed.
Section 2.6 Execution and Authentications.
     (a) The Debentures shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its President or one of its Executive Vice Presidents or Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer, under its corporate seal attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been a President or Executive Vice President thereof, or of any Person who shall have been a Secretary or Assistant Secretary thereof, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Debentures shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be the President or a Vice President, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company (and any such signature shall be binding on the Company). The seal of the Company may be

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impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Debentures. The Debentures may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Debenture shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.
     (b) A Debenture shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the Indenture Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Debenture so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
     (c) If at any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture the Trust issues Preferred Securities, then, simultaneously therewith, the Company shall deliver Debentures, in aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate liquidation amount of such Preferred Securities plus (ii) one dollar ($1.00) for every $1,000 in aggregate liquidation amount of such Preferred Securities, executed by the Company to the Indenture Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Debentures signed by its President or any Executive Vice President and its Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, and the Indenture Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Debentures.
     (d) In authenticating such Debentures and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Debentures, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 10.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
     (e) The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debentures if the issue of such Debentures pursuant to this Indenture shall affect the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Debentures and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 2.7 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
     (a) Debentures may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office of the Company at 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York 11932 or at the office of the Debenture Registrar (as defined below), for other Debentures and for a like aggregate principal amount in denominations of integral multiples of $100, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section 2.7. In respect of any Debentures so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Debenture or Debentures that the Debentureholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
     (b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or at the office of the Debenture Registrar or such other location designated by the Company a register or registers (herein referred to as the “Debenture Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Debenture Registrar may prescribe, the Company shall register the Debentures and the

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transfers of Debentures as in this Article II provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Debentures and transfer of Debentures as herein provided shall initially be the Indenture Trustee and thereafter as may be appointed by the Company as authorized by Board Resolution (the “Debenture Registrar”). Upon surrender for transfer of any Debenture at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Debenture or Debentures for a like aggregate principal amount. All Debentures presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section 2.7, shall be accompanied (if so required by the Company or the Debenture Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Debenture Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney in writing.
     (c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debentures, or issue of new Debentures in case of partial redemption, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.8, Section 3.5(b) and Section 12.4 not involving any transfer in which case the Company shall pay such tax or governmental charge, if any.
     (d) The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Debentures during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Debentures and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; nor (ii) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Debentures or portions thereof called for redemption.
     (e) Debentures may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture. Any transfer or purported transfer of any Debenture not made in accordance with this Indenture shall be null and void.
Section 2.8 Temporary Debentures.
     Pending the preparation of definitive Debentures, the Company may execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Debentures (printed, lithographed, or typewritten). Such temporary Debentures shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Debentures in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debentures, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Debenture shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Indenture Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Debentures. Without unnecessary delay the Company shall execute and shall furnish definitive Debentures and thereupon any or all temporary Debentures may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office of the Company or at the office of the Debenture Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Debentures an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Debentures, unless the Company advises the Indenture Trustee to the effect that definitive Debentures need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company.

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Until so exchanged, the temporary Debentures shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debentures authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.9 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures.
     (a) In case any temporary or definitive Debenture shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company’s request the Indenture Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debenture bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Debenture so destroyed, lost, stolen or mutilated. In every case the applicant for a substituted Debenture shall furnish to the Company and the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Indenture Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Debenture and of the ownership thereof. The Indenture Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Debenture and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of the President or any Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Debenture, 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 Indenture Trustee) connected therewith. In case any Debenture that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Debenture, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debenture) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Indenture Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debenture and of the ownership thereof.
     (b) Every replacement Debenture issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.9 shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debentures duly issued hereunder. All Debentures shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
Section 2.10 Cancellation.
     All Debentures surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange, conversion or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, shall be canceled by it, and no Debentures shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly

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required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Debentures held by the Indenture Trustee. In the absence of such request the Indenture Trustee may dispose of canceled Debentures in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. Subject to Section 11.4, if the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Debentures, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Debentures unless and until the same are delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11 Benefit of Indenture.
     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debentures, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Debentures (and, with respect to the provisions of Article XVII, the holders of Senior Indebtedness) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of the Debentures (and, with respect to the provisions of Article XVII, the holders of Senior Indebtedness).
Section 2.12 Authenticating Agent.
     (a) So long as any of the Debentures remain Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such Debentures, which Authenticating Agent the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Indenture Trustee to authenticate Debentures issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Debentures 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 Indenture Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Debentures by the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.
     (b) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Indenture Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

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ARTICLE III — REDEMPTION OF DEBENTURES
Section 3.1 Redemption.
     Subject to the Company having received prior approval of, or non-objection from, the Federal Reserve, if then required under the applicable capital guidelines, policies or regulations of the Federal Reserve, the Company may redeem the Debentures issued hereunder on and after the dates set forth in and in accordance with the terms of this Article III.
Section 3.2 Special Event Redemption.
     Subject to the Company having received the prior approval of, or non-objection from, the Federal Reserve, if then required under the applicable capital guidelines, policies or regulations of the Federal Reserve, if a Special Event has occurred and is continuing, then, notwithstanding Section 3.3(a) but subject to Section 3.3(b), the Company shall have the right upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice to the holders of the Debentures to redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part, for cash within 180 days following the occurrence of such Special Event (the 180-Day Period) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such redemption (the “Redemption Price”), provided that if at the time there is available to the Company the opportunity to eliminate, within the 180-Day Period, a Tax Event by taking some ministerial action, such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other similar reasonable measure which has no adverse effect on the Company, the Trust or the holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust (a “Ministerial Action”), the Company shall pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of redemption, and, provided further, that the Company shall have no right to redeem the Debentures pursuant to this Section 3.2 while it is pursuing any Ministerial Action pursuant to its obligations hereunder, and, provided further, that, if it is determined that the taking of a Ministerial Action would not eliminate the Tax Event within the 180 Day Period, the Company’s right to redeem the Debentures pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be restored and it shall have no further obligations to pursue the Ministerial Action. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, Eastern 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., Eastern time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid.
Section 3.3 Optional Redemption by Company.
     (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3(c), except as otherwise may be specified in this Indenture, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in part, from time to time on or after September 30, 2014, at the Redemption Price. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.3(a) shall be made upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice to the holder of the Debentures, at the Redemption Price. If the Debentures are only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.3(a), the Debentures shall be redeemed pro rata. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, Eastern time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company determines provided that the Company shall

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deposit with the Indenture Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid.
     (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3(c), the Company shall have the right to redeem Debentures at any time and from time to time in a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of any Preferred Securities purchased and beneficially owned by the Company, plus an additional principal amount of Debentures equal to the Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of that number of Common Securities that bears the same proportion to the total number of Common Securities then outstanding as the number of Preferred Securities to be redeemed bears to the total number of Preferred Securities then outstanding. Such Debentures shall be redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.3(b) only in exchange for and upon surrender by the Company to the Property Trustee of the Preferred Securities and the proportionate amount of Common Securities, whereupon the Property Trustee shall cancel the Preferred Securities and Common Securities so surrendered and a Like Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of Debentures shall be extinguished by the Indenture Trustee and shall no longer be deemed Outstanding.
     (c) If a partial redemption of the Debentures would result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust from The Nasdaq Global Select Market or any national securities exchange or other organization in, on or by which the Preferred Securities are then listed, traded or quoted, the Company shall not be permitted to effect such partial redemption and may only redeem the Debentures in whole.
Section 3.4 Notice of Redemption.
     (a) Except in the case of a redemption pursuant to Section 3.3(b), in case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Debentures in accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall, or shall cause the Indenture Trustee to upon receipt of 45 days’ written notice from the Company (which notice shall, in the event of a partial redemption, include a representation to the effect that such partial redemption will not result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities as described in Section 3.3(c) above), give notice of such redemption to holders of the Debentures to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption to such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Debenture Register. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any Debenture designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Debentures. In the case of any redemption of Debentures prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debentures or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Indenture Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction. Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the Redemption Price and shall state that payment of the applicable Redemption Price shall be made at the office of the Company or at the Corporate Trust Office, upon presentation and surrender of such Debentures, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption shall be paid as specified

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in said notice and that from and after said date interest shall cease to accrue. If less than all the Debentures are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of the Debentures shall specify the particular Debentures to be redeemed. If the Debentures are to be redeemed in part only, the notice shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Debenture, a new Debenture or Debentures in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued.
     (b) Except in the case of redemption pursuant to Section 3.3(b), if less than all the Debentures are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Indenture Trustee at least 45 days’ notice in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures to be redeemed, and thereupon the Indenture Trustee shall select, pro rata, the portion or portions (equal to $100 or any integral multiple thereof) of the Debentures to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Debentures to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect pursuant to the terms hereof, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by its Chairman, its President or any Vice President, instruct the Indenture Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Debentures for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section 3.4, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Indenture Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Indenture Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Indenture Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Debenture Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Indenture Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section 3.4.
Section 3.5 Payment Upon Redemption.
     (a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Debentures or portions of Debentures to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, and interest on such Debentures or portions of Debentures shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Redemption Price with respect to any such Debenture or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Debentures on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said Debentures shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable Redemption Price (but if the date fixed for redemption is an Interest Payment Date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 3.3).
     (b) Upon presentation of any Debenture that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Debenture is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Debenture of authorized denomination in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debenture so presented.

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Section 3.6 No Sinking Fund.
     The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
ARTICLE IV — CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES
Section 4.1 Conversion Rights.
     Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article IV, the Debentures are convertible, at the option of the Debentureholder, at any time after October 23, 2009, and on or before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of repayment of such Debentures, whether at maturity or upon redemption, into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion ratio of 32.2581 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 in aggregate principal amount of Debentures, subject to adjustment as described in this Article IV (the “Conversion Ratio”). A Debentureholder may convert any portion of the principal amount of the Debentures into that number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock obtained by (A) dividing (1) $1,000 into (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures to be converted, and (B) multiplying the resulting quotient by the Conversion Ratio; provided, that a Debentureholder may only convert Debentures in integral multiples of $1,000. In case a Debenture or portion thereof is called for redemption, such conversion right in respect of the Debenture or portion so called shall expire at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the corresponding Maturity Date, unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption.
Section 4.2 Conversion Procedures.
     (a) To convert all or a portion of the Debentures, the Debentureholder thereof shall deliver to the Conversion Agent an irrevocable Conversion Request setting forth the principal amount of Debentures to be converted, together with the name or names, if other than the Debentureholder, in which the shares of Common Stock should be issued upon conversion and, if such Debentures are in certificate form, surrender to the Conversion Agent the Debentures to be converted, duly endorsed or assigned to the Company or in blank, and shall pay any transfer or similar tax. In addition, a holder of Preferred Securities may exercise its right under the Trust Agreement to exchange such Preferred Securities for Debentures which shall be converted into Common Stock by delivering to the Conversion Agent an irrevocable Conversion Request setting forth the information called for by the preceding sentence and directing the Conversion Agent (i) to exchange such Preferred Security for a portion of the Debentures held by the Trust (at an exchange rate of $1,000 principal amount of Debentures for each Preferred Security), and (ii) to immediately convert such Debentures, on behalf of such Debentureholder, into Common Stock pursuant to this Article IV and, if such Preferred Securities are in certificate form, surrendering such Preferred Securities, duly endorsed or assigned to the Company or in blank. So long as any Preferred Securities are outstanding, the Trust shall not convert any Debentures except pursuant to a Conversion Request delivered to the Conversion Agent by a holder of Preferred Securities.

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     Interest accruing between Interest Payment Dates shall not be paid on Debentures that are converted, nor shall any payment, allowance or adjustment be made for accrued and unpaid interest, whether or not in arrears, on converted Debentures, except that if any Debenture is converted (i) on or after the regular record date and prior to the subsequent Interest Payment Date, the Debentureholder shall be required to pay to the Company the interest payable to the Debentureholder on the subsequent Interest Payment Date prior to receiving the shares of Common Stock, and shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on the subsequent Interest Payment Date, on the portion of Debentures to be converted notwithstanding the conversion thereof prior to such Interest Payment Date, and (ii) during an Extended Interest Payment Period and after notice of redemption with respect to the Debentures that are to be converted, accrued and unpaid interest through the Conversion Date of the Debentures shall be distributed to the Holder who converts such Debentures, which Distribution shall be made on the Redemption Date fixed for redemption. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall not make, or be required to make, any payment, allowance or adjustment for accumulated and unpaid interest, whether or not in arrears, on converted Debentures. Such interest shallbe paid to such converting Debentureholder unless the date of conversion of such Debentures is on or prior to the Interest Payment Date upon which such Extended Interest Payment Period ends and after the regular record date for such Interest Payment Date, in which case such interest shall be paid to the person who was the Debentureholder at the close of business on such regular record date. Except as otherwise set forth above in this paragraph, in the case of any Debenture which is converted, interest which is payable after the date of conversion of such Debenture shall not be payable, and the Company shall not make nor be required to make any other payment, adjustment or allowance with respect to accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Debentures being converted, which shall be deemed to be paid in full. If any Debenture called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or with any paying agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Debenture shall (subject to any right of the Debentureholder) be paid to the Company upon Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
     Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the day on which the Conversion Request was received (the “Conversion Date”) by the Conversion Agent from the Debentureholder or from a holder of the Preferred Securities effecting a conversion thereof pursuant to its conversion rights under the Trust Agreement, as the case may be. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as a record holder or holders of such Common Stock as of the Conversion Date. As promptly as practicable on or after the Conversion Date, the Company shall issue and deliver at the office of the Conversion Agent, unless otherwise directed by the Debentureholder in the Conversion Request, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of any fraction of any share to the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same. The Conversion Agent shall deliver such certificate or certificates to each such Person or Persons.
     (b) The Company’s delivery upon conversion of the fixed number of shares of Common Stock into which the Debentures are convertible (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) shall be deemed to satisfy the Company’s obligation to pay the principal

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amount at maturity of the portion of Debentures so converted and any unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) accrued on such Debentures at the time of such conversion.
     (c) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued as a result of conversion, but in lieu thereof, such fractional interest shall be paid in cash (based on the Conversion Price), and the Conversion Agent in turn shall make such payment to the Debentureholder or the holder of the Preferred Securities so converted.
     (d) In the event of the conversion of any Debenture in part only, a new Debenture or Debentures for the unconverted portion thereof shall be issued in the name of the Debentureholder thereof upon the cancellation thereof in accordance with Section 2.10.
     (e) Any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Debentures shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the conversion of the Debentures, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all of the Debentures then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company shall be entitled to deliver, upon conversion of Debentures, shares of Common Stock reacquired and held in the treasury of the Company (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock), so long as any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests or encumbrances.
     (f) In effecting the conversion transactions described in this Section 4.2, the Conversion Agent is acting as agent of the holders of Preferred Securities (in the exchange of Preferred Securities for Debentures) and as agent of the Debentureholders (in the conversion of Debentures into Common Stock), as the case may be, directing it to effect such conversion transactions. The Conversion Agent is hereby authorized (i) to exchange Preferred Securities for Debentures held by the Trust from time to time in connection with the conversion of such Preferred Securities in accordance with this Article IV, and (ii) to convert all or a portion of the Debentures into Common Stock and thereupon to deliver such shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Article IV and to deliver to the Trust a new Debenture or Debentures for any resulting unconverted principal amount.
Section 4.3 Conversion Ratio Adjustments.
     The Conversion Ratio shall be subject to adjustment (without duplication) from time to time as follows:
     (a) In case the Company shall, while any of the Debentures are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution with respect to its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Ratio in effect immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the holders of any Debentures thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of capital

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stock of the Company which they would have owned immediately following such action had such Debentures been converted immediately prior thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4.3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or other distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification (or immediately after the record date if a record date shall have been established for such event). If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4.3(a), the holder of any Debenture thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive shares of two or more classes or series of capital stock of the Company, the Board of Directors (whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be described in a Board Resolution filed with the Indenture Trustee) shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Conversion Ratio between or among shares of such classes or series of capital stock.
     (b) In case the Company shall, while any of the Debentures are outstanding, issue rights or warrants to all holders of its Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date mentioned in this Section 4.3(b)) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Current Market Price (as defined below) per share of Common Stock on such record date, then the Conversion Ratio for the Debentures shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the ratio determined by multiplying the Conversion Ratio in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such Current Market Price. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants. For the purposes of this Section 4.3(b), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall not issue any rights or warrants in respect of the shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company. In case any rights or warrants referred to in this Section 4.3(b) in respect of which an adjustment shall have been made shall expire unexercised within 45 days after the same shall have been distributed or issued by the Company, the Conversion Ratio shall be readjusted at the time of such expiration to the Conversion Ratio that would have been in effect if no adjustment had been made on account of the distribution or issuance of such expired rights or warrants.
     (c) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 4.3(c), in case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness, shares of any class or series of capital stock, cash or assets (including securities, but excluding any rights or warrants referred to in Section 4.3(b), any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash and any dividend or distribution referred to in Section 4.3(a)), then the Conversion Ratio shall be increased so that the same shall equal the ratio determined by multiplying the Conversion Ratio in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Conversion Ratio increase contemplated by this Section 4.3(c) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date fixed for the payment of such distribution (the “Reference Date”), and of which the denominator shall be, the

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Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Reference Date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution), on the Reference Date, of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock, cash and assets so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, such increase to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the Reference Date. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Ratio shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Ratio which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not occurred. If the Board of Directors determines the fair market value of any distribution for purposes of this Section 4.3(c) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities comprising such distribution, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 4.3(c), any dividend or distribution that includes shares of Common Stock or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock shall be deemed instead to be (1) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock, cash or assets other than such shares of Common Stock or such rights or warrants (making any Conversion Ratio increase required by this Section 4.3(c)) immediately followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock or such rights or warrants (making any further Conversion Ratio increase required by Section 4.3(a) or 4.3 (b)), except (A) the Reference Date of such dividend or distribution as defined in this Section 4.3(c) shall be substituted as (a) the record date in the case of a dividend or other distribution, and (b) the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, and (c) the date fixed for such determination within the meaning of Sections 4.3(a) and 4.3(b), and (B) any shares of Common Stock included in such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed outstanding for purposes of computing any adjustment of the Conversion Ratio in Section 4.3(a).
     (d) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on its Common Stock exclusively in cash (excluding all cash dividends paid out of the retained earnings of the Company), then the Conversion Ratio shall be increased so that the same shall equal the ratio determined by multiplying the Conversion Ratio in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Conversion Ratio increase contemplated by this Section 4.3(d) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock, and of which the denominator shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date fixed for the payment of such distribution less the amount of cash so distributed and not excluded as provided applicable to one share of Common Stock on the date fixed for the payment of such distribution, such increase to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the payment of such distribution; provided, however, that in the event the portion of the cash so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Debentureholder shall have the right to receive upon conversion the amount of cash such Debentureholder would have received had such Debentureholder converted each Debenture immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the cash. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Ratio shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Ratio which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

