-----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, KXHSFWV5EAC06U9rSIS9/oG5vK5HOpEYtfF/vJt3ahf2pFsdnWPPDsMIypfIckMF oTz8bD+m1pni+AcRP2n5kQ== 0001193125-06-235983.txt : 20061115 0001193125-06-235983.hdr.sgml : 20061115 20061115135126 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-06-235983 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: POSASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 12 FILED AS OF DATE: 20061115 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061115 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20061115 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KEYCORP /NEW/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000091576 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 346542451 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-134937 FILM NUMBER: 061219190 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 127 PUBLIC SQ CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-1306 BUSINESS PHONE: 2166896300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 127 PUBLIC SQ CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-1306 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOCIETY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KeyCorp Capital IX CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001380610 IRS NUMBER: 207143490 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-134937-02 FILM NUMBER: 061219191 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O KEYCORP STREET 2: 127 PUBLIC SQUARE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-1306 BUSINESS PHONE: 216.689.6300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O KEYCORP STREET 2: 127 PUBLIC SQUARE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-1306 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KeyCorp Capital VIII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001323204 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 146270293 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-134937-01 FILM NUMBER: 061219192 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 127 PUBLIC SQUARE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-1306 BUSINESS PHONE: 216-689-6300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 127 PUBLIC SQUARE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-1306 POSASR 1 dposasr.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 Registration Statement
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2006

Registration Nos. 333-134937, 333-134937-01 and 333-            


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


Post-Effective Amendment No. 2

to

Form S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

KEYCORP  

KEYCORP CAPITAL VIII

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)   (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Ohio   Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

34-6542451   14-6270293, 20-7143490
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

(216) 689-6300

 

c/o KeyCorp

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

(216) 689-6300

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,

Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,

Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 


Daniel R. Stolzer, Esq.

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

KeyCorp

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

(216) 689-6300

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,

Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 


with a copy to:

 

James J. Barresi, Esq.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
312 Walnut Street, Suite 3500
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4036
(513) 361-1200

 

Daniel G. Berick, Esq.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
4900 Key Tower

127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1304
(216) 479-8500

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of each class of securities to be registered   

Amount to

be

registered

   

Proposed
maximum
offering

price per

unit

     Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
    

Amount of

registration

fee

 

Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of KeyCorp

   (1 )(2)(3)   (1 )    (1 )    (6 )

Share Purchase Contracts of KeyCorp

   (1 )(2)   (1 )    (1 )    (6 )

Preferred Shares of KeyCorp

   (1 )(2)   (1 )    (1 )    (6 )

Depositary Shares of KeyCorp

   (1 )(2)(4)   (1 )    (1 )    (6 )

Units of KeyCorp

   (1 )(2)   (1 )    (1 )    (6 )

Trust Preferred Securities of KeyCorp Capital VIII

   (1 )(2)   (1 )    (1 )    (6 )

Trust Preferred Securities of KeyCorp Capital IX

   (1 )(2)   (1 )    (1 )    (6 )

Guarantees of KeyCorp with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities

   (1 )(2)(5)   (1 )    (1 )    (6 )

Total

          

(1) An unspecified aggregate initial offering price or number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be offered at unspecified prices. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units or represented by depositary shares.
(2) This Registration Statement also serves to register such indeterminate amount of securities that are to be offered and sold in connection with market-making activities of affiliates of the registrant, including McDonald Investments Inc.
(3) This Registration Statement also serves to register an indeterminate principal amount of junior subordinated debt securities of KeyCorp as may be sold from time to time at indeterminate prices. Junior subordinated debt securities may be issued and sold to KeyCorp Capital VIII or KeyCorp Capital IX, in which event such junior subordinated debt securities may later be distributed to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities upon dissolution of KeyCorp Capital VIII or KeyCorp Capital IX and the distribution of the assets thereof.
(4) Such indeterminate number of depositary shares to be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to a deposit agreement. In the event the registrant elects to offer to the public whole or fractional interests in shares of the preferred stock registered hereunder, depositary receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing such interests and such shares will be issued to the depositary under the deposit agreement.
(5) KeyCorp is also registering pursuant to this Registration Statement guarantees and other obligations that it may have with respect to Trust Preferred Securities issued by KeyCorp Capital VIII or KeyCorp Capital IX. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act of 1933, no separate consideration will be received for any such guarantee or any other such obligations.
(6) In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrants are deferring payment of all of the registration fee, except for $29,572 that has already been paid with respect to securities that were previously registered pursuant to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-124023) and were not sold thereunder, of which $2,792 remains available for future registration fees. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, such unutilized filing fee may be applied to the filing fee payable pursuant to this Registration Statement.