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     (e) In case a tender or exchange offer (other than an odd-lot offer) made by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and such tender or exchange offer shall involve the payment by the Company or such subsidiary of consideration per share of Common Stock having a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) at the last time (the “Expiration Time”) tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it shall have been amended) that exceeds 110% of the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time, then the Conversion Ratio shall be increased so that the same shall equal the ratio determined by multiplying the Conversion Ratio in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Conversion Ratio increase contemplated by this Section 4.3(e) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the sum of (x) the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to shareholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the Purchased Shares), and (y) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased Shares) at the Expiration Time and the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) at the Expiration Time multiplied by the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time, such increase to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the Expiration Time.
     (f) For the purpose of any computation under Sections 4.3(b), (c), (d) or (e), the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date in question shall be deemed to be the average of the daily Closing Prices (as defined in Section 4.7) for the five consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company commencing not more than 20 Trading Days before, and ending not later than the earlier of the day in question or, if applicable, the day before the ex date (defined below) with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation; provided, however, that if another event occurs that would require an adjustment pursuant to Sections 4.3(a) through (e), inclusive, the Board of Directors may make such adjustments to the Closing Prices during such five Trading Day period as it deems appropriate to effectuate the intent of the adjustments in this Section 4.3, in which case any such determination by the Board of Directors shall be set forth in a Board Resolution and shall be conclusive. For purposes of this Section 4.3(f), the term ex date, (i) when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or on such successor securities quotation system as the Common Stock may be listed or in the relevant market from which the Closing Prices were obtained without the right to receive such issuance or distribution, and (ii) when used with respect to any tender or exchange offer, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on such securities exchange or in such market after the Expiration Time of such offer.
     (g) The Company may make such increases in the Conversion Ratio, in addition to those required by Sections (a) through (e), as it considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock resulting from any

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dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes. The Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Ratio by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 days, the increase is irrevocable during the period, and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such increase would be in the best interest of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Conversion Ratio is increased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall mail to Debentureholders of record a notice of the increase at least fifteen days prior to the date the increased Conversion Ratio takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Ratio and the period it shall be in effect.
     (h) No adjustment in the Conversion Ratio shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Ratio; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 4.3(h) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in determining whether any subsequent adjustment shall be required. The adjusted Conversion Ratio will be rounded to four decimal places.
     (i) If any action would require adjustment of the Conversion Ratio pursuant to more than one of the provisions described above, only one adjustment shall be made and such adjustment shall be the amount of adjustment that has the highest absolute value to the Debentureholders.
Section 4.4 Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger Or Sale Of Assets.
     In the event that the Company shall be a party to any transaction, including without limitation (a) any recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock), (b) any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into any other Person, any merger of another Person into the Company (other than a merger which does not result in a reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company), (c) any sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (d) any compulsory share exchange, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into the right to receive other securities, cash or other property, then lawful provision shall be made as part of the terms of such transaction whereby the holder of each Debenture then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to convert each Debenture only into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon consummation of such transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which such Debenture could have been converted immediately prior to such transaction.
     The Company or the Person formed by such consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquired such assets or which acquires the shares of the Company, as the case may be, shall make provision in its certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document to establish such right. Such certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document shall provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitution document, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article IV. The above provisions shall similarly apply to successive transactions of the foregoing type.

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Section 4.5 Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Ratio.
     Whenever the Conversion Ratio is adjusted as herein provided:
     (a) The Company shall compute the adjusted or readjusted Conversion Ratio and shall prepare an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Ratio and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall forthwith be filed with the Indenture Trustee, the Conversion Agent and the transfer agent for the Preferred Securities and the Debentures; and
     (b) a notice stating that the Conversion Ratio has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Ratio shall as soon as practicable be mailed by the Company to all record holders of Preferred Securities and the Debentures at their last addresses as they appear upon the Securities Register of the Trust (as defined in the Trust Agreement) and the Debenture Register of the Company.
Section 4.6 Prior Notice of Certain Events.
     In case:
     (a) the Company shall (i) declare any dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock, other than (A) a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or (B) a dividend payable in cash that would not require an adjustment pursuant to Section 4.3(c) or (d), or (ii) authorize a tender or exchange offer that would require an adjustment pursuant to Section 4.3(e);
     (b) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or series or of any other rights or warrants;
     (c) of any reclassification of Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of the outstanding Common Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), or of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or other property; or
     (d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;
then the Company shall (1) if any Preferred Securities are outstanding, cause to be filed with the transfer agent for the Preferred Securities, and shall cause to be mailed to the holders of record of the Preferred Securities, at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Securities Register of the Trust (as defined in the Trust Agreement), or (2) shall cause to be mailed to all Debentureholders at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Debenture Register, at least

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fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record (if any) is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, rights or warrants or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up (but no failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice).
Section 4.7 Certain Defined Terms.
     The following definitions shall apply to terms used in this Article IV:
     (a) Closing Prices of any security on any day shall mean the last reported sale price for such security on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices on such day of such security, in either case as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or, if such security is not listed, quoted or admitted to trading in, on or by The Nasdaq Global Select Market, on the principal quotation system or securities exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading or quoted, or, if not listed or admitted to trading or quoted on any national securities exchange or quotation system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of such security in the over-the-counter market on the day in question as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or a similar generally accepted reporting service, or, if not so available in such manner, as furnished by any Nasdaq member firm selected from time to time by the Board of Directors for that purpose or, if not so available in such manner, as otherwise determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
     (b) Trading Day shall mean a day on which securities are traded on the national securities exchange or quotation system used to determine the Closing Price.
Section 4.8 Dividend Or Interest Reinvestment Plans.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Company and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any such plan, and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase such shares pursuant to any employee benefit plan or program of the Company or pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the date the Debentures were first issued, shall not be deemed to constitute an issuance of Common Stock or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible securities by the Company to which any of the adjustment provisions described above shall apply. There also shall be no adjustment of the Conversion Ratio in case of the issuance of any stock (or securities

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convertible into or exchangeable for stock) of the Company except as specifically described in this Article IV.
Section 4.9 Certain Additional Rights.
     In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, declare or make a distribution on its Common Stock referred to in Section 4.3(c) or (d) (including, without limitation, dividends or distributions referred to in the last sentence of Section 4.3(c)), then the Debentureholders, upon the conversion thereof subsequent to the close of business on the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution and prior to the effectiveness of the Conversion Ratio adjustment in respect of such distribution, also shall be entitled to receive for each share of Common Stock into which the Debentures are converted, the portion of the shares of Common Stock, rights, warrants, evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock, cash and assets so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock; provided, however, that, at the election of the Company (whose election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution) with respect to all Debentureholders so converting, the Company may, in lieu of distributing to such Debentureholder any portion of such distribution not consisting of cash or securities of the Company, pay such Debentureholder an amount in cash equal to the fair market value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution). If any conversion of Debentures described in the immediately preceding sentence occurs prior to the payment date for a distribution to holders of Common Stock which the Debentureholders so converted is entitled to receive in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, the Company may elect (such election to be evidenced by a Board Resolution) to distribute to such Debentureholder a due bill for the shares of Common Stock, rights, warrants, evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock, cash or assets to which such Debentureholder is so entitled, provided, that such due bill (i) meets any applicable requirements of the principal national securities quotation system or other market in, on or by which the Common Stock is then traded, listed or quoted, and (ii) requires payment or delivery of such shares of Common Stock, rights, warrants, evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock, cash or assets no later than the date of payment or delivery thereof to holders of shares of Common Stock receiving such distribution.
Section 4.10 Trustee Not Responsible for Determining Conversion Ratio or Adjustments.
     Neither the Indenture Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Debentureholder or Securityholder (as defined in the Trust Agreement) to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Ratio, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind of account) of any shares of Common Stock or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Debenture; and neither the Indenture Trustee nor any Conversion Agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other

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securities or property upon the surrender of any Debenture for the purpose of conversion, or, except as expressly herein provided, to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in Article VI or this Article IV.
ARTICLE V — EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
Section 5.1 Extension of Interest Payment Period.
     The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Debentures so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of such Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (the “Extended Interest Payment Period”), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable; provided, that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section 5.1, shall bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of the Extended Interest Payment Period (“Compounded Interest”). At the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall calculate (and deliver such calculation to the Indenture Trustee) and pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the Debentures, including any Additional Interest and Compounded Interest (together, “Deferred Interest”) that shall be payable to the holders of the Debentures in whose names the Debentures are registered in the Debenture Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period. Before the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such period so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, provided that such period together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarters, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period, except at the end thereof, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any portion of the interest accrued during an Extended Interest Payment Period.
Section 5.2 Notice of Extension.
     (a) If the Property Trustee is the only registered holder of the Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall give written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period two Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which Distributions (as defined in the Trust Agreement) on the Trust Securities issued by the Trust are payable; or (ii) the date the Trust is required to give notice of the record date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to The Nasdaq Global Select Market or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, but in any event at least one Business Day before such record date.

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     (b) If the Property Trustee is not the only registered holder of Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall give the holders of the Debentures and the Indenture Trustee written notice of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period at least two 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 Nasdaq Global Select Market or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the Debentures.
     (c) The quarter in which any notice is given pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 5.2 shall be counted as one of the 20 quarters permitted in the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period permitted under Section 5.1.
Section 5.3 Limitation on Transactions.
     If (i) the Company shall exercise its right to defer payment of interest as provided in Section 5.1, or (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing any Event of Default, then (a) the Company shall not 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 (other than (A) dividends or distributions in common stock of the Company, or any declaration of a non-cash dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholder 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, (B) purchases of common stock of the Company related to the rights under any of the Company’s benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees, or (C) as a result of a reclassification of its capital stock for another class of its capital stock), or allow any of its Subsidiaries to take any such action with respect to such Subsidiaries’ capital stock (other than payment of dividends or distributions to the Company; (b) the Company shall not make, or allow any of its Subsidiaries to make, any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Company which rank pari passu with or junior to the Debentures; (c) the Company shall not make, or allow any of its Subsidiaries to make, any guarantee payment with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior to the Debentures; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing the Company may make payments pursuant to its obligations under the Preferred Securities Guarantee; and (d) the Company shall not redeem, purchase or acquire less than all of the outstanding Debentures or any of the Preferred Securities.
ARTICLE VI — PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 6.1 Payment of Principal and Interest.
     The Company shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on the Debentures at the time and place and in the manner provided herein. Each such payment of the principal of and interest on the Debentures shall relate only to the Debentures, shall not be combined with any other payment of the principal of or interest on any other obligation of the Company, and shall be clearly and unmistakably identified as pertaining to the Debentures.

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Section 6.2 Maintenance of Agency.
     So long as any of the Debentures remain Outstanding, the Company shall maintain, or shall cause to be maintained, an office at 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York 11932 and at such other location or locations as may be designated as provided in this Section 6.2, where (i) Debentures may be presented for payment; (ii) Debentures may be presented as hereinabove authorized for registration of transfer, conversion or exchange; and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debentures and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice signed by its President or an Executive Vice President and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, notices and demands (other than service of process) may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, notices and demands (other than service of process). The Company hereby appoints Wilmington Trust Company as its agent for service of process in the State of Delaware. In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time to time designate one or more offices or agencies where the Debentures may be presented for registration or transfer and for exchange in the manner provided herein, and the Company may from time to time rescind such designation as the Company may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for the purposes above mentioned. The Company shall give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of any such designation or rescission thereof.
Section 6.3 Paying Agents.
     (a) The Company shall be the initial paying agent. If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for the Debentures, other than the Indenture Trustee, the Company shall cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.3:
     (i) that it shall hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Debentures (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Debentures) in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
     (ii) that it shall give the Indenture Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of such Debentures) to make any payment of the principal of or interest on the Debentures when the same shall be due and payable;
     (iii) that it shall, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(ii) above, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and

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     (iv) that it shall perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture.
     (b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Debentures, it shall on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on such Debentures, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due on Debentures until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on such Debentures) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for the Debentures, it shall, prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on any Debentures, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Indenture Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of this action or failure so to act.
     (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.3 to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 6.3 is subject to the provisions of Section 14.3 and 14.4; and (ii) 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 direct any paying agent to pay, to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same terms and conditions 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 Indenture Trustee, such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Section 6.4 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.
     The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, shall appoint, in the manner provided in Section 10.11, an Indenture Trustee, so that there shall at all times be an Indenture Trustee hereunder.
Section 6.5 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
     The Company shall not, while any of the Debentures remain outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other company unless the provisions of Article XIII hereof are complied with.
Section 6.6 Limitation on Transactions.
     If Debentures are issued to the Trust or a trustee of the Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust and (i) there shall have occurred any event that would constitute an Event of Default; (ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to any of its obligations under the Preferred Securities Guarantee relating to the Trust; or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election to defer payments of interest on such Debentures by extending the interest payment period as provided in this Indenture and such period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing, then (a) the Company shall not declare or pay any

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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 (other than (A) dividends or distributions in common stock of the Company, or any declaration of a non-cash dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholder 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, (B) purchases of common stock of the Company related to the rights under any of the Company’s benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees, or (C) as a result of a reclassification of its capital stock for another class of its capital stock), or allow any of its Subsidiaries to take any such action with respect to such Subsidiaries’ capital stock (other than payment of dividends or distributions to the Company; (b) the Company shall not make, or allow any of its Subsidiaries to make, any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Company which rank pari passu with or junior to the Debentures; (c) the Company shall not make, or allow any of its Subsidiaries to make, any guarantee payment with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior to the Debentures; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing the Company may make payments pursuant to its obligations under the Preferred Securities Guarantee; and (d) the Company shall not redeem, purchase or acquire less than all of the outstanding Debentures or any of the Preferred Securities.
Section 6.7 Covenants as to the Trust.
     For so long as such Trust Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, the Company shall (i) maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the Common Securities of the Trust; provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company’s ownership of the Common Securities; (ii) not voluntarily terminate, wind up or liquidate the Trust, except upon prior approval of, or non-objection from, the Federal Reserve if then so required under applicable capital guidelines, policies or regulations of the Federal Reserve; (iii) use its reasonable efforts to cause the Trust (a) to remain a business trust (and to avoid involuntary termination, winding up or liquidation), except in connection with a distribution of Debentures, the redemption of all of the Trust Securities of the Trust or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Trust Agreement; and (b) to otherwise continue not to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax purposes; (iv) use its reasonable efforts to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an individual beneficial interest in the Debentures; and (v) to fulfill all filing and reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, as applicable, to a company having a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act.
Section 6.8 Covenants as to Purchases.
     Except upon the exercise by the Company of its right to redeem the Debentures pursuant to Section 3.2 upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event or pursuant to Section 3.3(b), prior to September 30, 2014, the Company shall not purchase any Debentures, in whole or in part, from the Trust.

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Section 6.9 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
     The Company shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performances of this Indenture, and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VII — DEBENTUREHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Debentureholders.
     The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) on a quarterly basis on each regular record date (as described in Section 2.5) a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the holders of the Debentures as of such regular record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee by the Company (in the event the Company fails to provide such list on a quarterly basis, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the most recent list provided by the Company); and (b) at such other times as the Indenture 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, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished if the Indenture Trustee shall be the Debenture Registrar.
Section 7.2 Preservation of Information Communications with Debentureholders.
     (a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Debentures contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Debentures received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as registrar for the Debentures (if acting in such capacity).
     (b) The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
     (c) Debentureholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Debentureholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debentures.

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Section 7.3 Reports by the Company.
     (a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Indenture 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 such sections, then to file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the 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.
     (b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the 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 provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations.
     (c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, or reputable overnight delivery service that provides for evidence of receipt, to the Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Indenture Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 7.3 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
Section 7.4 [Reserved].
ARTICLE VIII — REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND DEBENTUREHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 8.1 Events of Default.
     (a) Whenever used herein with respect to the Debentures, Event of Default means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing:
          (i) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Debentures, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;

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          (ii) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal on the Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;
          (iii) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or agreements with respect to the Debentures for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Indenture Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the Company and the Indenture Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding;
          (iv) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case; (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
          (v) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its property; or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
          (vi) the Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily dissolved, wound-up its business or otherwise terminated its existence except in connection with (i) the distribution of Debentures to holders of Trust Securities in liquidation of their interests in the Trust; (ii) the redemption of all of the outstanding Trust Securities of the Trust; or (iii) certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Trust Agreement.
     (b) In each and every such case referred to in paragraph (i) through (vi) of Section 8.1(a), unless the principal of all the Debentures shall have already become due and payable, either the Indenture Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by such Debentureholders) may declare the principal of all the Debentures to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture or in the Debentures.
     (c) At any time after the principal of the Debentures shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Debentures and the principal of any and all Debentures that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Debentures to the date of such payment or

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deposit) and the amount payable to the Indenture Trustee under Section 10.7; and (ii) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of principal on Debentures that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 8.6. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
     (d) In case the Indenture Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Debentures under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee, then and in every such case the Company and the Indenture Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Indenture Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
Section 8.2 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
     (a) The Company covenants that (1) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Debentures, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days; or (2) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of any of the Debentures when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Debentures or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, the Company shall pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Debentures for principal or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law and, if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, without duplication of any other amounts paid by the Trust or trustee in respect thereof) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the Debentures; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Indenture Trustee under Section 10.7.
     (b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts set forth in Section 8.2(a) forthwith upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Debentures and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Debentures, wherever situated.
     (c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, the Trust, or the creditors or property of either, the Indenture Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the

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Indenture Trustee and of the holders of the Debentures allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under this Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Indenture Trustee under Section 10.7; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of the Debentures to make such payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Debentureholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee any amount due it under Section 10.7.
     (d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to the Debentures, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of such Debentures, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Indenture Trustee of any amounts due under Section 10.7, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Debentures. In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Debentureholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debentures or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Debentureholder in any such proceeding.
Section 8.3 Application of Moneys Collected.
     Any moneys or other assets collected by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII with respect to the Debentures shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Indenture Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys or other assets on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Debentures, and notation thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
     FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Indenture Trustee under Section 10.7;
     SECOND: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if and to the extent required by Article XVII; and
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collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Debentures for principal and interest, respectively.
Section 8.4 Limitation on Suits.
     (a) Except as set forth in this Indenture, no holder of any Debenture shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Indenture Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Debentures specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Indenture Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; (iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and (v) during such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debentures do not give the Indenture Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
     (b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of the Debentures to receive payment of the principal of and interest on the Debentures, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Debenture (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder. By accepting a Debenture hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Debenture with every other such taker and holder and the Indenture Trustee, that no one or more holders of Debentures shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Debentures, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Debentures. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 8.4, each and every Debentureholder and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 8.5 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
     (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.9(b), all powers and remedies given by this Article VIII to the Indenture Trustee or to the Debentureholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Indenture Trustee or the holders of the Debentures, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Debentures.

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     (b) No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or of any holder of any of the Debentures to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or on acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 8.4, every power and remedy given by this Article VIII or by law to the Indenture Trustee or the Debentureholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Debentureholders.
Section 8.6 Control by Debentureholders.
     The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 11.4, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.1, the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Indenture Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Indenture Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Indenture Trustee in personal liability. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 11.4, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Debentures, waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein and its consequences, except (i) a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any of the Debentures as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Debentures otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee (in accordance with Section 8.1(c)); (ii) a default in the covenants contained in Section 6.7; or (iii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debenture affected; provided, however, that if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation preference of Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver or modification to such waiver; provided further, that if the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debenture is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver. Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Indenture Trustee and the holders of the Debentures 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.
Section 8.7 Undertaking to Pay Costs.
     All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debentures by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may

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in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 8.7 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Debentureholder or group of Debentureholders holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures, or to any suit instituted by any Debentureholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on the Debentures, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Debenture or established pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 8.8 Direct Action; Right of Set-Off
     In the event that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest on or principal of the Debentures on an Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as applicable, then a holder of Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or interest on such Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such holders (a “Direct Action”). In connection with such Direct Action, the Company will have a right of set-off under this Indenture to the extent of any payment actually made by the Company to such holder of the Preferred Securities with respect to such Direct Action.
ARTICLE IX — FORM OF DEBENTURE AND ORIGINAL ISSUE
Section 9.1 Form of Debenture.
     The Debenture and the Indenture Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms contained as Exhibit A to this Indenture, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 9.2 Original and Ongoing Issue of Debentures.
     Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of up to $15,001,500 may, upon execution of this Indenture and subject to Section 2.6(c), be executed by the Company and delivered to the Indenture Trustee for authentication. The Indenture Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Debentures to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by its President, or any Vice President and its Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, without any further action by the Company.
     If at any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Trust issues any additional Preferred Securities, then simultaneously with any such issuance, the Company will deliver additional Debentures executed by the Company to the Indenture Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Debentures signed by its President or any Executive Vice President and its Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer in an amount principal amount equal to (i) the aggregate liquidation value of the Preferred Securities then issued, plus (ii) one dollar ($1.00) for every $1,000 in aggregate liquidation value of Preferred Securities then issued,

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and the Indenture Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Debentures; provided that the aggregate principal amount of any and all such Debentures delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall not exceed $15,001,500.
ARTICLE X — CONCERNING THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section 10.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Indenture Trustee.
     (a) The Indenture Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Debentures such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be inferred or implied in this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred that has not been cured or waived, the Indenture 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 its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
     (b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Indenture Trustee from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
          (i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
               (1) the duties and obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall with respect to the Debentures be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Debentures except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be inferred or implied in this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and
               (2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee may with respect to the Debentures 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 Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein. This Section 10.1(b)(i)(2) shall be in lieu of Section 315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 315(a) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act;
          (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Indenture Trustee, unless it

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shall be proved that the Indenture Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
          (iii) the Indenture 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 principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Debentures; and
          (iv) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Indenture 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 believes that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or that adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 10.2 Notice of Defaults.
     Subject to Section 10.3(c), within 90 days after actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Debentures, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all holders of the Debentures, as their names and addresses appear in the Debenture Register, notice of such default, unless such default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided, however, that, except in the case default in the payment of the principal or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Debenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of the directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Indenture Trustee determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of such Debentures; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 8.1(a)(iii), no such notice to holders of Debentures need be sent until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purposes of this Section 10.2, the term default means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both, would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures.
Section 10.3 Certain Rights of Trustee.
     Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.1:
     (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
     (b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by its President or any Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or

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the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein);
     (c) The Trustee shall be deemed not to have notice or knowledge of a default or an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(a)(i) or (ii), unless and until it receives written notification of such default or Event of Default from the Company or from holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding and such notice references the Debentures and this Indenture;
     (d) At the Company’s expense, the Trustee may consult with counsel selected by it 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 or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
     (e) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Debentureholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Debentureholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured or waived) to exercise with respect to the Debentures such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs;
     (f) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
     (g) The Indenture 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, approval, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures (determined as provided in Section 11.4), but the Indenture Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Indenture 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 at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination

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shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Indenture Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; and
     (h) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed in good faith; and
     (i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Indenture Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Indenture Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder; and
     (j) The Indenture Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 10.4 Indenture Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Etc.
     (a) The Recitals contained herein and in the Debentures shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Indenture Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
     (b) The Indenture Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debentures.
     (c) The Indenture Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Debentures or of the proceeds of such Debentures, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the Indenture Trustee.
     (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in the private placement memorandum of the Trust and the Company, dated October 15, 2009, as amended from time to time, with respect to the Debentures and the Trust Securities, or the determination as to which beneficial owners are entitled to receive any notices hereunder.
Section 10.5 May Hold Debentures.
     The Indenture Trustee or any paying agent or registrar for the Debentures, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debentures or Trust Securities and may deal with the Company or its Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee, paying agent or Debenture Registrar. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 10.9 and 10.10 hereof.

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Section 10.6 Moneys Held in Trust.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 14.5, all moneys received by the Indenture Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Indenture Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree in writing with the Company to pay thereon.
Section 10.7 Compensation and Reimbursement.
     (a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), as the Company and the Indenture Trustee may from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Indenture Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder), and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company shall pay or reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses, advances and disbursements of its agents or counsel and of all other Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be caused by its gross negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Indenture Trustee and any predecessor Indenture Trustee (and their officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold them harmless against, any damage, loss, liability, penalty, cost, claim or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever, including attorney’s fees and expenses, and taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Indenture Trustee or such indemnified party)) incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
     (b) The obligations of the Company under this Section 10.7 to compensate and indemnify the Indenture Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Debentures upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust to pay the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest on particular Debentures.
     (c) The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section 10.7 shall survive the discharge of this indenture and the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a default specified in Section 8.1(a)(iv)

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or (v), the expenses including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel, are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 10.8 Reliance on Officers’ Certificate.
     Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.1, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Indenture Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Indenture Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 10.9 Disqualification: Conflicting Interests.
     If the Indenture Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Indenture Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 10.10 Corporate Indenture Trustee Required; Eligibility.
     There shall at all times be an Indenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 10.10, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Indenture Trustee. In case at any time the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.10, the Indenture Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.11. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Indenture Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of Trust Indenture Act Section 31 0(b).
Section 10.11 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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first class postage prepaid, to the Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Debentures by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Indenture Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning Indenture Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Debentures, or the holders of a majority of the outstanding Debentures may, subject to the provisions of Sections 10.9 and 10.10, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, petition any such court at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
     (b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
          (i) the Indenture Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 10.9 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Debentureholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debenture or Debentures for at least six months; or
          (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.10 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Debentureholder; or
          (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Indenture Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Indenture Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Indenture Trustee with respect to all Debentures and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Sections 10.9 and 10.10, unless the Indenture Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided herein, any Debentureholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debenture or Debentures for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Indenture Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
     (c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the Company.

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     (d) Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Debentures pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 10.11 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 10.12.
     (e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 10.11 may be appointed with respect to the Debentures, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Debentures.
Section 10.12 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
     (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Debentures, every successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Indenture Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such retiring Indenture Trustee hereunder subject to the lien provided for in Section 10.7.
     (b) Upon request of any 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) of this Section 10.12.
     (c) 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 X.
     (d) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 10.12, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.

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Section 10.13 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
     Any corporation into which the Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business or assets of the Indenture Trustee, shall be the successor of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified and eligible under the provisions of Section 10.10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Debentures shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Indenture Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Indenture Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debentures so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Indenture Trustee had itself authenticated such Debentures.
Section 10.14 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
     The Indenture Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE XI — CONCERNING THE DEBENTUREHOLDERS
Section 11.1 Evidence of Action by Holders.
     (a) Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Debentures in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.
     (b) If the Company shall solicit from the Debentureholders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Debentureholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Debentureholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Debentureholders for the purposes of determining whether Debentureholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Debentures have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Debentures shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or

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consent by such Debentureholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
Section 11.2 Proof of Execution by Debentureholders.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 10.3, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Debentureholder (such proof shall not require notarization) or such Debentureholder’s agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Debentures shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:
     (a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the Indenture Trustee.
     (b) The ownership of Debentures shall be proved by the Debenture Register of such Debentures or by a certificate of the Debenture Registrar thereof.
     (c) The Indenture Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 11.2 as it shall deem necessary.
Section 11.3 Who May Be Deemed Owners.
     Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture, the Company, the Indenture Trustee, any paying agent, any Authenticating Agent and any Debenture Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Debenture shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Debenture (whether or not such Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Debenture Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and interest on such Debenture (subject to Section 2.3) and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Indenture Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Debenture Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 11.4 Certain Debentures Owned by Company Disregarded.
     In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Debentures have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, the Debentures that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Debentures shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except (i) that for the purpose of determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Debentures that the Indenture Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded; and (ii) for purposes of this Section 11.4, the Trust shall be deemed not to be controlled by the Company. The Debentures so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section 11.4, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Debentures and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any

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such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Indenture Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 11.5 Actions Binding on Future Debentureholders.
     At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Indenture Trustee, as provided in Section 11.1, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Debenture that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debentures the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Indenture Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 11.2, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debenture. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Debenture shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Debenture, and of any Debenture issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debenture. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Indenture Trustee and the holders of all the Debentures.
ARTICLE XII — SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 12.1 Supplemental Indentures without the Consent of Debentureholders.
     In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company and the Indenture Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of the Debentureholders, for one or more of the following purposes:
     (a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect, or inconsistency herein, or in the Debentures provided that such modification or amendment does not, in the good faith opinion of the Company’s Board of Directors, adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debentures or the interests of the holders of the Preferred Securities in any material respect;
     (b) to comply with Article XIII;
     (c) to provide for uncertificated Debentures in addition to or in place of certificated Debentures;
     (d) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or any of the Debentures or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
     (e) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication, and delivery of Debentures, only as herein set forth;

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     (f) to make any change that, in the good faith opinion of the Company’s Board of Directors and the Indenture Trustee, does not adversely affect the rights of any Debentureholder or holder of any Preferred Security in any material respect;
     (g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Debentures, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or of the Debentures, or to add to the rights of the holders of the Debentures;
     (h) to qualify or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
     (i) to evidence a consolidation or merger involving the Company as permitted under Section 13.1.
     The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Indenture Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 12.1 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Debentures at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 12.2.
Section 12.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Debentureholders.
     With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 11.1) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Indenture Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 12.1 the rights of the holders of the Debentures under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall without the consent of the holders of each Debenture then Outstanding and affected thereby, (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Debentures, reduce the principal amount thereof, reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or modify the provisions in Article IV with respect to the conversion of Outstanding Debentures in a manner adverse to the holders thereof, or without the consent of the holder of each Debenture so affected; or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture; provided further, that if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, such supplemental indenture shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation preference of Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such supplemental indenture; provided further, that if the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debenture is required, such supplemental indenture shall not be effective until

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each holder of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such supplemental indenture. It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Debentureholders affected thereby under this Section 12.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 12.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Company and the holders of Debentures shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 12.4 Debentures Affected by Supplemental Indentures.
     Debentures affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange or automated quotation system in, on or by which the Debentures may be traded, listed or quoted, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debentures so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Debentures then Outstanding.
Section 12.5 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
     (a) Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Indenture Trustee of evidence of the consent of Debentureholders (or holder of Trust Securities) required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Indenture Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Indenture Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 10.1 and 10.3, may receive an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and at the Company’s expense, as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article XII is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article XII and that it is proper for the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Article XII to join in the execution thereof.
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shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Debentureholders as their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture Register. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE XIII — SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 13.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc.
     Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debentures shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Company, as the case may be), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company, as the case may be, or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company, as the case may be, or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company, as the case may be, or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, (i) upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual payment, in the case of the Company, of the principal of and interest on all of the Debentures, according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company as the case may be, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect) satisfactory in form to the Indenture Trustee executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company, as the case may be, shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property, and the ultimate parent entity of such successor entity expressly assumes the obligations of the Company under the related Preferred Securities Guarantee, to the extent the Preferred Securities are then Outstanding; (ii) the successor Person is organized under the laws of the United States or any state or the District of Columbia, and (iii) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
Section 13.2 Successor Corporation Substituted.
     (a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Indenture Trustee, of, in the case of the Company, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Debentures Outstanding and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, as the case may be, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Debentures.

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     (b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Debentures thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
     (c) Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debentures shall prevent the Company from merging into itself or acquiring by purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company).
Section 13.3 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Indenture Trustee.
     The Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 10.1 and 10.3, may receive an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and at the Company’s expense, as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption, complies with the provisions of this Article XIII.
ARTICLE XIV — SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 14.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
     If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation all Debentures theretofore authenticated (other than any Debentures that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) and all Debentures for whose payment money or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company (and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 14.5); or (b) all such Debentures not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Indenture Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations sufficient or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Indenture Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Debentures not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.3, 2.7, 2.9, 6.1, 6.2, 5.3, 10.7 and 10.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 10.7 and 14.5, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture.

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Section 14.2 Discharge of Obligations.
     If at any time all Debentures not heretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 14.1 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Indenture Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm (selected by, and at the expense of, the Company), to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Debentures not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then after the date such moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Indenture Trustee, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.3, 2.7, 2.9, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 10.6, 10.7 and 14.5 hereof that shall survive until such Debentures shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 10.7 and 14.5 shall survive.
Section 14.3 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.
     All monies or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Sections 14.1 or 14.2 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the Debentures for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee.
Section 14.4 Payment of Monies Held by Paying Agents.
     In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Indenture Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.
Section 14.5 Repayment to Company.
     Any monies or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company in trust, for payment of principal of or interest on the Debentures that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Debentures for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of or interest on such Debentures shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company, as the case may be, on December 31 of each year or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Debentures entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof.

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ARTICLE XV — IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 15.1 No Recourse.
     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of the Debentures, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debentures or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debentures or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released by each Debentureholder as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Debentures.
ARTICLE XVI — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 16.1 Effect on Successors and Assigns.
     All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 16.2 Actions by Successor.
     Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.
Section 16.3 Surrender of Company Powers.
     The Company by instrument in writing executed by appropriate authority of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Indenture Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the

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Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company, as the case may be, and as to any successor corporation.
Section 16.4 Notices.
     Except as otherwise expressly provided herein any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Indenture Trustee or by the holders of Debentures to or on the Company may be given or served by being deposited first class postage prepaid in a post- office letterbox addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Indenture Trustee), as follows: Bridge Bancorp, Inc. 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York 11932, Attention: Chief Executive Officer. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Debentureholder to or upon the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee.
Section 16.5 Governing Law.
     THIS INDENTURE AND EACH DEBENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.
Section 16.6 Treatment of Debentures as Debt.
     It is intended that the Debentures shall be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.
Section 16.7 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
     (a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
     (b) Each certificate or opinion of the Company provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Indenture Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as, in the opinion of such Person, is necessary to enable him to

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express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that each such certificate shall comply with the provisions of Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 16.8 Payments on Business Days.
     In any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Debenture or the date of redemption of any Debenture shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal may be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day (and without any reduction of interest or any other payment in respect of any such delay), in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was originally payable date.
Section 16.9 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
     If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture 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 16.10 Counterparts.
     This Indenture may be executed, by facsimile or otherwise, in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 16.11 Separability.
     In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Debentures shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of the Debentures, but this Indenture and the Debentures shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
Section 16.12 Assignment.
     The Company shall have the right at all times to assign any of its respective rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company shall remain liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties thereto and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to Section 10.13 and Article XIII, this Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto.

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Section 16.13 Acknowledgment of Rights.
     The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any Debentures held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, if the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the holder of the Debentures held as the assets of the Trust, any holder of Preferred Securities may institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such Property Trustee’s rights under this Indenture without first instituting any legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest or principal on the Debentures 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 Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures.
ARTICLE XVII — SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
Section 17.1 Agreement to Subordinate.
     The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of Debentures issued hereunder by such holder’s acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Debentures shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article XVII; and each holder of a Debenture, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions. The payment by the Company of the principal of and interest on all Debentures 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 Debt, Subordinated Debt and Additional Senior Obligations (collectively, “Senior Indebtedness”) to the extent provided herein, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred. No provision of this Article XVII shall prevent the occurrence of any default or Event of Default hereunder.
Section 17.2 Default on Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt or Additional Senior Obligations.
     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, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal (including redemption payments) of or interest on the Debentures. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Indenture Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding sentence of this Section 17.2, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness 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, but only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Indenture Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior

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Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Indenture Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Section 17.3 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
     (a) Upon any payment by the Company or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all 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 or interest on the Debentures; 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, which the holders of the Debentures or the Indenture Trustee would be entitled to receive from the Company (not including amounts payable to the Trustee under Article X), except for the provisions of this Article XVII, 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 Debentures or by the Indenture 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 Debentures or to the Indenture Trustee.
     (b) 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 Indenture Trustee 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 instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, and their respective interests may appear, 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.
     (c) For purposes of this Article XVII, 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 XVII with respect to the Debentures to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case

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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 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 XIII shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 17.3 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article XIII. Nothing in this Article XVII shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Indenture Trustee under or pursuant to Article X.
Section 17.4 Subrogation.
     (a) Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the rights of the holders of the Debentures shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior 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 interest on the Debentures 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 Debentures or the Indenture Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XVII, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article XVII to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by holders of the Debentures or the Indenture Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the Debentures, 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 XVII are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Debentures, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness on the other hand.
     (b) Nothing contained in this Article XVII or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Debentures 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 Debentures, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Debentures the principal of and interest on the Debentures 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 Debentures 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 Indenture Trustee or the holder of any Debenture from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XVII 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.