 


 


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Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement (File Nos. 333-134937 and 333-134937-01) is being filed by KeyCorp and KeyCorp Capital VIII for the purpose of (i) adding KeyCorp Capital IX, a statutory trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), as an issuer and co-registrant to the Registration Statement hereunder, (ii) adding additional classes of securities of the Trust to the Registration Statement as described in the accompanying prospectus, (iii) updating the information in Part II with respect to the addition of the Trust and the additional class of securities referenced herein, and (iv) filing additional exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

(216) 689-6300

 

LOGO

KEYCORP

Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

Share Purchase Contracts

Preferred Shares

Depositary Shares

Units

KEYCORP CAPITAL VIII

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

Trust Preferred Securities

Guaranteed on a subordinated basis by KeyCorp

We will provide the specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest in the securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement. This prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement and a pricing supplement, if any.

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “KEY.”

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense in the United States.

These securities are unsecured and will not be savings accounts, deposits or other obligations of any of our bank or nonbank subsidiaries and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Deposit Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, the Bank Insurance Fund or any other governmental agency.

 


This prospectus is dated November 15, 2006.


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Prospectus

 

Item

  

Page

Number

Where You Can Find More Information

   1

Consolidated Earnings Ratios

   2

Validity of Securities

   2

Experts

   2

 

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The words “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” as used herein refer to KeyCorp and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise stated.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. In addition, our SEC filings are available to the public at the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov and through the New York Stock Exchange Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

In this prospectus, as permitted by law, we “incorporate by reference” information from other documents that we file with the SEC. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus and should be read with the same care. When we update the information contained in documents that have been incorporated by reference by making future filings with the SEC, the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus is considered to be automatically updated and superseded. In other words, in case of a conflict or inconsistency between information contained in this prospectus and information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, you should rely on the information contained in the document that was filed later.

We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any documents we file with the SEC in the future under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until we or any underwriters sell all of the securities:

 

    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005;

 

    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006; and

 

    Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 20, 2006 (two reports); February 8, 2006; March 10, 2006; April 5, 2006; April 18, 2006; June 20, 2006, July 18, 2006, September 25, 2006, October 17, 2006, November 13, 2006 and November 14, 2006.

Information furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of our Current Reports on Form 8-K is not incorporated by reference.

You may request a copy of any of these filings, other than an exhibit to a filing unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into that filing, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at the following address:

KeyCorp

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

Attention: Investor Relations

(216) 689-6300

The trust has no separate financial statements. Any such statements would not be material to the holders of the trust preferred securities because the trust has no independent operations.

 

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CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS RATIOS

The following table shows our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2005, and for each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005.

For the purpose of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, we divided consolidated income, before income taxes and the cumulative effect of accounting changes, plus fixed charges by fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of:

 

    consolidated interest expense, excluding or including interest on deposits, as the case may be; and

 

    that portion of rental expense that is deemed representative of the interest factor, net of income from subleases.