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     (c) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XVII, the Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article X, and the holders of the Debentures 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 Indenture Trustee or to the holders of the Debentures, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, 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 XVII.
Section 17.5 Indenture Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
     Each holder of Debentures by such holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Indenture Trustee on such holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article XVII and appoints the Indenture Trustee such holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 17.6 Notice by the Company.
     (a) The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Indenture Trustee in respect of the Debentures pursuant to the provisions of this Article XVII. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XVII or any other provision of this Indenture, the Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee in respect of the Debentures pursuant to the provisions of this Article XVII, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 10.1, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 17.6 at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or interest on any Debenture), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Indenture Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.
     (b) The Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 10.1 and 10.3, 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 (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 Indenture 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

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this Article XVII, 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 XVII, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Indenture Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 17.7 Rights of the Indenture Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
     (a) The Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XVII 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 Indenture Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. The Indenture Trustee’s right to compensation, reimbursement of expenses and indemnity as set forth in Article X shall not be subject to the subordination provisions of this Article XVII.
     (b) With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XVII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section 10.1, the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to holders of Debentures, 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 XVII or otherwise.
Section 17.8 Subordination May Not Be Impaired.
     (a) 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 or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
     (b) 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 Indenture Trustee or the holders of the Debentures, without incurring responsibility to the holders of the Debentures and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article XVII or the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Debentures 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

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liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
         
  BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Kevin M. O’Connor    
    Name:   Kevin M. O’Connor   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Indenture Trustee

 
 
  By:   /s/ Joshua C. Jones    
    Name:   Joshua C. Jones   
    Title:   Financial Services Officer   
 

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EXHIBIT A
(FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE)
BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
8.50% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE
DUE DECEMBER 31, 2039
     
NO. D     -1   $                    
     Bridge Bancorp, Inc., a New York corporation (the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to, Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee for Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                                                            ] Dollars ($                    ) on December 31, 2039, (the Stated Maturity), and to pay interest on said principal sum from October 23, 2009, or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year commencing December 31, 2009, at the rate of 8.50% per annum until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum 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. The amount of interest for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Debenture is not a business day, then payment of interest payable on such date shall 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, payment of such interest will 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 shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures, 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 unless otherwise provided in the Indenture. 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 Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Indenture Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, with notice thereof to be

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given to the registered holders of the Debentures 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 or quotation system in, on or by which the Debentures may be listed, traded or quoted, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on this Debenture shall be payable at the office or agency of the Indenture Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Debenture Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of this Debenture is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest on this Debenture shall be made at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Indenture Trustee.
     The Stated Maturity may be shortened at any time by the Company to any date not earlier than September 30, 2014, subject to the Company having received prior approval of, or non-objection from, the Federal Reserve, if then required under applicable capital guidelines, policies or regulations of the Federal Reserve.
     The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture 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, and this Debenture is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each holder of this Debenture, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions; (b) authorizes and directs the Indenture 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 Indenture 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, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
     This Debenture 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 Indenture Trustee.
     The provisions of this Debenture 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.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed.
     Dated October      , 2009
         
  BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Kevin M. O’ Connor    
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
         
Attest:
 
 
By:      
  Name:      
  Title:      

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[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
     This is one of the Debentures described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
     Dated: October      , 2009
         
     
     
  as Trustee or Authentication Agent   
     
 
             
By 
 
        By 
 
 
 
Authorized Signatory
       

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE]
8.50% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE DUE 2039
(CONTINUED)
     This Debenture is one of the subordinated debentures of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the “Debentures”), all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October ___, 2009, (the “Indenture”) duly executed and delivered between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Indenture Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Debentures. The Debentures are limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in the Indenture. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture. To the extent there is any conflict between the provisions of this Debenture and the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.
     Because of the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event (as defined in the Indenture), in certain circumstances, this Debenture may become due and payable at the principal amount together with any interest accrued thereon (the “Redemption Price”). The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company determines. The Company shall have the right as set forth in the Indenture to redeem this Debenture at the option of the Company, as set forth in the Indenture, in whole or in part (i) at any time on or after September 30, 2014, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount so redeemed plus any accrued but unpaid interest hereon to the date of redemption (“Optional Redemption”); or (ii) at any time in certain circumstances upon the occurrence of a Special Event, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount hereof plus any accrued but unpaid interest hereon, to the date of such redemption. Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph shall be made upon not less than 30 days, nor more than 60 days, notice, at the Redemption Price. The Redemption Price shall be paid at the time and in the manner provided therefor in the Indenture. If the Debentures are only partially redeemed by the Company pursuant to an Early Redemption or an Optional Redemption, the Debentures shall be redeemed pro rata.
     In the event of redemption of this Debenture in part only, a new Debenture or Debentures for the unredeemed portion hereof shall 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 Debentures 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 Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures 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

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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 Debentures; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of the Debentures except as provided in the Indenture, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, without the consent of the holder of each Debenture so affected; or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of each Debenture then Outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding, on behalf of all of the holders of the Debentures, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Debentures. Any such consent or waiver by the registered holder of this Debenture (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Debenture and of any Debenture 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 Debenture.
     Any Debentureholder has the right, exercisable at any time after issuance, and on or before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of repayment of the Debentures, whether at maturity or upon redemption (either at the option of the Company or pursuant to a Special Event), to convert the principal amount thereof (or any portion thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock of the Company at an initial conversion ratio of 32.2581 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 in aggregate principal amount of Debentures, subject to adjustment under certain circumstances (the “Conversion Ratio”). The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a principal amount of Debentures shall be determined by (A) dividing (1) $1,000 into (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures to be converted, and (B) multiplying the resulting quotient by the Conversion Ratio. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion and, in lieu thereof, a cash payment shall be made for any fractional interest, based upon Conversion Price. The outstanding principal amount of any Debenture shall be reduced by the portion of the principal amount thereof converted into shares of Common Stock.
     To convert a Debenture, a Debentureholder must (i) complete and sign a Conversion Request substantially in the form attached hereto, (ii) surrender the Debenture to the Conversion Agent, (iii) furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents if required by the Debenture Registrar or Conversion Agent, and (iv) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required. If a Conversion Request is delivered on or after the regular record date and prior to the subsequent Interest Payment Date, the Debentureholder shall be required to pay to the Company the interest payment to be made on the subsequent Interest Payment Date, and shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on the subsequent Interest Payment Date, on the portion of Debentures to be converted notwithstanding the conversion thereof prior to such Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, during an Extended Interest Payment Period, a notice of redemption is mailed pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Indenture and a Debenture is converted after such mailing but prior to the relevant redemption date, all accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Payments, if any) through the date of conversion shall be paid to the Debentureholder

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of such Debenture on the redemption date. Except as otherwise provided in the immediately preceding two sentences, in the case of any Debenture which is converted, interest with a Stated Maturity which is after the date of conversion of such Debenture shall not be payable, and the Company shall not make or be required to make any other payment, adjustment or allowance with respect to accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Payments, if any) on the Debentures being converted, which shall be deemed to be paid in full. If any Debenture called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Indenture Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Debenture shall be paid to the Company upon Company request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal and interest on this Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.
     Provided certain conditions are met, the Company shall have the right at any time during the term of the Debentures and from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such Debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarters (each, 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 Debentures to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law). Before the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, 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, extend beyond the Stated Maturity or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. 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 and subject to the foregoing conditions, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period.
     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Debenture Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Debenture for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Indenture Trustee accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the registered holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debentures of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.
     Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Debenture, the Company, the Indenture Trustee, any paying agent and the Debenture Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other

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than the Debenture Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Indenture Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Debenture 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 Debenture, 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 Debentures are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $100 and any integral multiple thereof.

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FORM OF CONVERSION REQUEST
To: Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
     The undersigned owner of these Debentures hereby irrevocably elects to convert these Debentures, or the portion below designated, into Common Stock of the Company (the Common Stock) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of October ___, 2009, between Bridge Bancorp, Inc., and Wilmington Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee.
     The undersigned owner of these Debentures hereby directs the Conversion Agent to convert such Debentures on behalf of the undersigned, into Common Stock (at the Conversion Ratio specified in the Indenture). The undersigned owner of these Debentures also hereby notifies the Conversion Agent that the shares issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares, should be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned, unless a different name has been indicated in the assignment below. (If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.)
     Date: ____________________
     Principal Amount of Debentures to be converted ($1,000 or integral multiples thereof): $                    
     If a name or names other than the undersigned, please indicate in the spaces below the name or names in which the shares of Common Stock are to be issued, along with the address or addresses of such person or persons:
     (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Debenture)
     (for conversion only)
     Please print or type name and address, including zip code, and social security or other identifying number:
     Signature Guarantee:*
 
*   Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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EX-4.3 3 g20924exv4w3.htm EX-4.3 exv4w3
EXHIBIT 4.3
BRIDGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II
AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
BRIDGE BANCORP, INC., AS DEPOSITOR,
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE,
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE,
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 23, 2009

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
ARTICLE I.
  DEFINED TERMS     1  
Section 1.01
  Definitions     1  
 
           
ARTICLE II.
  ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST     10  
Section 2.01
  Name     10  
Section 2.02
  Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business     10  
Section 2.03
  Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses     10  
Section 2.04
  Issuance of the Preferred Securities     10  
Section 2.05
  Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Debentures     11  
Section 2.06
  Declaration of Trust     11  
Section 2.07
  Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions     11  
Section 2.08
  Assets of Trust     14  
Section 2.09
  Title to Trust Property     15  
 
           
ARTICLE III.
  PAYMENT ACCOUNT     15  
Section 3.01
  Payment Account     15  
 
           
ARTICLE IV.
  DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION; CONVERSION     15  
Section 4.01
  Distributions     15  
Section 4.02
  Redemption     16  
Section 4.03
  Conversion.     18  
Section 4.04
  Subordination of Common Securities     20  
Section 4.05
  Payment Procedures     21  
Section 4.06
  Tax Returns and Reports     21  
Section 4.07
  Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust     21  
Section 4.08
  Payments Under Indenture     21  
 
           
ARTICLE V.
  TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES     22  
Section 5.01
  Initial Ownership     22  
Section 5.02
  The Trust Securities Certificates     22  
Section 5.03
  Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates     22  
Section 5.04
  [Reserved]     23  
Section 5.05
  Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates     23  
Section 5.06
  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates     24  
Section 5.07
  Persons Deemed Securityholders     24  
Section 5.08
  Access to List of Securityholders’ Names and Addresses     24  
Section 5.09
  Maintenance of Office or Agency     25  
Section 5.10
  Appointment of Paying Agent     25  
Section 5.11
  Appointment of Conversion Agent     26  
Section 5.12
  Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor     26  
Section 5.13
  Trust Securities Certificates     26  
Section 5.14
  Notices to Clearing Agency     26  
Section 5.15
  Rights of Securityholders     27  

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ARTICLE VI.
  ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING     27  
Section 6.01
  Limitations on Voting Rights     27  
Section 6.02
  Notice of Meetings     28  
Section 6.03
  Meetings of Preferred Securityholders     28  
Section 6.04
  Voting Rights     29  
Section 6.05
  Proxies, Etc.     29  
Section 6.06
  Securityholder Action by Written Consent     29  
Section 6.07
  Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes     30  
Section 6.08
  Acts of Securityholders     30  
Section 6.09
  Inspection of Records     31  
 
           
ARTICLE VII.
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES     31  
Section 7.01
  Representations and Warranties of the Bank and the Property Trustee     31  
Section 7.02
  Representations and Warranties of the Delaware Bank and the Delaware Trustee     32  
Section 7.03
  Representations and Warranties of Depositor     32  
 
           
ARTICLE VIII.
  TRUSTEES     33  
Section 8.01
  Certain Duties and Responsibilities     33  
Section 8.02
  Certain Notices     35  
Section 8.03
  Certain Rights of Property Trustee     35  
Section 8.04
  Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities     37  
Section 8.05
  May Hold Securities     37  
Section 8.06
  Compensation; Indemnity; Fees     37  
Section 8.07
  Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees     38  
Section 8.08
  Conflicting Interests     38  
Section 8.09
  Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee     39  
Section 8.10
  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor     40  
Section 8.11
  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor     41  
Section 8.12
  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business     42  
Section 8.13
  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust     42  
Section 8.14
  Reports by Property Trustee     42  
Section 8.15
  [Reserved]     42  
Section 8.16
  Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent     42  
Section 8.17
  Number of Trustees     43  
Section 8.18
  Delegation of Power     43  
Section 8.19
  Voting     43  
 
           
ARTICLE IX.
  TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER     44  
Section 9.01
  Termination Upon Expiration Date     44  
Section 9.02
  Early Termination     44  
Section 9.03
  Termination     44  
Section 9.04
  Liquidation     45  
Section 9.05
  Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust     46  
 
           
ARTICLE X.
  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS     47  
Section 10.01
  Limitation of Rights of Securityholders     47  

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Section 10.02
  Amendment     47  
Section 10.03
  Separability     49  
Section 10.04
  Governing Law     49  
Section 10.05
  Payments Due on Non-Business Day     49  
Section 10.06
  Successors     49  
Section 10.07
  Headings     49  
Section 10.08
  Reports, Notices and Demands     49  
Section 10.09
  Agreement Not to Petition     50  
Section 10.10
  [Reserved]     51  
Section 10.11
  Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and Indenture     51  
EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit A
  Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B
  Form of Common Securities Certificate
Exhibit C
  Form of Expense Agreement
Exhibit D
  Form of Preferred Securities Certificate
Exhibit E
  Form of Preferred Securities Certificate Authentication

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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
     AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of October 23, 2009, among (i) BRIDGE BANCORP, INC., a New York corporation (including any successors or assigns, the “Depositor”), (ii) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as property trustee (the “Property Trustee” and, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the “Bank”), (iii) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Delaware trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”, and, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Delaware Trustee, the “Delaware Bank”), (iv) Kevin M. O’Connor, an individual, Howard H. Nolan, an individual and William Araneo, an individual, each of whose address is c/o Bridge Bancorp, Inc., 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York 11932 (each an “Administrative Trustee” and collectively the “Administrative Trustees”) (the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees referred to collectively as the “Trustees”), and (v) the several Holders (as hereinafter defined).
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee, and Kevin M. O’Connor, Howard H. Nolan and William Araneo, each as an Administrative Trustee, have heretofore duly declared and established a statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act by the entering into of that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of October 14, 2009 (the “Original Trust Agreement”), and by the execution and filing by the Delaware Trustee, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, filed on October 14, 2009, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto; and
     WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees desire to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities (as defined herein) by the Trust (as defined herein) to the Depositor; (ii) the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) by the Trust; (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures (as defined herein); and (iv) the appointment of the Trustees;
     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of the Securityholders (as defined herein), hereby amends and restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.01 Definitions.
     For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

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     (a) the terms defined in this Article I have the meanings assigned to them in this Article I and include the plural as well as the singular;
     (b) 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;
     (c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or a Section refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement; and
     (d) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
     “Act” has the meaning specified in Section 6.08.
     “Additional Amount” means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest accrued on interest in arrears and paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of Debentures for such period.
     “Additional Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.
     “Administrative Trustee” means any and each of Kevin M. O’Connor, Howard H. Nolan and William Araneo, solely in his capacity as Administrative Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in his individual capacity, or such Administrative Trustee’s successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
     “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests of the specified Person; (b) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by the specified Person; (c) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the specified Person; (d) a partnership in which the specified Person is a general partner; (e) any officer or director of the specified Person; and (f) if the specified Person is an individual, any entity of which the specified Person is an officer, director or general partner.
     “Authenticating Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to the Preferred Securities appointed by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 5.03.
     “Bank” has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this Trust Agreement.
     “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person:
     (a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation or reorganization of or in respect of such Person under the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any other similar applicable federal or state law, and the continuance of any such decree or order unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the commencement of an involuntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as

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amended, in respect of such Person, which shall continue undismissed for a period of 90 days or entry of an order for relief in such case; or the entry of a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment on the ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of such Person or of its property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall have remained in force unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or
     (b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or the consent by such Person to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or the filing by such Person of a petition or answer or consent seeking liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or other similar applicable federal or state law, or the consent by such Person to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment on the ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a receiver or custodian or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of such Person or of its property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
     “Bankruptcy Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.
     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly adopted by the Depositor’s Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or of officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been lawfully delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.
     “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday, a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York and Wilmington, Delaware are authorized or required by law, executive order or regulation to remain closed, or, if different, a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Delaware Trustee or Property Trustee is closed for business.
     “Certificate of Trust” means the certificate of trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Trust, as amended or restated from time to time.
     “Change in 1940 Act Law” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Investment Company Event.
     “Closing Date” means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement.
     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     “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 Security” means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1.00 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to convert to shares of Common Stock and the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.

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     “Common Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.
     “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
     “Company” means Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
     “Conversion Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(d).
     “Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(b).
     “Conversion Ratio” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(a).
     “Conversion Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(b).
     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office at which, at any particular time, the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof, in the case of the Property Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Delaware Trustee is located at: 11100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention Corporate Trust Administration.
     “Debenture Event of Default” means an Event of Default as defined in Section 8.1 of the Indenture.
     “Debenture Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Debentures to be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption under the Indenture.
     “Debenture Tax Event” means a Tax Event as specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.
     “Debentures” means the $15,001,500 aggregate principal amount of the Depositor’s 8.50% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2039, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
     “Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates” means Preferred Securities Certificates issued in certified, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.13.
     “Delaware Bank” has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this Trust Agreement.
     “Delaware Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Delaware Code Sections 3801 et seq. as it may be amended from time to time.
     “Delaware Trustee” means the commercial bank or trust company identified as the Delaware Trustee in the Preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
     “Depositor” has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this Trust Agreement.
     “Distribution Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).

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     “Distributions” means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in Section 4.01.
     “Early Termination Event” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02.
     “Event of Default” means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
     (a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
     (b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of 30 days; or
     (c) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or
     (d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is dealt with in clause (b) or (c), above) and continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the defaulting Trustee or Trustees by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
     (e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Property Trustee and the failure by the Depositor to appoint a successor Property Trustee within 60 days thereof.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Expense Agreement” means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C, as amended from time to time.
     “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
     “Extended Interest Payment Period” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1 of the Indenture.
     “Guarantee” means the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as Guarantee Trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the holders of the Preferred Securities, as amended from time to time.
     “Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of October 23, 2009, between the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

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     “Indenture Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and any successor thereto, as trustee under the Indenture.
     “Investment Company Act”, means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
     “Investment Company Event” means the receipt by the Trust and the Depositor of an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized national tax and securities law practice, to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a “Change in 1940 Act Law”), the Trust is or shall be considered an investment company that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred Securities under this Trust Agreement, provided, however, that the Depositor or the Trust shall have requested and received such an Opinion of Counsel with regard to such matters within a reasonable period of time after the Depositor or the Trust shall have become aware of the possible occurrence of any such event.
     “Lien” means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.
     “Like Amount” means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust Securities, Trust Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Indenture and the proceeds of which shall be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust Securities; and (b) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a termination or liquidation of the Trust, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed. Each Debenture distributed pursuant to clause (b) above shall carry with it accrued interest in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest then due on such Debentures.
     “Liquidation Amount” means the stated amount of $1,000 per Preferred Security or $1.00 per Common Security, as the case may be.
     “Liquidation Date” means the date on which Debentures are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a termination and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04(a).
     “Liquidation Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(d).
     “Maturity Date” when used in connection with the Debentures shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.2 of the Indenture.
     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the President or an Executive Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer or the Secretary, of the Depositor, and delivered to the appropriate Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of

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the Depositor. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
     (a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
     (b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers’ Certificate;
     (c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
     (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
     “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing of independent, outside legal counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Depositor, who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee.
     “Original Trust Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals to this Trust Agreement.
     “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Preferred Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Preferred Securities theretofore executed and delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
     (a) Preferred Securities theretofore canceled by the Property Trustee or delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;
     (b) Preferred Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Preferred Securities; provided that, if such Preferred Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
     (c) Preferred Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Preferred Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 5.04, 5.05, 5.12 and 5.14; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred Securities owned by the Depositor or any Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Securities that such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded; and (b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the outstanding Preferred Securities are owned by the Depositor and/or one or more of the Trustees. Preferred Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Preferred Securities and the pledgee is

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not the Depositor or any other Obligor upon the Preferred Securities or a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor; and
     (d) Preferred Securities which have been converted pursuant to Section 4.03.
     “Paying Agent” means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.09 and shall initially be the Bank.
     “Payment Account” means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust department for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Debentures shall be held and from which the Property Trustee shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections 4.01 and 4.02.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “Preferred Security” means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to convert to shares of Common Stock and the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
     “Preferred Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D.
     “Property Trustee” means the commercial bank or trust company identified as the Property Trustee, in the Preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed and continued hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee appointed as herein provided.
     “Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the Maturity Date of the Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.
     “Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Trust Security, the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date allocated on a pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Trust Securities.
     “Relevant Trustee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
     “Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Property Trustee, or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Property Trustee, or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, with direct responsibility for the administration of this Trust Agreement, including any managing director, director, vice president, any assistant

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vice president, associate, any assistant secretary, assistant treasurer or any other officer of the Trustee, or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Trust Agreement.
     “Securities Issue Date” shall mean, with respect to each of the Preferred Securities, the date on which such Preferred Securities were issued by the Trust to the Securityholder.
     “Securities Register” and “Securities Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 5.05.
     “Securityholder” or “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Trust Security is or Trust Securities are registered in the Securities Register; any such Person is a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
     “Successor Securities” has the meaning given in Section 9.05.
     “Trust” means the Delaware business trust created and continued hereby and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
     “Trust Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, including all exhibits hereto, including, for all purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.
     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
     “Trust Property” means (a) the Debentures; (b) the rights of the Property Trustee under the Guarantee; (c) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account; and (d) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust Agreement.
     “Trust Security” means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred Securities.
     “Trust Securities Certificate” means any one of the Common Securities Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.
     “Trustees” means, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.

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ARTICLE II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01 Name.
     The Trust continued hereby shall be known as Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may engage in the transactions contemplated hereby, including making and executing contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and suing and being sued.
Section 2.02 Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.
     The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is c/o Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address in the State of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the Trust is c/o Bridge Bancorp, Inc., 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York 11932.
Section 2.03 Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.
     The Trustees acknowledge receipt in trust from the Depositor in connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.
Section 2.04 Issuance of the Preferred Securities.
     (a) At such times as are permitted under this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 502 and deliver Preferred Securities Certificates, registered in the name of Persons entitled thereto in an aggregate amount of up to 15,000 Preferred Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of up to $15,000,000 against receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities by the Trust.
     (b) At any time after the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall be authorized to execute in accordance with Section 5.02 and deliver Preferred Securities Certificates, registered in the name of Persons entitled thereto in any such amounts against receipt of the same amount in aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities; provided, that the aggregate liquidation amount of all such Preferred Securities to be issued pursuant to this Trust Agreement shall not exceed Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) (15,000 shares of Preferred Securities based upon a per share liquidation value of $1,000).
     (c) Preferred Securities Certificates issued on a particular Securities Issue Date shall include a certificate number or other designation so that such Preferred Securities Certificates are differentiated from Preferred Securities Certificates issued on a different Securities Issue Date.

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Any such designation shall be solely for purposes of designating the Securities Issue Date and the date from which Distributions shall inially accumulate, and no Preferred Securities shall be deemed as a result of any such designation or indication, to be part of a class or series of Preferred Securities separate or distinct from any other Preferred Securities issued under this Trust Agreement.
Section 2.05 Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Debentures.
     (a) At such times as any Preferred Securities are issued this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 5.02 and deliver to the Depositor, Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, in an aggregate amount of one (1) Common Security, aggregate Liquidation Amount of $1.00 per Common Security for every $1,000 in aggregate Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities so issued against payment by the Depositor of such amount.
     (b) Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities then issued, and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the purchase price thereof.
Section 2.06 Declaration of Trust.
     The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures; and (b) to engage in those activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it shall hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Administrative Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. 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 Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
Section 2.07 Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
     (a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07 and Article VIII, and in accordance with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Administrative Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Administrative Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied,

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otherwise granted to the Administrative Trustees under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the following:
          (i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee, acting singly or jointly, shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:
               (A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities and the compliance with the Underwriting Agreement in connection therewith;
               (B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, the Expense Agreement and such other agreements or documents as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes and function of the Trust;
               (C) if required, assisting in the registration of the Preferred Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under state securities or blue sky laws, and, if required, the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
               (D) if required, assisting in the listing of the Preferred Securities upon The Nasdaq Global Select Market or such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the Depositor, the registration of the Preferred Securities under the Exchange Act, the compliance with the listing requirements of The Nasdaq Global Select Market or the applicable securities exchanges and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;
               (E) the sending of notices (other than notices of default) and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
               (F) the appointment of a Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Authenticating Agent and Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
               (G) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
               (H) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust’s valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Preferred Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created; and
               (I) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Administrative Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder).

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          (ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:
               (A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
               (B) the receipt of the Debentures;
               (C) the collection of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the Debentures in the Payment Account;
               (D) the distribution of amounts owed to the Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
               (E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the Debentures;
               (F) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
               (G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
               (H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust;
               (I) after an Event of Default, the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder);
               (J) registering transfers of the Trust Securities in accordance with this Trust Agreement; and
               (K) except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.07(a)(ii), the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 2.07(a)(i).
     (b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trustees shall not (i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement; (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein; (iii) take any action that would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes; (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt; or (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property. The Administrative Trustees shall defend all claims and

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demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.
     (c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
          (i) the preparation and filing by the Trust with the Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement on the appropriate form in relation to the Preferred Securities, the Debentures, and the Guarantee, including any amendments thereto;
          (ii) the determination of the states in which to take appropriate action to qualify or, register for sale all or part of the Preferred Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advise the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States;
          (iii) if required, the preparation for filing by the Trust and execution on behalf of the Trust of an application to The Nasdaq Global Select Market or a national stock exchange or other organizations for listing upon notice of issuance of any Preferred Securities and to file or cause an Administrative Trustee to file thereafter with such exchange or organization such notifications and documents as may be necessary from time to time;
          (iv) if required, the preparation for filing by the Trust with the Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto; and
          (v) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.
     (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust shall not be deemed to be an investment company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, shall be classified as a grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes and so that the Debentures shall be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes. In this connection, subject to Section 10.02, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law or this Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the Trustees determines in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes.
Section 2.08 Assets of Trust.
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Section 2.09 Title to Trust Property.
     Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III. PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.01 Payment Account.
     (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the Property Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits and withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Securityholders and for distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein.
     (b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION; CONVERSION
Section 4.01 Distributions.
     (a) Distributions on the Trust Securities (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) shall be cumulative, and shall accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accumulate from the relevant Securities Issue Date, and, except during any Extended Interest Payment Period with respect to the Debentures, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last calendar day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on December 31, 2009. If any date on which a Distribution is otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall 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 (and without any reduction of interest or any other payment in respect of any such acceleration), in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.01(a), a “Distribution Date”).
     (b) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the Trust Property. Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be payable at a rate of 8.50% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any full period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of Distributions for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed

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in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. During any Extended Interest Payment Period with respect to the Debentures, Distributions on the Preferred Securities shall be deferred for a period equal to the Extended Interest Payment Period.
     (c) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Property Trustee solely from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds on hand and immediately available by 12:30 p.m. on each Distribution Date in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.
     (d) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be the 15th day of March, June, September or December for Distributions payable on the last calendar day of the respective month; provided, however, that for any Trust Securities held in global form, Distributions shall be payable to the Holder thereof as of one Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date.
Section 4.02 Redemption.
     (a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the maturity of the Debentures, the Trust shall redeem (subject to Section 4.02(f)) a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price.
     (b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee 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 Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Securities Register. The Property Trustee shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any CUSIP number contained in such notice. All notices of redemption shall state:
          (i) the Redemption Date;
          (ii) the Redemption Price;
          (iii) the CUSIP number;
          (iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the identification and the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;
          (v) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that Distributions thereon shall cease to accumulate on and after said date, except as provided in Section 4.02(d); and
          (vi) the place or places at which Trust Securities are to be surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price.
     (c) The Trust Securities to be redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price shall be payable on

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each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has immediately available funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.
     (d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Trust Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.02(c), the Property Trustee, subject to Section 4.02(c), shall deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and shall give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the record holders thereof upon surrender of their Common or Preferred Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit, (i) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption shall cease, except (A) the right of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price, but without interest, and (B) the right of the Securityholders to cause the Conversion Agent to convert the Trust Securities, (ii) such Trust Securities shall cease to be Outstanding, and (iii) any Trust Securities Certificates will be deemed to represent Debentures having a principal amount equal to the stated Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities represented thereby and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Trust Securities until such certificates are presented to the Securities Registrar for transfer, reissuance or cancellation. In the event that any date on which any Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date shall 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 (and without any reduction of the Redemption Price or any other payment on account of any such acceleration), in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price on account of any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities shall continue to accumulate, at the then applicable rate, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date shall be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
     (e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall be made to the record holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be the date 15 days prior to the relevant Redemption Date.
     (f) Subject to Section 4.04(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated on a pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities. The particular Preferred Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method (including, without limitation, by lot) as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and

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appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to such Liquidation Amount or an integral multiple of such Liquidation Amount in excess thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities of a denomination larger than such Liquidation Amount; provided, however, in the event the redemption relates only to Preferred Securities purchased and held by the Depositor being redeemed in exchange for a Like Amount of Debentures, the Property Trustee shall select those particular Preferred Securities for redemption. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of the Preferred Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Trust Securities shall relate, in the case of any Trust Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 4.03 Conversion.
     The Securityholders shall have the right at any time on or after October 23, 2009, and prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of repayment of such Trust Securities, whether at maturity or upon redemption (either at the option of the Depositor or pursuant to a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital Treatment Event), at their option, to cause the Conversion Agent to exchange Trust Securities, on behalf of the converting Holders, for a Like Amount of Debentures and to immediately convert such Debentures into shares of the Common Stock in the manner described herein and in the Indenture, on and subject to the following terms and conditions and the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture:
     (a) The Preferred Securities shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Holder’s direction to the Conversion Agent to exchange such Preferred Securities for a portion of the Debentures theretofore held by the Trust on the basis of one Security per $1,000 principal amount of Debentures, and immediately convert such amount of Debentures into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock of the Depositor at an initial conversion rate provided for in the Indenture of ___ shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Debentures, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the terms of the Indenture (as so adjusted, the “Conversion Ratio”).
     (b) In order to convert Trust Securities into Common Stock, the Holder must submit to the Conversion Agent an irrevocable request to convert Trust Securities on behalf of such Holder (the “Conversion Request”), together, if the Trust Securities are in certificated form, with the Trust Security Certificates representing the Trust Securities to be converted. The Conversion Request shall (i) set forth the number of Trust Securities to be converted and the name or names, if other than the Holder, in which the shares of Common Stock should be issued, and (ii) direct the Conversion Agent (A) to exchange such Trust Securities for a portion of the Debentures held by the Trust (at the rate of exchange specified in Section 4.03(a) hereof), and (B) to immediately convert such Debentures on behalf of such Holder into Common Stock (at the Conversion Ratio referenced in Section 4.03(a) hereof). The Conversion Agent shall notify the Trust of the Holder’s election to exchange Trust Securities for a portion of the Debentures held by the Trust

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and the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall, upon receipt of such notice, deliver to the Conversion Agent the appropriate principal amount of Debentures for exchange in accordance with the Indenture and with this Section 4.03. The Conversion Agent shall thereupon notify the Depositor of the Holder’s election to convert such Debentures into shares of Common Stock.
     (c) Distributions accruing between Distribution Dates shall not be paid on Preferred Securities that are converted, nor shall any payment, allowance or adjustment be made for accumulated and unpaid Distributions, whether or not in arrears, on converted Preferred Securities, except that if any Preferred Security is converted (i) on or after a record date for payment of Distributions thereon and prior to the related Distribution Date, the amount of the Distributions payable on the related Distribution Date with respect to such Preferred Security shall be paid by the converting Holder to the Trust and the Distributions payable on the related Distribution Date with respect to such Preferred Security shall be distributed to the Holder on such record date, despite such conversion, and (ii) during an Extended Interest Payment Period and after the Property Trustee mails a notice of redemption with respect to the Preferred Securities that are to be converted, accrued and unpaid Distributions through the Conversion Date of the Preferred Securities so converted shall be distributed to the Holder who converts such Preferred Securities, which Distribution shall be made on the Redemption Date fixed for redemption. Except as provided above, neither the Trust nor the Depositor shall make, or be required to make, any payment, allowance or adjustment upon any conversion on account of any accumulated and unpaid Distributions accrued on the Trust Securities (including any Additional Amount) surrendered for conversion, or on account of any accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, on the shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion. The Depositor shall make no payment or allowance for distributions on the shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion, except to the extent that such shares of Common Stock are held of record on the record date for any such distributions and except as provided in Section 4.9 of the Indenture. Trust Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the day on which a Conversion Request relating to such Trust Securities is received by the Trust in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.03 (the “Conversion Date”). The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the Conversion Date, the Depositor shall issue and deliver at the office of the Conversion Agent a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of any fraction of any share to the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same as provided in Section 4.03(e) hereof, unless otherwise directed by the Holder in the Conversion Request, and the Conversion Agent shall distribute such certificate or certificates to such Person or Persons.
     (d) Each Holder of a Trust Security by his acceptance thereof appoints the Bank as such Holder’s Agent (the “Conversion Agent”) for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Trust Securities in accordance with this Section 4.03. In effecting the conversion and transactions described in this Section 4.03, the Conversion Agent shall be acting as agent of the Securityholders directing it to effect such conversion transactions. The Conversion Agent is hereby authorized (i) to exchange Trust Securities from time to time for Debentures held by the Trust in connection with the conversion of such Trust Securities with this Section 4.03, and (ii) to convert all or a portion of the Debentures into Common Stock and thereupon to deliver such

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shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.03 and to deliver to the Trust a new Debenture or Debentures for any resulting unconverted principal amount.
     (e) [Reserved].
     (f) The Trust shall deliver the shares of Common Stock of the Depositor received upon conversion of the Debentures to the converting Holder free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests and encumbrances, except for United States withholding taxes and the lien described in Section 8.06. Each of the Depositor and the Trust shall prepare and shall use its best efforts to obtain and keep in force such governmental or regulatory permits or other authorizations as may be required by law, and shall comply with all applicable requirements as to registration or qualification of the Common Stock (and all requirements to list the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Debentures that are at the time applicable), in order to enable the Depositor to lawfully issue Common Stock to the Trust upon conversion of the Debentures and the Trust to lawfully deliver the Common Stock to each Holder upon conversion of the Trust Securities.
     (g) The Depositor shall pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Debentures and the delivery of the shares of Common Stock by the Trust upon conversion of the Trust Securities. The Depositor shall not, however, be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that in which the Trust Securities so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Trust the amount of any such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Trust that it has been paid.
     (h) Nothing in the preceding Section 4.03 shall (1) limit the requirements of the Trust to withhold taxes pursuant to the terms of the Trust Securities or as set forth in this Trust Agreement or (2) otherwise require the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Trust to pay any amount on account of such withholdings.
Section 4.04 Subordination of Common Securities.
     (a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made, subject to Section 4.02(f), pro rata among the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date any Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price of, any Common Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on all Outstanding Preferred Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Preferred Securities then called for redemption, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions

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(including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or the Redemption Price of, Preferred Securities then due and payable.
     (b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Securities shall be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities shall have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred Securities shall have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and not the Holder of the Common Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities shall have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
Section 4.05 Payment Procedures.
     Payments of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) in respect of the Preferred Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities Register. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Common Securityholder.
Section 4.06 Tax Returns and Reports.
     The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Depositor’s expense, and file all United States federal, state and local tax and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue Service forms required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust; and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each Securityholder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service forms required to be furnished to such Securityholder or the information required to be provided on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Property Trustee shall comply with United States federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.
Section 4.07 Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust.
     Upon receipt under the Debentures of Additional Interest, the Property Trustee, at the direction of an Administrative Trustee or the Depositor, shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority.
Section 4.08 Payments Under Indenture.
     Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder has directly received under the Indenture pursuant to Section 5.15(b) or (c) hereof.

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ARTICLE V. TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 Initial Ownership.
     Upon the creation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.03 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.
Section 5.02 The Trust Securities Certificates.
     The Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of the Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of the Liquidation Amount in excess thereof, and the Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of the Liquidation Amount and multiples thereof (which may, in the case of the Common Securities, include fractional amounts). The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall become a Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in such transferee’s name pursuant to Sections 5.05, 5.12 and 5.14.
Section 5.03 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.
     (a) On any Securities Issue Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.04 and 2.05, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by at least one of the Administrative Trustees and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its Chief Executive Officer, President, any Vice President or its Treasurer without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.
     (b) A Preferred Securities Certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Property Trustee in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Preferred Securities Certificate has been authenticated under this Trust Agreement. Each Preferred Security Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.
     Upon the written order of the Trust signed by one of the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Preferred Securities Certificates.
     The Property Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Trust to authenticate the Preferred Securities. An Authenticating Agent may authenticate the Preferred Securities whenever the Property Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Trust Agreement to

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authentication by the Property Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as the Property Trustee to deal with the Company or the Trust.
Section 5.04 [Reserved].
Section 5.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.
     (a) The Depositor shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office maintained pursuant to Section 5.09, a register or registers for the purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.03, transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates (herein referred to as the “Securities Register”) in which the registrar designated by the Depositor (the “Securities Registrar”), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the registration of Preferred Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.12 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Property Trustee shall be the initial Securities Registrar.
     (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.03, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.09, the Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver to, and in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee or Trustees. The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of any Preferred Securities that have been called for redemption. At the option of a Holder, Preferred Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.09.
     (c) Every Preferred Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, subject to the provisions of Section 5.03, shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Property Trustee and the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Preferred Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Property Trustee in accordance with its customary practice. The Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Preferred Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before the date of mailing of a notice of redemption of any Preferred Securities called for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Preferred Securities being redeemed in part.
     (d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates, subject to the provisions of Section 5.03, but the Securities Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.

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     (e) Preferred Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Trust Agreement. Any transfer or purported transfer of any Preferred Security not made in accordance with this Trust Agreement shall be null and void. A Preferred Security may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a Person who takes delivery in the form of another Preferred Security.
Section 5.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates.
     If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities Certificate; and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust shall execute and make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. The Securities Registrar, Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee shall be deemed not to have notice of such acquisition unless a Responsible Officer of such Securities Registrar, Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee has received written notice of such acquisition. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section 5.06, the Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar 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 Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.06 shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 5.07 Persons Deemed Securityholders.
     The Trustees, the Paying Agent and the Securities Registrar shall treat the Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.08 Access to List of Securityholders’ Names and Addresses.
     At any time when the Property Trustee is not also acting as the Securities Registrar, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Property Trustee (a) within five Business Days of March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of the most recent record date; and (b) promptly after receipt by any Administrative Trustee or the Depositor of a request therefor from the Property Trustee in order to enable the Property Trustee to discharge its obligations under this Trust Agreement, in each case to the extent such information is in the possession or control of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor and is not identical to a previously supplied list or has not otherwise been received by the Property Trustee in its capacity as Securities Registrar. The rights of

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Securityholders to communicate with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or under the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Trustee shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Trust Securities Certificate, and each owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.09 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
     The Administrative Trustees shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, at the Depositor’s offices at 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York 11932, or other location designated by the Administrative Trustees, an office where Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities Certificates may be served. The Administrative Trustees initially designate the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delware 19890, as the principal corporate trust office for such purposes. The Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency.
Section 5.10 Appointment of Paying Agent.
     The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees (by a majority vote) may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if such Trustees determine in their sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Property Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Property Trustee must be acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor. In the event that the Property Trustee 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 Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). The Administrative Trustees shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any 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 shall hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and, upon removal of a Paying Agent, such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.03 and 8.06 shall apply to the Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Property Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable,

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to any other Paying Agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Section 5.11 Appointment of Conversion Agent.
     The Conversion Agent shall convert the Trust Securities of the Securityholders in accordance with Section 4.03 hereof. The Administrative Trustees may revoke such power and remove the Conversion Agent if such Trustees determine in their sole discretion that the Conversion Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Conversion Agent shall initially be the Bank, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Bank, and acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor. Any Person acting as Conversion Agent shall be permitted to resign as Conversion Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor. In the event that the Bank shall no longer be the Conversion Agent or a successor Conversion Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is acceptable to the Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as conversion Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). The provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.03 and 8.06 of this Trust Agreement shall apply to the Bank also in its role as Conversion Agent, for so long as the Bank shall act as Conversion Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other conversion agent appointed hereunder, and any Conversion Agent shall be bound by the requirements with respect to conversion agents of securities issued pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Conversion Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Section 5.12 Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.
     On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer of the Common Securities (other than a transfer permitted by Article XIII of the Indenture) shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE.
Section 5.13 Trust Securities Certificates.
     (a) Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in the form of definitive Preferred Securities Certificates, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
     (b) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common Securities Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
Section 5.14 Notices to Clearing Agency.
     To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Holders is required under this Trust Agreement, such notice shall be provided to the owners of the beneficial interest in the Preferred Securities, as their names and addresses shall appear in the Securities Register.