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Years Ended December 31,  
         2006             2005             2005             2004             2003             2002             2001      

Ratios of earnings to fixed charges

              

Excluding deposit interest

   2.60 x   2.98 x   2.90 x   3.59 x   3.17 x   2.76 x   1.19 x

Including deposit interest

   1.64 x   1.90 x   1.85 x   2.14 x   1.97 x   1.80 x   1.09 x

Ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends

              

Excluding deposit interest

   2.60 x   2.98 x   2.90 x   3.59 x   3.17 x   2.76 x   1.19 x

Including deposit interest

   1.64 x   1.90 x   1.85 x   2.14 x   1.97 x   1.80 x   1.09 x

VALIDITY OF SECURITIES

The validity of the securities offered hereby, other than any trust preferred securities, will be passed upon for us, as will be indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, by either our General Counsel or a Deputy General Counsel or by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Cleveland, Ohio. Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, special Delaware counsel, will pass upon certain matters of Delaware law relating to the validity of any trust preferred securities.

EXPERTS

Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, as set forth in their reports, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young LLP’s reports, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

With respect to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information of KeyCorp for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, Ernst & Young LLP has reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information. However, Ernst & Young LLP’s separate report, included in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, and incorporated by reference, states that they did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that interim financial information. Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report on such information should be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied. Ernst & Young LLP is not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 for their report on the unaudited interim financial information because that report is not a “report” or a “part” of the registration statement prepared or certified by Ernst & Young LLP within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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LOGO

KEYCORP

Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

Share Purchase Contracts

Preferred Shares

Depositary Shares

Units

KEYCORP CAPITAL VIII

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

Trust Preferred Securities

Guaranteed on a subordinated basis by KeyCorp

 


PROSPECTUS

 


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PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following is an itemized statement of the estimated fees and expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities registered hereby.

 

Registration Statement filing fees

   $ (1 )

Listing fees and expenses

     25,000  

Blue Sky fees and expenses

     10,000  

Printing and engraving expenses

     75,000  

Trustees’, Registrar and Transfer Agents’, and Depositaries’ fees and expenses

     12,500  

Attorneys’ fees and expenses

     175,000  

Accounting fees and expenses

     25,000  

Rating agency fees

     100,000  

Miscellaneous

     125,000  
        

Total

   $ 547,500 (1)
        

(1) To be deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) and calculated in connection with the offering of securities under this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 457(r), except for the registration fees applied in accordance with Rule 457(p) as described herein in footnote (6) to the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table.

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Under Ohio law, Ohio corporations are authorized to indemnify directors, officers, employees, and agents within prescribed limits and must indemnify them under certain circumstances. Ohio law does not provide statutory authorization for a corporation to indemnify directors, officers, employees, and agents for settlements, fines, or judgments in the context of derivative suits. However, it provides that directors (but not officers, employees, and agents) are entitled to mandatory advancement of expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in defending any action, including derivative actions, brought against the director, provided the director agrees to cooperate with the corporation concerning the matter and to repay the amount advanced if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that his act or failure to act was done with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or with reckless disregard to the corporation’s best interests.

Ohio law does not authorize payment of judgments to a director, officer, employee, or agent after a finding of negligence or misconduct in a derivative suit absent a court order. Indemnification is required, however, to the extent such person succeeds on the merits. In all other cases, if a director, officer, employee, or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, indemnification is discretionary except as otherwise provided by a corporation’s articles, code of regulations, or by contract except with respect to the advancement of expenses of directors.

Under Ohio law, a director is not liable for monetary damages unless it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that his action or failure to act was undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation. There is, however, no comparable provision limiting the liability of officers, employees, or agents of a corporation. The statutory right to indemnification is not exclusive in Ohio, and Ohio corporations may, among other things, procure insurance for such persons.

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The KeyCorp Regulations provide that KeyCorp shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, or employee of KeyCorp or of any other bank, corporation, partnership, trust, or other enterprise for which he was serving as a director, officer, or employee at the request of KeyCorp.