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Section 5.15 Rights of Securityholders.
     (a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.09, and the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights. When issued and delivered to Holders of the Preferred Securities against payment of the purchase price therefor, the Preferred Securities shall be fully paid and nonassessable interests in the Trust. The Holders of the Preferred Securities, in their capacities as such, 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.
     (b) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a Debenture Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee fails or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the Debentures to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal amount of and the accrued interest on all of the Debentures shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and interest on such Debentures shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in the Indenture.
     (c) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, upon a Debenture Event of Default arising from the failure to pay interest or principal on the Debentures, the Holders of any Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have the right to directly institute proceedings for enforcement of payment to such Holders of principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such Holders.
ARTICLE VI. ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
Section 6.01 Limitations on Voting Rights.
     (a) Except as provided in this Section 6.01, in Sections 5.15, 8.10 and 10.02 and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no record Holder of Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an association.
     (b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee with respect to such Debentures; (ii) waive any past default which is waivable

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under Article VIII of the Indenture; (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable; or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation Amount of all Outstanding Preferred Securities; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of outstanding Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Outstanding Preferred Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the Outstanding Preferred Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify each Holder of the Outstanding Preferred Securities of any notice of default received from the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust shall continue to be classified as a grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes on account of such action.
     (c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Preferred Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust Agreement or otherwise; or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities as a class shall be entitled to vote on such 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 Outstanding Preferred Securities. No amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, in the Opinion of Counsel (obtained at Depositor’s expense) the Trust would cease to be classified as a grantor trust or would be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes or the Trust would lose its Investment Company Act exception.
Section 6.02 Notice of Meetings.
     Notice of all meetings of the Securityholders of Outstanding Preferred Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.08 to each such Preferred Securityholder of record, at his registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.
Section 6.03 Meetings of Preferred Securityholders.
     (a) No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matter in respect of which Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote upon the written request of the Preferred Securityholders of 25% of the Outstanding Preferred Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time

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in their discretion, call a meeting of Preferred Securityholders of Outstanding Preferred Securities to vote on any matters as to which such Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote.
     (b) Preferred Securityholders of record of 50% of the Outstanding Preferred Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.
     (c) If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Preferred Securityholders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a majority of the Preferred Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) held by the Preferred Securityholders of record present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Securityholders, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
Section 6.04 Voting Rights.
     Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities (with any fractional multiple thereof rounded up or down as the case may be to the closest integral multiple) in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Section 6.05 Proxies, Etc.
     At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy, shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Only Holders shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and, the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of execution.
Section 6.06 Securityholder Action by Written Consent.
     Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all Outstanding Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount).

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Section 6.07 Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
     For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other action, the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may from time to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment of Distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such purposes.
Section 6.08 Acts of Securityholders.
     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by Securityholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Securityholders 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 Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section 6.08.
     (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which any Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
     (c) The ownership of Preferred Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.
     (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust 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 Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
     (e) Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by one or more duly appointed agents

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each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such liquidation amount.
     (f) A Securityholder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee (as defined in the Guarantee), the Trust or any Person.
Section 6.09 Inspection of Records.
     Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of the Trust shall be open to inspection at the principal executive office of the Trust (as indicated in Section 2.02) by Holders of the Trust Securities during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Holder’s interest as a Holder.
ARTICLE VII. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 7.01 Representations and Warranties of the Bank and the Property Trustee.
     The Bank and the Property Trustee, each severally on behalf of and as to itself, as of the date hereof, and each successor Property Trustee at the time of the successor Property Trustee’s acceptance of its appointment as Property Trustee hereunder (in the case of a successor Property Trustee, the term Bank as used herein shall be deemed to refer to such successor Property Trustee in its separate corporate capacity), hereby represents and warrants (as applicable) for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:
     (a) the Bank is a banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
     (b) the Bank has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
     (c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Property Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
     (d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this Trust Agreement does not require any approval of stockholders of the Bank and such execution, delivery and performance shall not (i) violate the Bank’s charter or by-laws; or (ii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking or trust powers of the Bank or the Property Trustee (as appropriate in context);

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     (e) the Property Trustee is a Person eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000.
Section 7.02 Representations and Warranties of the Delaware Bank and the Delaware Trustee.
     The Delaware Bank and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of and as to itself, as of the date hereof, and each successor Delaware Trustee at the time of the successor Delaware Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as Delaware Trustee hereunder (the term Delaware Bank being used to refer to such successor Delaware Trustee in its separate corporate capacity), hereby represents and warrants (as applicable) for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:
     (a) the Delaware Bank is a Delaware banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
     (b) the Delaware Bank has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
     (c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Delaware Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors, rights and to general equity principles;
     (d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement does not require any approval of stockholders of the Delaware Bank and such execution, delivery and performance shall not (i) violate the Delaware Bank’s charter or by-laws; or (ii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking or trust powers of the Delaware Bank or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context);
Section 7.03 Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
     The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Securityholders that:
     (a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, if applicable, on behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and, shall have been, duly and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the Securityholders shall be, as of such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
     (b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by the Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement.

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     (c) the Depositor is a New York corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York;
     (d) the Depositor has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
     (e) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositor and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Depositor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors, rights and to general equity principles;
     (f) the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of this Trust Agreement does not require any approval of stockholders of the Depositor and such execution, delivery and performance shall not (i) violate the Depositor’s charter or by-laws; or (ii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or the State of Pennsylvania, as the case may be, governing the Depositor (as appropriate in context);
     (g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Depositor of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Depositor contemplated herein or therein requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any other action with respect to any governmental authority or agency under any existing state or federal law governing the banking powers of the Depositor; and
     (h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Depositor in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the Depositor to enter into or perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII. TRUSTEES
Section 8.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
     (a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. No Trustee shall be liable for its act or omissions hereunder except as a result of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.01. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Trustees have duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the Securityholders, the Delaware Trustee or such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or to any

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Securityholder for such Trustee’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of the Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Trustees.
     (b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it shall look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.01(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement.
     (c) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
          (i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
          (ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
          (iii) the Property Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
          (iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree in writing with the Depositor and money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and
     (d) the Bank and the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Delaware Bank, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Bank or the Property Trustee be liable for the negligence or gross negligence, default or misconduct of the Delaware Bank, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.

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Section 8.02 Certain Notices.
     (a) Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of such Event of Default to the Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. For purposes of this Section 8.02 the term Event of Default means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
     (b) The Administrative Trustees shall transmit, to the Securityholders in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of the Depositor’s election to begin or further extend an Extended Interest Payment Period on the Debentures (unless such election shall have been revoked) and of any election by the Depositor to accelerate the Maturity Date of the Debentures, as defined in the Indenture, within the time specified for transmitting such notice to the holders of the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 8.03 Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01:
     (a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, 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) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action; or (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with other provisions contained herein; or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action to be taken and the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Depositor within 10 Business Days after it has delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than 2 Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Securityholders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
     (c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;

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     (d) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees;
     (e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement, any filing under tax or securities laws or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;
     (f) at Depositor’s expense (1) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice (which counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates) and the advice of such 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 and, in accordance with such advice, and (2) the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;
     (g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Property Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default (that has not been cured or waived) to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;
     (h) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Securityholders, but the Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
     (i) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents or attorneys, and the Property Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of such other agents or attorneys; provided that the Property Trustee shall be responsible for its own negligence or recklessness with respect to selection of any agent or attorney appointed by it hereunder;
     (j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of

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the Trust Securities which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the this Trust Agreement as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action; (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received; and (iii) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; and
     (k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement. No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 8.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
     The Recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates and the Private Placement Memorandum of the Trust and the Depositor dated October 15, 2009, shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Debentures.
Section 8.05 May Hold Securities.
     Any Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.13 and except as provided in the definition of the term Outstanding in Article I, may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such other agent.
Section 8.06 Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.
     The Depositor agrees:
     (a) to pay to the Bank, the Delaware Bank and Trustees from time to time compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), in the case of the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware Bank, the Bank and the Property Trustee, as set forth in a written agreement between the Depositor and the Property Trustee;
     (b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to such Trustee’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and

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     (c) to indemnify each of the Bank, the Delaware Bank, the Delaware Trustee and the Trustees or any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold the Bank, the Delaware Bank, the Delaware Trustee and the Trustees harmless against, any loss, damage, claims, liability, penalty or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Trust Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability relating to this Agreement, the Guarantee or the Indenture (“Losses”), except Losses directly and primarily resulting from such Trustee’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
     Depositor’s obligations shall survive termination of the Trust and the Trust Agreement.
     The obligations of the Depositor under this Section 8.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustees and to pay or reimburse the Trustees for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustees as such, except funds held in trust to pay Distributions on Preferred Securities.
Section 8.07 Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees.
     (a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.07, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.07, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VIII. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.
     (b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative 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 persons authorized to bind that entity.
     (c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware; or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
Section 8.08 Conflicting Interests.
     If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement.

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Section 8.09 Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.
     (a) Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located, the Depositor shall have power to appoint, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor shall for such purpose join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to the extent required by law to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.09. If the Depositor does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment. Any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 8.09 shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the United States; or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the United States that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
     (b) Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged, and delivered by the Depositor.
     (c) Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:
          (i) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustees specified hereunder, shall be exercised, solely by such Trustees and not by such co-trustee or separate trustee.
          (ii) The rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee.
          (iii) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section 8.09, and, in case a Debenture Event

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of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have the power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section 8.09.
          (iv) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee or any other trustee hereunder.
          (v) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a co-trustee or separate trustee.
          (vi) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
Section 8.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
     (a) No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the “Relevant Trustee”) and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
     (b) Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Trust Securities by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders. If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Depositor, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities.
     (c) Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common Securityholder. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be removed by the Common Securityholder at any time.
     (d) If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any cause, at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Securityholder, by Act of the Common Securityholder delivered to the Relevant Trustee and the other Trustees, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and the successor Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the

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Preferred Securityholders, by Act of the Securityholders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding delivered to the Relevant Trustee and the other Trustees, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and such successor Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Securityholder, by Act of the Common Securityholder delivered to the Relevant Trustee and the other Trustees, shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and such successor Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Administrative Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall have been so appointed by the Common Securityholder or the Preferred Securityholders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has been a Securityholder of Trust Securities may petition, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities.
     (e) The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Securityholders and the Depositor in the manner provided in Section 10.08. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.
     (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by (a) the unanimous act of the remaining Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them; or (b) otherwise by the Depositor (with the successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustees set forth in Section 8.07).
Section 8.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
     (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, the Relevant Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an instrument hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which 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 Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust and upon the execution and delivery of such instrument the resignation or removal of the Relevant 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 Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Trustee, the Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.

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     (b) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Trust 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 the immediately preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
     (c) 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 VIII.
Section 8.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
     Any Person into which the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any Administrative Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Trustee, shall be the successor of such Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VIII, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
Section 8.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.
     If and when the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be subject to and shall take all actions necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or Trust (or any such other obligor).
Section 8.14 Reports by Property Trustee.
     (a) If required, on or before July 31 of each year, commencing July 31, 2010, the Property Trustee shall transmit to the Securityholders such reports concerning the Property Trustee, its actions under this Trust Agreement and the property and funds in its possession in its capacity as the Property Trustee as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
     (b) If required, a copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with The Nasdaq Global Select Market, and each national securities exchange or other organization upon which the Trust Securities are listed, and also with the Commission and the Depositor.
Section 8.15 [Reserved].
Section 8.16 Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent.
     Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement 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

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pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate.
Section 8.17 Number of Trustees.
     (a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Holder of all of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease the number of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.
     (b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.17(a), or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a successor Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.
     (c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to perform duties hereunder of a Trustee shall not operate to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of a successor Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 8.10, the remaining Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
Section 8.18 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 2.07(a)(i); and
     (b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or in 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 8.19 Voting.
     Except as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement, the consent or approval of the Administrative Trustees shall require consent or approval by not less than a majority of the Administrative Trustees, unless there are only two, in which case both must consent.

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ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
Section 9.01 Termination Upon Expiration Date.
     Unless earlier dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on December 31, 2039 (the “Expiration Date”) subject to distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with Section 9.04.
Section 9.02 Early Termination.
     The first to occur of any of the following events is an Early Termination Event:
     (a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;
     (b) delivery of written direction to the Property Trustee by the Depositor at any time (which direction is wholly optional and within the discretion of the Depositor, subject to Depositor having received prior approval of, or non-objection from, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System if so required under applicable guidelines, policies or regulations thereof) to dissolve the Trust and distribute the Debentures to Securityholders in exchange for the Preferred Securities in accordance with Section 9.04;
     (c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in connection with the redemption of all of the Debentures (whether upon a Debenture Redemption Date or the maturity of the Debenture);
     (d) an order for dissolution of the Trust shall have been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
     (e) the distribution of Common Stock to all Securityholders upon conversion of all outstanding Preferred Securities.
Section 9.03 Termination.
     The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.02, of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (b) the payment of claims and obligations of the Trust; (c) the discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders; and (d) the filing of a Certificate of Cancellation by an Administrative Trustee under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. Depositor’s obligations under Sections 8.06 and 10.09 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

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Section 9.04 Liquidation.
     (a) If an Early Termination Event specified in Section 9.02 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of Debentures, subject to Section 9.04(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder’s address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of liquidation shall:
          (i) state the Liquidation Date;
          (ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust Securities shall no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange shall be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures; and
          (iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Debentures, or, if Section 9.04(d) applies, receive a Liquidation Distribution.
     (b) Except where Section 9.02(c), 9.02(e) or 9.04(d) applies, in order to effect the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Debentures to Securityholders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
     (c) Except where Section 9.02(c) or 9.04(d) applies, after the Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding; (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures shall be issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates upon surrender of such certificates to the Property Trustee or its agent for exchange; (iii) the Depositor shall use its reasonable efforts to have the Debentures listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or in, on or by such other securities exchange or other organization as the Preferred Securities are then listed, quoted or traded; (iv) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange shall be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures, accruing interest at the rate provided for in the Debentures from the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution was made on such Trust Securities Certificates until such certificates are so surrendered (and until such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal shall be made to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such Debentures); and (v) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities shall cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.
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Property Trustee not to be practical, the Trust Property shall be converted to cash, and the Trust shall be dissolved, wound-up or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution, winding-up or other termination of the Trust, Securityholders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the “Liquidation Distribution”). If, upon any such dissolution, winding-up or termination, 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, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of the Common Securities shall be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such dissolution, winding-up or termination pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities.
Section 9.05 Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust.
     The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, except pursuant to this Section 9.05. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any state; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee; or (b) subject to clause (vi), below substitutes for the Preferred Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Securities (the “Successor Securities”) so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Preferred Securities rank in priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise; (ii) the Depositor expressly appoints a trustee of such successor entity possessing substantially the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Debentures; (iii) the Successor Securities are listed, quoted or traded, or any Successor Securities shall be listed, quoted or traded upon notification of issuance, in, on or by any national securities exchange or other organization in, on or by which the Preferred Securities are then listed, if any; (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease and the terms of such Successor Securities do not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect; (v) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust; (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel (reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee) to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect; and (b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor

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such successor entity shall be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; and (vii) the Depositor owns all of the common securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee, the Debentures, this Trust Agreement and the Expense Agreement. For purposes of this Section 9.05, any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition as a result of which (a) the Company is not the surviving Person, and (b) the same Person is not both (i) the primary obligor in respect of the Debentures and (ii) the Guarantor under the Guarantee, shall be deemed to constitute a replacement of the Trust by a successor entity subject to this Section 9.05; provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if upon the consummation of such a consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition involving the Company, the parent company (if any) of the Company, or such parent company’s successor, is a bank holding company or financial holding company or comparably regulated financial institution, such parent company shall guarantee the obligations of the Trust and the Company (and any successor thereto) under the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee, the Debentures, the Trust Agreement and the Expense Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, 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 other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or replacement would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.
     The death or incapacity of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such Person or any Securityholder for such Person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding-up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
Section 10.02 Amendment.
     (a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Trustees and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) as provided in Section 8.11 with respect to acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee; (ii) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein or therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, that shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement; or (iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust shall be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Trust shall not be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; or (iv) to reduce or increase the Liquidation Amount per

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Trust Security and simultaneously to correspondingly increase or decrease the number of Trust Securities issued and Outstanding solely for the purpose of maintaining the eligibility of the Preferred Securities for quotation or listing on any national securities exchange or other organization in, on or by which the Preferred Securities are then traded, quoted or listed (including, if applicable, The Nasdaq Global Select Market); provided, however, that in the case of clause (ii), such action shall not in the Opinion of Counsel (obtained at Depositor’s expense and reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder, and provided further, that in the case of clause (iv) the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities Outstanding upon completion of any such reduction must be the same as the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities Outstanding immediately prior to such reduction or increase. Any amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders (or in the case of an amendment pursuant to clause (iv), as of the date specified in the notice).
     (b) Except as provided in Section 6.01(c) or Section 10.02(c) hereof, any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees and the Depositor (i) with the consent of Trust Securityholders representing not less than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then Outstanding; and (ii) upon receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment shall not affect the Trust’s status as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or the Trust’s exemption from status of an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
     (c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.03 or 6.06 hereof), this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date; or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, without the unanimous consent of the Securityholders (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.03 or 6.06 hereof), this paragraph (c) of this Section 10.02 may not be amended.
     (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement which, in the Opinion of Counsel, would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from status of an investment company under the Investment Company Act or to fail or cease to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
     (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, without the consent of the Depositor, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor.
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     (g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Property Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel at Depositor’s expense and an Officers’ Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement has been effected in compliance with this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.03 Separability.
     In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities Certificates 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 10.04 Governing Law.
     THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).
Section 10.05 Payments Due on Non-Business Day.
     If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day that is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day (and without any reduction of interest or any other payment in respect of any such acceleration), in each case with the same force and effect as though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no distribution shall accumulate thereon for the period after such date.
Section 10.06 Successors.
     This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustee(s), including any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under Article XIII of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Depositor’s obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.
Section 10.07 Headings.
     The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.08 Reports, Notices and Demands.
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Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of a Preferred Securityholder, to such Preferred Securityholder as such Securityholder’s name and address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Common Securityholder or the Depositor, to Bridge Bancorp, Inc., 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York 11932, Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer, facsimile no. (610) 366-1900. Any notice to Preferred Securityholders shall also be given to such owners as have, within two years preceding the giving of such notice, filed their names and addresses with the Property Trustee for that purpose. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or transmission.
     Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is published by the Trust) as follows:
     (a) with respect to the Property Trustee, to: Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; (b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to: Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; and (c) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to each at the address above for notices to the Depositor, marked Attention: Administrative Trustee of Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust or the Property Trustee.
Section 10.09 Agreement Not to Petition.
     Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the Securityholders that, until at least one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article IX, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (including, without limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended) (collectively, “Bankruptcy Laws”) or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the Depositor or any of the Trustees takes action in violation of this Section 10.09, the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the expense of the Depositor (which expense shall be paid prior to the filing), it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor or such Trustee against the Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor or such Trustee has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be stopped and precluded therefrom. The provisions of this Section 10.09 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

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Section 10.10 [Reserved].
Section 10.11 Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and Indenture.
     THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER SHALL, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, all as of the date first above written.
         
  BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Kevin M. O’Connor    
    Name:   Kevin M. O’Connor   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee

 
 
  By:   /s/ Joshua C. Jones    
    Name:   Joshua C. Jones   
    Title:   Financial Services Officer   
 
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Delaware Trustee

 
 
  By:   /s/ Joshua C. Jones    
    Name:   Joshua C. Jones   
    Title:   Financial Services Officer   
 
     
  /s/ Kevin M. O’Connor    
  Kevin M. O’Connor, as Administrative Trustee   
     
     
  /s/ Howard H. Nolan    
  Howard H. Nolan, as Administrative Trustee   
     
     
  /s/ William Araneo    
  William Araneo, as Administrative Trustee   
     

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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
BRIDGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II
THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II (the “Trust”) is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, not in their individual capacity but solely as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.) (the “Act”).
1. NAME. The name of the business trust formed hereby is Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II.
2. DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The name and business address of the trustee with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective on filing.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.
         
  Wilmington Trust Company,
as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
     
     
  Kevin M. O’Connor, as Trustee   
     
     
  Howard H. Nolan, as Trustee   
     
     
  William Araneo, as Trustee   
     

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF COMMON SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
CERTIFICATE NUMBER ___ NUMBER OF COMMON SECURITIES ___
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
BRIDGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II
COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1.00 PER COMMON SECURITY)
     BRIDGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Trust), hereby certifies that BRIDGE BANCORP, INC., (the Holder) is the registered owner of one (1) common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the Common Securities (liquidation amount $1.00 per Common Security) (the “Common Securities”). In accordance with Section 5.12 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below), the Common Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be void. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences, and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust among the Holder, as Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein, dated as of October ___, 2009, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth therein. The Trust shall furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
     Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has executed this certificate this ___ day of October, 2009.
         
BRIDGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II
 
   
By:        
  Name:   Kevin M. O’Connor     
  Title:   Administrative Trustee     

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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF EXPENSE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
     AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES (this “Agreement”) dated as of October ___, 2009, between BRIDGE BANCORP, INC. a New York corporation (the “Company”), and BRIDGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its common securities (the “Common Securities”) to, and receive 8.50% Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures (the “Debentures”) from, the Company and to issue and sell Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II 8.50% Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Securities (the “Preferred Securities”) with such powers, preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of October ___, 2009, among Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), as Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”);
     WHEREAS, the Company shall directly or indirectly own all of the Common Securities of the Trust and shall issue the Debentures;
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the Preferred Securities, which purchase the Company hereby agrees shall benefit the Company and which purchase the Company acknowledges shall be made in reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, including in its capacity as holder of the Common Securities, and the Trust hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.1 Guarantee by the Company.
     Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company, including in its capacity as holder of the Common Securities, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each person or entity to whom the Trust is now or hereafter becomes indebted or liable (the “Beneficiaries”) the full payment when and as due, of any and all Obligations (as hereinafter defined) to such Beneficiaries. As used herein, “Obligations” means any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust other than obligations of the Trust to pay to holders of any Preferred Securities or other similar interests in the Trust the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Securities or such other similar interests, as the case may be. This Agreement is intended to be for the benefit of, and to be enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or not such Beneficiaries have received notice hereof.

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SECTION 1.2 Term of Agreement.
     This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the later of (a) the date on which full payment has been made of all amounts payable to all holders of all the Preferred Securities (whether upon redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise); and (b) the date on which there are no Beneficiaries remaining; provided, however, that this Agreement shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Preferred Securities or any Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid under the Preferred Securities, under any obligation, under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated the date hereof by the Company and Wilmington Trust Company as Guarantee Trustee or under this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. This Agreement is continuing, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
SECTION 1.3 Waiver of Notice.
     The Company hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Agreement and of any obligation to which it applies or may apply, and the Company hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.
SECTION 1.4 No Impairment.
     The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Company under this Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
     (a) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or any portion of the Obligations or for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Obligations;
     (b) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect to the Obligations or any action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind; or
     (c) 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.
     There shall be no obligation of the Beneficiaries to give notice to, or obtain the consent of, the Company with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.

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SECTION 1.5 Enforcement.
     A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement directly against the Company, and the Company waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought against the Trust or any other person or entity before proceeding against the Company.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.1 Binding Effect.
     All guarantees and agreements contained in this Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the Beneficiaries.
SECTION 2.2 Amendment.
     So long as there remains any Beneficiary or any Preferred Securities of any series are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified or amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to any of the holders of the Preferred Securities.
SECTION 2.3 Notices.
     Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing by delivering the same by facsimile transmission (confirmed by mail), telex, or by registered or certified mail, addressed as follows (and if so given, shall be deemed given when mailed or upon receipt of an answer back, if sent by facsimile):
Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II
c/o Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
2200 Montauk Highway
Bridgehampton, New York 11932
Attention: Howard H. Nolan, Administrative Trustee
Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
2200 Montauk Highway
Bridgehampton, New York 11932
Attention: Kevin M. O’Connor, President and Chief Executive Officer
SECTION 2.4 Governing Law.
     This agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of New York (without regard to conflict of laws principles).

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     THIS EXPENSE AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.
         
  BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Kevin M. O’Connor   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
  BRDIGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Howard H. Nolan   
    Title:   Administrative Trustee   
 

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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF PREFFERED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
8.50% CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES

(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER PREFERRED SECURITY)
Bridge Statutory Capital Trust ii
ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
     Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), hereby certifies that
     _______________ (the Holder)
     is the registered owner of preferred securities of the Trust as indicated above representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the 8.50% Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $1,000 per Preferred Security) (the “Preferred Securities”). The Preferred Securities are transferable as provided in the Trust Agreement (as defined herein). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences, and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this Certificate and the Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust among Bridge Bancorp, Inc., as Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), including the designation of the terms of Preferred Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Convertible Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement entered into by Bridge Bancorp, Inc., a New York corporation, and Wilmington Trust Company as guarantee trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Guarantee”), to the extent provided therein. The Trust shall furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
     Upon receipt of this Certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
     Unless the Certificate of Authentication has been manually executed by the Authentication Agent, this Certificate is not valid or effective.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II has caused this certificate to be executed, by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized trustees and has caused a facsimile of its seal to be hereunto affixed.
Dated:
                         
By 
      By       By        
 
                   
 
  Kevin M. O’Connor, as Trustee       Howard H. Nolan, as Trustee       William Araneo, as Trustee
[SEAL]

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BRIDGE BANCORP CAPITAL TRUST II
          The Trust will furnish without charge to any registered owner of Preferred Securities who so requests, a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee. Any such request should be in writing and addressed to Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, c/o Secretary, Bridge Bancorp, Inc., 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York 11932 or to the Registrar named on the face of this Certificate.
          The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
         
TEN COM—
  as tenants in common   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—                 under Uniform Gift to
TEN ENT—
  as tenants by the entireties  
Minors Act and not as tenants
JT TEN—
  as joint tenants with right of survival    
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
 
(Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee)
 
 
(insert address and zip code of assignee)
the within Certificate and all rights and interests represented by the Preferred Securities evidenced thereby, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
_______________________________________________________________ attorney to transfer the said Preferred Securities on the books of the within-named Trust with full power of substitution in the premises.
                   
Dated:
      Signature:    
 
           
Note: The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatsoever.
Signature(s) Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member or participant in a signature guarantee program (i.e, the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program).
CONVERSION REQUEST
          To: _______________, as Conversion Agent under the Trust Agreement of Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II
          The undersigned owner of these Preferred Securities hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert these Preferred Securities, or the portion below designated, into Common Stock of Bridge Bancorp, Inc., (the “Common Stock”) in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement. Pursuant to the aforementioned exercise of the option to convert these Preferred Securities, the undersigned hereby directs the Conversion Agent (as that term is defined in the Trust Agreement) to (i) exchange such Preferred Securities for a Like Amount of the Debentures (as that term is defined in the Trust Agreement) held by the Trust, and (ii) immediately convert such Debentures on behalf of the undersigned, into Common Stock at the Conversion Ratio specified in the Trust Agreement.
          The undersigned also hereby directs the Conversion Agent that the shares issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares, be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned, unless a different name has been indicated in the assignment below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.
Date:  
Number of Preferred Securities to be converted:
          If a name or names other than the undersigned, please indicate in the spaces below the name or names in which the shares of Common Stock are to be issued, along with the address or addresses of such person or persons.
          (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Security certificate) (for conversion of definitive Preferred Securities only)
          Please print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Social Security or Other Identifying Number.

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Signature(s) Guaranteed:
          NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member or participant in a signature guarantee program (i.e, the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program).

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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE AUTHENTICATION
     This is one of the 8.50% Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Amended and Restated Trust Agreement.
         
  ____________________________________,
as Authentication Agent and Registrar
 
 
  By:      
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE   
       

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EXHIBIT 4.5
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
AND
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 23, 2009

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
ARTICLE I — DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
    1  
Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation
    1  
ARTICLE II — TRUST INDENTURE ACT
    4  
Section 2.1 [Reserved]
    4  
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities
    4  
Section 2.3 [Reserved]
    5  
Section 2.4 [Reserved]
    5  
Section 2.5 [Reserved]
    5  
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver
    5  
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice
    5  
Section 2.8 [Reserved]
    5  
ARTICLE III — POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
    6  
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee
    6  
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee
    7  
Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee
    9  
ARTICLE IV — GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
    9  
Section 4.1 Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
    9  
Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee
    9  
ARTICLE V — GUARANTEE
    10  
Section 5.1 Guarantee
    10  
Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand
    10  
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected
    11  
Section 5.4 Rights of Holders
    12  
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment
    12  
Section 5.6 Subrogation
    12  
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations
    12  
Section 5.8 Conversion
    12  
ARTICLE VI — LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
    13  
Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions
    13  
Section 6.2 Ranking
    13  
ARTICLE VII — TERMINATION
    13  
Section 7.1 Termination
    13  
ARTICLE VIII — INDEMNIFICATION
    13  
Section 8.1 Exculpation
    13  
Section 8.2 Indemnification
    14  
ARTICLE IX — MISCELLANEOUS
    14  
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns
    14  
Section 9.2 Amendments
    15  
Section 9.3 Notices
    15  
Section 9.4 Benefit
    16  
Section 9.5 Governing Law
    16  

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CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
     THIS CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (this “Preferred Securities Guarantee”), dated as of October 23, 2009, is executed and delivered by BRIDGE BANCORP, INC., a New York corporation (the “Guarantor”), and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, as trustee (the “Guarantee Trustee”), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the Trust Agreement), dated as of October 23, 2009, among the trustees of the Trust named therein, the Guarantor, as Depositor and sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, the Trust is issuing on the date hereof up to 15,000 convertible preferred securities, having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of up to $15,000,000 designated the 8.50% Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Securities;
     WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Preferred Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay to the Holders of the Preferred Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation.
     In this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires:
     (a) capitalized terms used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;
     (b) terms defined in the Trust Agreement as at the date of execution of this Preferred Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
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     (d) all references to the Preferred Securities Guarantee or this Preferred Securities Guarantee are to this Preferred Securities Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
     (e) all references in this Preferred Securities Guarantee to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
     (f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee or unless the context otherwise requires; and
     (g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
     “Affiliate” has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereto.
     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, a day on which federal or state banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law, executive order or regulation to close or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Guarantee Trustee is closed for business.
     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
     “Covered Person” means any Holder or beneficial owner of Preferred Securities.
     “Debentures” means the 8.50% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due December 31, 2039, of the Debenture Issuer held by the Property Trustee of the Trust.
     “Debenture Issuer” means Bridge Bancorp, Inc., issuer of the Debentures under the Indenture.
     “Event of Default” means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
     “Guarantee Payments” means the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities, to the extent not paid or made by the Trust: (i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions that are required to be paid on such Preferred Securities, to the extent the Trust shall have funds available therefor, (ii) the redemption price, including all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Price”), to the extent the Trust has funds available therefor, with respect to any Preferred Securities called for redemption by the Trust, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for Preferred Securities as provided in the Trust Agreement), the lesser of

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(a) the aggregate of the Liquidation Amount and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Preferred Securities to the date of payment, to the extent the Trust shall have funds available therefor (the “Liquidation Distribution”), and (b) the amount of assets of the Trust remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Trust.
     “Guarantee Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee Trustee.
     “Guarantor” means Bridge Bancorp, Inc. a New York corporation.
     “Holder” shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of the Trust, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Holder shall not include the Guarantor, the Guarantee Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates.
     “Indemnified Person” means the Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate of the Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Guarantee Trustee or Affiliate of the Guarantee Trustee.
     “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of October 23, 2009, among the Debenture Issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued to the Property Trustee of the Trust.
     “Liquidation Amount” means the stated value of $1,000 per Preferred Security.
     “Liquidation Distribution” has the meaning provided therefor in the definition of Guarantee Payments.
     “List of Holders” has the meaning stated in Section 2.2.
     “Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities” means the holders of more than 50% of the Liquidation Amount of all of the Preferred Securities.
     “Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two authorized officers of such Person, at least one of whom shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or any vice president of such Person. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall include:
     (a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definition 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;

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     (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.
     “Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
     “Preferred Securities” means the 8.50% Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with Common Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights of holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights of holders of Preferred Securities.
     “Redemption Price” has the meaning provided therefor in the definition of Guarantee Payments.
     “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Guarantee Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, including any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, associate, any assistant secretary, assistant treasurer or other officer of the Guarantee Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or, to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Guarantee Agreement.
     “Successor Guarantee Trustee” means a successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1 and that has accepted such appointment pursuant to Section 4.2.
     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
ARTICLE II — TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust [Reserved].
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.

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     In the event the Guarantee Trustee is not also acting in the capacity of the Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, the Guarantor shall cause the Guarantee Trustee to be provided with a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (“List of Holders”) as of the date (i) within one Business Day after March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, and (ii) at any other time within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 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 caused to have been given to the Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
Section 2.3 [Reserved].
Section 2.4 [Reserved].
Section 2.5 [Reserved].
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
     The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
     (a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Preferred Securities, notices of all Events of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided, that, except in the case of a default by Guarantor on any of its payment obligations, 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 Preferred Securities.
     (b) The Guarantee Trustee shall be deemed not to have notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice thereof, referencing this Guarantee, or a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of the Trust Agreement shall have obtained actual knowledge thereof.
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ARTICLE III — POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.
     (a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Preferred Securities Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of Preferred 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 herein shall automatically cease as to such Guarantee Trustee and vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such cessation and vesting 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 an Event of Default of which the Guarantee Trustee has actual knowledge as provided in Section 2.7(b) has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
     (c) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) of which the Guarantee Trustee has actual knowledge as provided in Section 2.7(b), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
     (d) No provision of this Preferred Securities 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 Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
               (A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Preferred Securities 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 Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee; and
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opinions furnished to the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Preferred Securities Guarantee; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the 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 Preferred Securities Guarantee;
          (ii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;
          (iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities Guarantee; and
          (iv) no provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.
     (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
          (i) the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;
          (ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;
          (iii) whenever, in the administration of this Preferred Securities 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, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor;

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          (iv) the Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof);
          (v) the Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel at the expense of the Guarantor, and the written 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 at the expense of the Guarantor to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Preferred Securities 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 Preferred Securities 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 an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
          (vii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
          (viii) the Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the Guarantee Trustee 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) 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 Preferred Securities 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 Preferred Securities Guarantee the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions.

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     (b) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.
     The Recitals contained in this Guarantee shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor. The Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for such Recitals, and makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
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 corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, 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) Subject to Section 2.8, 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.

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     (a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Guarantee Trustee may on thirty (30) days notice, resign or be appointed or removed without cause by the Guarantor.
     (b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not resign or 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 and the Guarantee Trustee that is resigning or being removed.
     (c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to Section 4.2(b). Subject to Section 4.2(b), 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.
     (d) If a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall not 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 resignation, the resigning Guarantee Trustee at the Guarantor’s expense may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.
     (e) No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Guarantee Trustee.
     (f) Upon termination of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or removal or resignation of the Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Guarantee Trustee all fees and expenses accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation, to the extent not previously paid.
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), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Trust may have or assert. The Guarantor’s obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Trust to pay such amounts to the Holders.
Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.
     The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the

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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 Preferred Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
     (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 Preferred 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 Preferred Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Preferred Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that results from the extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures or any extension of the maturity date of the Debentures permitted by the Indenture);
     (c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of the Holders 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 Preferred Securities;
     (f) any failure or omission to receive any regulatory approval or consent required in connection with the Preferred Securities (or the common equity securities issued by the Trust), including the failure to receive any approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System required for the redemption of the Preferred Securities;
     (g) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or
     (h) 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.