Under the terms of KeyCorp’s directors’ and officers’ liability and company reimbursement insurance policy, directors and officers of KeyCorp are insured against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

KeyCorp is a party to an employment agreement with Henry L. Meyer III, and KeyCorp is party to Change of Control Agreements with certain other executive officers (including Messrs. Stevens and Weeden and Ms. Mooney) pursuant to which KeyCorp has agreed to indemnify the officer, to the full extent permitted or authorized by Ohio law, if the officer is made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the officer’s serving as employee, officer, or director of KeyCorp and/or any of its subsidiaries, and KeyCorp has agreed to advance expenses incurred by the officer in defending any such action, suit, or proceeding.

Under each Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, KeyCorp will agree to indemnify each of the trustees of the trust and any predecessor trustees, and to hold such trustees harmless, against any loss, damage, claims, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance of administration of such trust agreement, including the costs and expenses of defense against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under any applicable Trust Agreement or Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, forms of which are exhibits to this Registration Statement.

Item 16. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.  

Exhibit

*1(a)       Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to share purchase contracts, preferred shares, depositary shares and units of KeyCorp.
*1(b)       Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to Trust Preferred Securities.
4(a)       Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of KeyCorp (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 1998).
4(b)       Amended and Restated Regulations of KeyCorp, effective May 22, 2002 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 10-Q filed August 13, 2002).
4(c)       Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 4, 1996, between KeyCorp and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, Commission Nos. 333-19151 and 333-19151-01, as filed with the Commission on January 28, 1997).
4(d)       Form of First Supplemental Indenture to Junior Subordinated Indenture, between KeyCorp and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
*4(e)       Form of Junior Subordinated Debt Security.
4(f)       Certificate of Trust of KeyCorp Capital VIII (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(e) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).

 

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Exhibit No.  

Exhibit

4(g)       Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital VIII (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(f) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
4(h)       Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for KeyCorp Capital VIII (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(h) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
4(i)       Form of Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities for KeyCorp Capital VIII (Included as Exhibit D to Exhibit 4(h) above).
4(j)       Form of Capital Security Certificate for KeyCorp Capital VIII (Included as Exhibit E to Exhibit 4(h) above).
4(k)       Form of Guarantee Agreement for KeyCorp Capital VIII (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(l) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
4(l)       Form of Deposit Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(i) of KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission No. 33-58405, filed with the Commission on April 3, 1995).
4(m)       Form of Depositary Receipt (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(j) of KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission No. 33-58405, filed with the Commission on April 3, 1995).
*4(n)       Form of Share Purchase Contract.
*4(o)       Form of Unit Agreement, including form of Unit Certificate.
***4(p)       Certificate of Trust of KeyCorp Capital IX.
***4(q)       Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital IX.
***4(r)       Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for KeyCorp Capital IX.
4(s)       Form of Capital Security Certificate for KeyCorp Capital IX (Included as Exhibit D to Exhibit 4(r) above).
***4(t)       Form of Guarantee Agreement for KeyCorp Capital IX.
**5(a)       Opinion of Daniel R. Stolzer, Esq. as to the validity of the securities with respect to KeyCorp.
**5(b)       Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. as to the validity of the trust preferred securities, the enforceability of the trust agreement and the formation of issuer trust with respect to KeyCorp Capital VIII.
***5(c)       Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. as to the validity of the trust preferred securities, the enforceability of the trust agreement and the formation of issuer trust with respect to KeyCorp Capital IX.
*8(a)       Opinion of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. as to certain tax matters.

 

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Exhibit No.  

Exhibit

***15(a)     Acknowledgement of Ernst & Young LLP.
***23(a)     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
  **23(b)     Consent of Daniel R. Stolzer, Esq. (Included in Exhibit (5)(a)).
      23(c)     Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Included in Exhibits (5)(b) and (c)).
    *23(d)     Consent of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. (Included in Exhibit (8)(a)).
  **24(a)     Powers of Attorney.
  **25(a)     Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to act as trustee under the Junior Subordinated Indenture.
  **25(b)     Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to act as trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital VIII.
  **25(c)     Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas under the Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of Trust Preferred Securities of KeyCorp Capital VIII.
***25(d)     Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to act as trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital IX.
***25(e)     Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas under the Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of Trust Preferred Securities of KeyCorp Capital IX.

* To be filed, if necessary, by a post-effective amendment to this registration statement or incorporated by reference to a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with an offering of securities.
** Previously filed.
*** Filed herewith.

 

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Item 17. Undertakings.

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

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or otherwise, each registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by each registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of each registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Each of the undersigned registrants hereby also undertakes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, KeyCorp certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on the 15th day of November, 2006.

 

KEYCORP
By:  

/s/ Daniel R. Stolzer

Name:   Daniel R. Stolzer
Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below and as of the date indicated above.

 

Signature

  

Capacity

*

  

Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer,

(Principal Executive Officer) and Director

Henry L. Meyer III

  

*

  

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Jeffrey B. Weeden

  

*

  

Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting

Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

Robert L. Morris

  

*

  

Director

Ralph Alvarez

  

*

  

Director

William G. Bares

  

*

  

Director

Alexander M. Cutler

  

*

  

Director

Charles R. Hogan

  

*

  

Director

Lauralee E. Martin

  


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*

   Director
Eduardo R. Menascé   

*

   Director
Bill R. Sanford   

*

   Director
Thomas C. Stevens   

*

   Director
Peter G. Ten Eyck, II   

 

* By:  

/s/ Daniel R. Stolzer

Name:   Daniel R. Stolzer, Attorney-in-Fact

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, KeyCorp Capital VIII certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, as of this 15th day of November, 2006.

 

KEYCORP CAPITAL VIII
By:   KeyCorp, as Depositor
By:  

/s/ Daniel R. Stolzer

Name:   Daniel R. Stolzer
Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, KeyCorp Capital IX certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, as of this 15th day of November, 2006.

 

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX
By:   KeyCorp, as Depositor
By:  

/s/ Daniel R. Stolzer

Name:   Daniel R. Stolzer
Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel


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Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   

Exhibit

*1(a)        Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to share purchase contracts, preferred shares, depositary shares and units of KeyCorp.
*1(b)        Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to Trust Preferred Securities.
4(a)        Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of KeyCorp (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 1998).
4(b)        Amended and Restated Regulations of KeyCorp, effective May 22, 2002 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 10-Q filed August 13, 2002).
4(c)        Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 4, 1996, between KeyCorp and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, Commission Nos. 333-19151 and 333-19151-01, as filed with the Commission on January 28, 1997).
4(d)        Form of First Supplemental Indenture to Junior Subordinated Indenture, between KeyCorp and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
*4(e)        Form of Junior Subordinated Debt Security.
4(f)        Certificate of Trust of KeyCorp Capital VIII (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(e) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
4(g)        Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital VIII (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(f) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
4(h)        Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for KeyCorp Capital VIII (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(h) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
4(i)        Form of Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities for KeyCorp Capital VIII (Included as Exhibit D to Exhibit 4(h) above).
4(j)        Form of Capital Security Certificate for KeyCorp Capital VIII (Included as Exhibit E to Exhibit 4(h) above).
4(k)        Form of Guarantee Agreement for KeyCorp Capital VIII (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(l) to KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission Nos. 333-124023, 333-124023-01 and 333-124023-02, as filed with the Commission on April 12, 2005).
4(l)        Form of Deposit Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(i) of KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission No. 33-58405, filed with the Commission on April 3, 1995).


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Exhibit No.   