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     There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
Section 5.4 Rights of Holders.
     (a) Subject to Section 5.4(b), the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting of any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
     (b) Any Holder of Preferred Securities may institute and prosecute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce its rights under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Trust, the Guarantee Trustee or any other Person.
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment.
     This Preferred Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection.
Section 5.6 Subrogation.
     The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of Preferred Securities against the Trust in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations.
     The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (h), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
Section 5.8 Conversion.
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Securities and the Debentures as provided in Article IV of the Trust Agreement and Article IV of the Indenture.
ARTICLE VI — LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions.
     So long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, if there shall have occurred an Event of Default under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, an event of default under the Trust Agreement or an Event of Default under the Indenture during an Extended Interest Payment Period (as defined therein), then (a) the Guarantor shall not 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 (other than as a result of a reclassification of its capital stock for another class of its capital stock) and (b) the Guarantor shall not make any payment of interest or principal on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Guarantor which rank pari passu with or junior to the Debentures, other than payments under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
Section 6.2 Ranking.
     This Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt and Additional Senior Obligations, as defined in the Indenture, of the Guarantor, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture, and the applicable provisions of the Indenture will apply, in all relevant respects, to the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.
ARTICLE VII — TERMINATION
Section 7.1 Termination.
     This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of: (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of all Preferred Securities, (ii) full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Trust Agreement upon liquidation of the Trust, or (iii) distribution of all Outstanding Debentures to the Holders of all Outstanding Preferred Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder of Preferred Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under the Preferred Securities or under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII — INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Exculpation.
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or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in accordance with this Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Preferred Securities Guarantee or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage, claims, liability, penalty or expense incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person’s negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
     (b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to Holders of Preferred Securities might properly be paid.
Section 8.2 Indemnification.
     The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, damage, claims, liability, penalty or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred without gross 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 Guarantor’s obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IX — MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns.
     All guarantees and agreements contained in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities then outstanding and each Indemnified Person.
     Any corporation into which the Guarantee 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 Guarantee Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business or assets of the Guarantee Trustee, shall be the successor of the Guarantee Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified and eligible under the provisions of Section 4.1, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Section 9.2 Amendments.
     This Preferred Securities Guarantee may be amended only in writing signed by the parties. Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect the rights of Holders as determined by an opinion of counsel (which may be counsel for the Guarantor) at the Guarantor’s expense, addressed to the Guarantee Trustee (in which case no consent of Holders will be required), this Preferred Securities Guarantee may only be amended with the prior approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities. No amendment that affects the duties, obligations or protections of the Guarantee Trustee shall be made without the consent of the Guarantee Trustee. The provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement with respect to meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities apply to the giving of such approval.
Section 9.3 Notices.
     All notices provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by registered or certified mail, as follows:
     (a) If given to the Guarantee Trustee, at the Guarantee Trustee’s mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Guarantor and the Holders of the Preferred Securities):
    Wilmington Trust Company
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
 
    With a copy to:
 
    Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
One Rodney Square
920 North King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Attention: J. Weston Peterson
     (b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor’s mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Guarantee Trustee the Holders of the Preferred Securities):
    Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
2200 Montauk Highway
Bridgehampton, New York 11932
Attention: Chief Executive Officer

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    With a copy to:
 
    Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 780
Washington, DC 20015
Attention: John J. Gorman
     (c) If given to any Holder of Preferred Securities, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Trust.
     All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
Section 9.4 Benefit.
     Except as it applies to the Guarantee Trustee and any Indemnified Person, this Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not separately transferable from the Preferred Securities.
Section 9.5 Governing Law.
     THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Convertible Preferred Securities Guarantee to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
         
  BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.,
as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Kevin M. O’Connor    
    Name:   Kevin M. O’Connor   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Guarantee Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Joshua C. Jones    
    Name:   Joshua C. Jones   
    Title:   Financial Services Officer   
 

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EXHIBIT 4.6
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
     AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 23, 2009, between BRIDGE BANCORP, INC. a New York corporation (the “Company”), and BRIDGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its common securities (the “Common Securities”) to, and receive 8.50% Convertible Subordinated Debentures (the “Debentures”) from, the Company and to issue and sell Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II 8.50% Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Securities (the “Preferred Securities”) with such powers, preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of October 23, 2009, among Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), as Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”);
     WHEREAS, the Company shall directly or indirectly own all of the Common Securities of the Trust and shall issue the Debentures;
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the Preferred Securities, which purchase the Company hereby agrees shall benefit the Company and which purchase the Company acknowledges shall be made in reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, including in its capacity as holder of the Common Securities, and the Trust hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.1 Guarantee by the Company.
     Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company, including in its capacity as holder of the Common Securities, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each person or entity to whom the Trust is now or hereafter becomes indebted or liable (the “Beneficiaries”) the full payment when and as due, of any and all Obligations (as hereinafter defined) to such Beneficiaries. As used herein, “Obligations” means any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust other than obligations of the Trust to pay to holders of any Preferred Securities or other similar interests in the Trust the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Securities or such other similar interests, as the case may be. This Agreement is intended to be for the benefit of, and to be enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or not such Beneficiaries have received notice hereof.

 


 

SECTION 1.2 Term of Agreement.
     This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the later of (a) the date on which full payment has been made of all amounts payable to all holders of all the Preferred Securities (whether upon redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise); and (b) the date on which there are no Beneficiaries remaining; provided, however, that this Agreement shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Preferred Securities or any Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid under the Preferred Securities, under any obligation, under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated the date hereof by the Company and Wilmington Trust Company as Guarantee Trustee or under this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. This Agreement is continuing, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
SECTION 1.3 Waiver of Notice.
     The Company hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Agreement and of any obligation to which it applies or may apply, and the Company hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.
SECTION 1.4 No Impairment.
     The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Company under this Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
     (a) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or any portion of the Obligations or for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Obligations;
     (b) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect to the Obligations or any action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind; or
     (c) 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.
     There shall be no obligation of the Beneficiaries to give notice to, or obtain the consent of, the Company with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.

 


 

SECTION 1.5 Enforcement.
     A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement directly against the Company, and the Company waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought against the Trust or any other person or entity before proceeding against the Company.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.1 Binding Effect.
     All guarantees and agreements contained in this Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the Beneficiaries.
SECTION 2.2 Amendment.
     So long as there remains any Beneficiary or any Preferred Securities of any series are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified or amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to any of the holders of the Preferred Securities.
SECTION 2.3 Notices.
     Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing by delivering the same by facsimile transmission (confirmed by mail), telex, or by registered or certified mail, addressed as follows (and if so given, shall be deemed given when mailed or upon receipt of an answer back, if sent by facsimile):
Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II
c/o Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
2200 Montauk Highway
Bridgehampton, New York 11932
Attention: Howard H. Nolan, Administrative Trustee
Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
2200 Montauk Highway
Bridgehampton, New York 11932
Attention: Kevin M. O’Connor, President and Chief Executive Officer
SECTION 2.4 Governing Law.
     This agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of New York (without regard to conflict of laws principles).

 


 

     THIS EXPENSE AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.
         
  BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Kevin M. O’Connor    
    Name:   Kevin M. O’Connor   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
  BRDIGE STATUTORY CAPITAL TRUST II
 
 
  By:   /s/ Howard H. Nolan    
    Name:   Howard H. Nolan   
    Title:   Administrative Trustee   
 

 

EX-99.1 6 g20924exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
         
 
      (BRIDGE BANCORP LOGO)
Contact:
  Howard H. Nolan  
 
  Senior Executive Vice President  
 
  Chief Financial Officer  
 
  (631) 537-1001, ext. 7255  
 
       
BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2009 RESULTS
Growth in Loans and Core Deposits
Bridgehampton, NY — October 23, 2009 Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BDGE), the parent company of The Bridgehampton National Bank, today announced net income and earnings per share for the third quarter of 2009. Highlights for the quarter include:
  Net income of $2.3 million or $.38 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
  Returns on average assets and equity of 1.12% and 16.07%, respectively.
  Net interest income grew to $8.8 million compared to $7.8 million in the 2008 period, with a net interest margin of 4.63%.
  Average loan growth of 10%, with loans totaling $439.3 million, at September 30, 2009.
  Deposits of $765.4 million, an increase of 14% compared to September 30, 2008 levels.
  Strong liquidity with higher levels of securities and a loan to deposit ratio of 57%.
  The launch of our Dividend Reinvestment Plan and declared quarterly dividend of $.23 per share.
  Named one of thirty “All Star” banks in the country by Sandler O’Neill & Partners.
  The private placement of $9 million in Convertible Trust Preferred Securities in October 2009.
“These results reflect the positive impact of successful business expansion offset, to a degree, by the effects of the ongoing recession. We experienced top line revenue growth fueled by growing deposits and expanding assets generating record levels of net interest income. However, net income remains essentially unchanged as the current economic

 


 

environment necessitates higher credit costs along with the continued burden of increasing FDIC insurance premiums. The ability to grow our business, deliver strong returns and maintain a healthy dividend, despite the impact of the economy on our industry and customers, reflects the underlying vitality of our Company,” commented Kevin M. O’Connor, the President and CEO of Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
“Another milestone was our ability to strengthen our capital through the successful private placement of $9 million of Cumulative Convertible Trust Preferred Capital Securities issued by Bridge Statutory Capital Trust II (the “Trust”), a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,” continued Mr. O’Connor.
Net Earnings and Returns
Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 was $2.3 million or $.38 per share, compared to $2.4 million or $.39 per share, for the same period in 2008. The decrease in net income, despite substantial increases in net interest income, relates primarily to increased credit costs and costs associated with FDIC insurance. Net income was $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, with diluted per share results of $1.07 and $1.08, respectively. The 2009 results include a charge of $1.3 million, including a special assessment for FDIC insurance premiums, compared to $0.2 million in 2008.
Net interest income growth during the quarter resulted from a 14.6% increase in average earning assets offset by a declining, but still strong interest margin. The impact of a higher concentration of lower yielding and lower risk securities narrowed the current quarter margin to 4.63% from last year’s margin of 4.71%. The $.9 million provision for loan losses increased significantly over the $550 thousand recorded in the same period last year, reflecting continued economic weakness and resulting in increased reserve coverage levels. Non interest income declined slightly due to lower transactional fees and declining title fee revenue. Operating expenses were higher due to costs related to new branch and technology initiatives and, as previously noted, the substantial increase in FDIC insurance premiums.
“Our stable and low cost core funding base provides liquidity to prudently manage risks. Lower funding costs allow us to judiciously lend in our local market and to supplement these lending initiatives with lower risk securities. This additional income partially offset our prudent additions to loan loss reserves and costs associated with our expansion and higher ongoing regulatory costs,” commented Mr. O’Connor.
Balance Sheet and Asset Quality
Total assets grew to $854.5 million at September 30, 2009, representing a 13% increase over the September 2008 level of $755.5 million. Net loan growth was approximately $24.3 million, while securities and other short term investments increased by $54.7 million. The velocity of loan growth slowed, as we continue to maintain conservative underwriting standards and limit credit extensions to our identified geographic footprint. We continue to retain all originated loans on our balance sheet.
Against a backdrop of continued national economic weakness and deterioration in local conditions, asset quality measures remain relatively strong and exceed peer levels. Non

 


 

accrual assets of $6.0 million, while higher than the prior year and quarter, still represent only 1.4% of the total loan portfolio. This amount includes one relationship of $3.4 million identified as a Troubled Debt Restructuring. The loans to this borrower are current and have an approximate loan to value ratio of 65%. The provision for loan losses of $.9 million, net of charge-offs of $.4 million for the third quarter of 2009, increased the allowance for loan losses to $5.5 million. This represents a ratio of allowance to total loans of 1.25% at September 30, 2009 compared to  .88%, at September 30, 2008.
“The loan quality and related management of troubled and potentially troubled assets is management’s greatest priority today. We continually assess the impact of the economic landscape on customers and their businesses. We consider these factors as we assess underlying credits and determine provisions, charge-offs and, most importantly, strategies for minimizing credit risk and maximizing value for our shareholders. We understand there may be ongoing distress impacting commercial real estate and we remain mindful of this as we assess our financial results and corporate strategies,” commented Mr. O’Connor.
Deposits ended the quarter at $765.4 million, a 14% increase over September 30, 2008, as sales initiatives, and expanded branch network and a higher national savings rate contributed to core deposit growth. This growth continues to fund the expansion of interest earning assets while its low cost of funds contribute to a strong margin. Average demand deposits for the third quarter of 2009 were $220.1 million, representing 29.7% of total deposits.
Stockholders’ equity grew to $61.6 million at September 30, 2009, reflecting continued earnings growth, and a positive market valuation on our investment securities. The Bank and holding company ended the quarter above the regulatory thresholds required to be well-capitalized. “While our capital ratios exceed these levels there has been dialogue regarding changing the benchmarks. The Board, considering this along with potential growth opportunities, strengthened our capital position by issuing, during October, $9 million of Convertible Trust Preferred Securities, and is considering issuing additional Trust Preferred Securities up to an aggregate $15 million,” commented Mr. O’Connor.
Trust Preferred Securities
The Convertible Trust Preferred Securities have a liquidation value of $1,000 per share, and are entitled to receive an 8.50% distribution payable quarterly. For this issuance, each share of trust preferred securities is convertible into 32.26 shares of our common stock, an effective conversion price of $31 per share. The securities mature in 30 years but are callable by the Company at par, in five years. The quarterly distribution may be deferred for up to 5 years. The sale of the trust preferred securities have not and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be sold in the United States, absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration.
“These securities provide additional capital helping support growth and providing strength for continued future expansion. They were purchased by existing shareholders, community members and members of the Board and management, reflecting the continued strong relationship between these constituents. As we embark on our 100th anniversary celebration, it is important to continue the partnerships established a century ago, as local stakeholders

 


 

provide the support and capital to expand the mission of its community bank,” continued Mr. O’Connor.
Opportunities & Challenges
“As we enter the third year of financial turbulence, financial markets have stabilized; however, significant economic weaknesses still exist, including troubling levels of unemployment. We continue to actively monitor economic trends and the impact on our customers, while assessing future opportunities to strengthen and expand our organization. In April 2009, we opened the Shirley branch, and it currently has over $15 million in deposits and a growing loan pipeline. We eagerly anticipate the opening of our new branch in East Hampton Village in the fourth quarter of 2009. Additional branches in Deer Park and Center Moriches are planned for 2010.
“I am also pleased to report that we were once again named one of only thirty “All Star” banks in the country by Sandler O’Neill & Partners, a prominent investment firm specializing in the banking industry.
As we approach our 100th anniversary in these uncertain economic times, we remain committed to the sound business principles that have served this Company well: conservative underwriting of loans to local customers and businesses, prudent management of risks, core community based funding and strong financial results delivered to our shareholders,” concluded Mr. O’Connor.
About Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
Bridge Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company engaged in commercial banking and financial services through its wholly owned subsidiary, The Bridgehampton National Bank. Established in 1910, the Bank, with assets of approximately $850 million, and a primary market area of the North and South Forks of Eastern Long Island, extending westward into Suffolk County, operates 15 retail branch locations. Through this network and electronic delivery channels, the Bank provides deposit and loan products and financial services to local businesses, consumers and municipalities. Title insurance services are offered through the subsidiary, Bridge Abstract and investments through Bridge Investment Services.
The Bridgehampton National Bank has a rich tradition of involvement in the community by supporting programs and initiatives that promote local business, the environment, education, healthcare, social services and the arts.
Please see the attached tables for selected financial information.
This report may contain statements relating to the future results of the Company (including certain projections and business trends) that are considered “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). Such forward-looking statements, in addition to historical information, which involve risk and uncertainties, are based on the beliefs, assumptions and expectations of management of the Company. Words such as “expects, “ “believes,” “should,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “will,” “potential,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “outlook,” “predict,” “project,” “would,” “estimated,” “assumes,” “likely,” and variation of such similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, possible or assumed estimates with respect to the financial condition, expected or anticipated revenue, and results of operations and business of the

 


 

Company, including earnings growth; revenue growth in retail banking lending and other areas; origination volume in the Company’s consumer, commercial and other lending businesses; current and future capital management programs; non-interest income levels, including fees from the title abstract subsidiary and banking services as well as product sales; tangible capital generation; market share; expense levels; and other business operations and strategies. For this presentation, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the PSLRA.
Factors that could cause future results to vary from current management expectations include, but are not limited to, changing economic conditions; legislative and regulatory changes, including increases in FDIC insurance rates; monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government; changes in tax policies; rates and regulations of federal, state and local tax authorities; changes in interest rates; deposit flows; the cost of funds; demands for loan products; demand for financial services; competition; changes in the quality and composition of the Bank’s loan and investment portfolios; changes in management’s business strategies; changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines, changes in real estate values and other factors discussed elsewhere in this report, and in other reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this report, and the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

 


 

BRIDGE BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Condition (unaudited)
(In thousands)
                         
    September 30,     December 31,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2008  
ASSETS
                       
Cash and Cash Equivalents
  $ 36,732     $ 28,885     $ 19,837  
Investment in Debt and Equity Securities, net:
                       
Securities Available for Sale, at Fair Value
    292,513       314,495       261,845  
Securities Held to Maturity
    62,534       43,444       38,540  
 
                       
Loans
    439,317       429,683       413,193  
Less: Allowance for Loan Losses
    (5,485 )     (3,953 )     (3,634 )
 
                 
Loans, net
    433,832       425,730       409,559  
 
                 
Premises and Equipment, net
    20,568       18,377       18,322  
Accrued Interest Receivable and Other Assets
    8,367       8,128       7,349  
 
                 
Total Assets
  $ 854,546     $ 839,059     $ 755,452  
 
                 
 
                       
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                       
Demand Deposits
  $ 213,121     $ 181,213     $ 209,417  
Savings, NOW and Money Market Deposits
    391,853       344,860       347,404  
Certificates of Deposit of $100,000 or more
    85,101       78,165       77,474  
Other Time Deposits
    75,359       54,847       37,255  
 
                 
Total Deposits
    765,434       659,085       671,550  
 
                 
Federal Funds Purchased and Repurchase Agreements
    15,000       85,900       15,000  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
          30,000        
Other Liabilities and Accrued Expenses
    12,489       7,935       15,628  
 
                 
Total Liabilities
    792,923       782,920       702,178  
 
                 
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    61,623       56,139       53,274  
 
                 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
  $ 854,546     $ 839,059     $ 755,452  
 
                 
 
                       
Selected Financial Data: Capital Ratios
                       
 
                       
Total Capital (to risk weighted assets)
    11.8 %     11.1 %     11.6 %
Tier 1 Capital (to risk weighted assets)
    10.7 %     10.3 %     10.8 %
Tier 1 Capital (to average assets)
    7.0 %     6.9 %     7.4 %

 


 

BRIDGE BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
                                 
    Three months ended     Nine months ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
 
                               
Interest Income
  $ 10,727     $ 10,075     $ 32,614     $ 28,827  
Interest Expense
    1,916       2,266       5,791       7,060  
 
                       
Net Interest Income
    8,811       7,809       26,823       21,767  
Provision for Loan Losses
    900       550       3,200       1,075  
 
                       
Net Interest Income after Provision for Loan Losses
    7,911       7,259       23,623       20,692  
 
                       
Other Non Interest Income
    1,339       1,427       3,554       3,787  
Title Fee Income
    226       250       586       945  
Net Securities Gains
                529        
 
                       
Total Non Interest Income
    1,565       1,677       4,669       4,732  
 
                       
Salaries and Benefits
    3,614       3,265       10,714       9,404  
FDIC Assessments
    310       89       1,265       172  
Other Non Interest Expense
    2,140       2,047       6,624       6,097  
 
                       
Total Non Interest Expense
    6,064       5,401       18,603       15,673  
 
                       
Income Before Income Taxes
    3,412       3,535       9,689       9,751  
Provision for Income Taxes
    1,092       1,179       3,137       3,190  
 
                       
Net Income
  $ 2,320     $ 2,356     $ 6,552     $ 6,561  
 
                       
Basic Earnings Per Share
  $ 0.38     $ 0.39     $ 1.08     $ 1.08  
 
                       
Diluted Earnings Per Share
  $ 0.38     $ 0.39     $ 1.07     $ 1.08  
 
                       
 
                               
BRIDGE BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
                               
Selected Financial Data
                               
 
                               
Return on Average Total Assets
    1.12 %     1.30 %     1.08 %     1.29 %
Effect of FDIC Special Assessment
                0.04 %      
Return on Average Total Assets excl. FDIC Special Assessment
    1.12 %     1.30 %     1.12 %     1.29 %
Return on Average Stockholders’ Equity
    16.07 %     17.38 %     15.64 %     16.39 %
Effect of FDIC Special Assessment
                0.60 %      
Return on Average Stockholders’ Equity excl. FDIC Special Assessment
    16.07 %     17.38 %     16.24 %     16.39 %
Net Interest Margin
    4.63 %     4.71 %     4.80 %     4.73 %
Efficiency Ratio
    56.89 %     55.52 %     58.43 %     57.57 %

 

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