Exhibit

4(m)        Form of Depositary Receipt (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(j) of KeyCorp’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Commission No. 33-58405, filed with the Commission on April 3, 1995).
*4(n)        Form of Share Purchase Contract.
*4(o)        Form of Unit Agreement, including form of Unit Certificate.
***4(p)        Certificate of Trust of KeyCorp Capital IX.
***4(q)        Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital IX.
***4(r)        Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for KeyCorp Capital IX.
4(s)        Form of Capital Security Certificate for KeyCorp Capital IX (Included as Exhibit D to Exhibit 4(r) above).
***4(t)        Form of Guarantee Agreement for KeyCorp Capital IX.
**5(a)        Opinion of Daniel R. Stolzer, Esq. as to the validity of the securities with respect to KeyCorp.
**5(b)        Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. as to the validity of the trust preferred securities, the enforceability of the trust agreement and the formation of issuer trust with respect to KeyCorp Capital VIII.
***5(c)        Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. as to the validity of the trust preferred securities, the enforceability of the trust agreement and the formation of issuer trust with respect to KeyCorp Capital IX.
*8(a)        Opinion of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. as to certain tax matters.
***15(a)        Acknowledgement of Ernst & Young LLP.
***23(a)        Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
**23(b)        Consent of Daniel R. Stolzer, Esq. (Included in Exhibit (5)(a)).
23(c)        Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Included in Exhibits (5)(b) and (c)).
*23(d)        Consent of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. (Included in Exhibit (8)(a)).
**24(a)        Powers of Attorney.
**25(a)        Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to act as trustee under the Junior Subordinated Indenture.
**25(b)        Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to act as trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital VIII.
**25(c)        Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas under the Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of Trust Preferred Securities of KeyCorp Capital VIII.


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Exhibit No.   

Exhibit

***25(d)        Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to act as trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital IX.
***25(e)        Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas under the Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of Trust Preferred Securities of KeyCorp Capital IX.

* To be filed, if necessary, by a post-effective amendment to this registration statement or incorporated by reference to a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with an offering of securities.
** Previously filed.
*** Filed herewith.
EX-4.(P) 2 dex4p.htm CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF KEYCORP CAPITAL IX Certificate of Trust of KeyCorp Capital IX

Exhibit 4(p)

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

OF

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

This Certificate of Trust of KeyCorp Capital IX (the “Trust”), dated as of November 7, 2006, is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq.)(the “Act”).

1. Name. The name of the statutory trust being formed hereby is KeyCorp Capital IX.

2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust, with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware, are Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Montgomery Bldg., 1011 Centre Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266.

3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act as of the date first above written.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

DELAWARE, not in its individual capacity, but

solely as trustee

By:  

/s/ Elizabeth B. Ferry

Name:   Elizabeth B. Ferry
Title:   Assistant Vice President
DANIEL R. STOLZER, not in his individual capacity, but solely as trustee

/s/ Daniel R. Stolzer

EX-4.(Q) 3 dex4q.htm TRUST AGREEMENT OF KEYCORP CAPITAL IX Trust Agreement of KeyCorp Capital IX

Exhibit 4(q)

TRUST AGREEMENT

OF

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

THIS TRUST AGREEMENT is made as of November 8, 2006 (this “Trust Agreement”), by and among KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, as trustee, and Daniel R. Stolzer, as trustee (jointly, the “Trustees”). The Depositor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:

1. The trust created hereby shall be known as KeyCorp Capital IX (the “Trust”), in which name the Trustees or the Depositor, to the extent provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts, and sue and be sued.

2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Trust the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount constitutes the initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust estate in trust for the Depositor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby constitute a statutory trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq. (the “Statutory Trust Act”), and that this document constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Statutory Trust Act.

3. The Depositor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and restated Trust Agreement or Declaration of Trust satisfactory to each such party and substantially in the form to be included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (as defined below), to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the Capital Securities and Common Securities referred to therein. Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and restated Trust Agreement or Declaration of Trust, the Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect of the trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustees may take all actions deemed proper as are necessary to effect the transactions contemplated herein.

4. The Depositor, as sponsor of the Trust, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, (i) to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and to execute, in the case of the 1933 Act Registration Statement and 1934 Act Registration Statement (as herein defined), on behalf of the Trust, (a) a Registration Statement (the “1933 Act Registration Statement”), including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), of the Capital Securities of the Trust, (b) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus or supplement thereto relating to the Capital Securities of the Trust required to be filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, and (c) a Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other appropriate form (the “1934 Act

 


Registration Statement”), including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto, relating to the registration of the Capital Securities of the Trust under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) if and at such time as determined by the Depositor, to file with the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or other exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”), and execute on behalf of the Trust a listing application and all other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Capital Securities of the Trust to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or such other exchange, or the NASD’s Nasdaq National Market; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust, such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents that shall be necessary or desirable to register the Capital Securities of the Trust under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable; (iv) to execute and deliver letters or documents to, or instruments for filing with, a depository relating to the Capital Securities of the Trust; and (v) to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust an underwriting agreement with one or more underwriters relating to the offering of the Capital Securities of the Trust.

In the event that any filing referred to in this Section 4 is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or other exchange, NASD, or state securities or “Blue Sky” laws to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, the Trustees, in their capacity as trustees of the Trust, are hereby authorized to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that the Trustees, in their capacity as trustees of the Trust, shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or other exchange, NASD, or state securities or “Blue Sky” laws.

5. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

6. The number of trustees of the Trust initially shall be two and thereafter the number of trustees of the Trust shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor which may increase or decrease the number of trustees of the Trust; provided, however, that to the extent required by the Statutory Trust Act, one trustee of the Trust shall either be a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware. Subject to the foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any trustee of the Trust at any time. Any trustee of the Trust may resign upon thirty days’ prior notice to the Depositor.

7. The Trust may be dissolved and terminated before the issuance of the Capital Securities at the election of the Depositor.

8. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

KEYCORP, as Depositor
By:  

/s/ Daniel R. Stolzer

Name:   Daniel R. Stolzer
Title:   Authorized Officer

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

DELAWARE, as trustee

By:  

/s/ Elizabeth B. Ferry

Name:   Elizabeth B. Ferry
Title:   Assistant Vice President
DANIEL R. STOLZER, as trustee

/s/ Daniel R. Stolzer

 

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EX-4.(R) 4 dex4r.htm FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT FOR KEYCORP CAPITAL IX Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for KeyCorp Capital IX

Exhibit 4(r)

 


AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT

among

KEYCORP,

as Depositor

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Property Trustee

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY DELAWARE,

as Delaware Trustee

and

THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES

NAMED HEREIN

Dated as of November     , 2006

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

 



KeyCorp Capital IX

Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (including cross-references to provisions of Sections 310 to and including 318(a) which, pursuant to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Reform Act of 1990, are a part of and govern the Indenture whether or not physically contained therein) and the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of .

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section

   Trust Agreement
Section
310   (a)(1)    8.7
  (a)(2)    8.7
  (a)(3)    8.9
  (a)(4)    2.7(a)(ii)(E)
  (b)    8.8, 10.10
  (c)    Not Applicable
311   (a)    8.13
  (b)    8.13
  (c)    Not Applicable
312   (a)    5.7, 10.10
  (b)    5.7, 10.10
  (c)    5.7, 10.10
313   (a)    8.14(a)
  (a)(4)    8.14(b)
  (b)    8.14(b)
  (c)    10.8
  (d)    8.14(c)
314   (a)    8.15
  (b)    Not Applicable
  (c)(1)    8.16
  (c)(2)    8.16
  (c)(3)    Not Applicable
  (d)    Not Applicable
  (e)    1.1, 8.16
315   (a)    8.1(a), 8.3(a)
  (b)    8.2, 10.8
  (c)    8.1(a), 8.1(d)(iii)
  (d)    8.1, 8.3
  (e)    Not Applicable
316   (a)(1)(A)    Not Applicable
  (a)(1)(B)    5.13(b)
  (a)(2)    Not Applicable
  (b)    5.13(c)
  (c)    6.7
317   (a)(1)    Not Applicable
  (a)(2)    Not Applicable
  (b)    5.10
318   (a)    10.10

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ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS    1
  SECTION 1.1.   Definitions.    1
ARTICLE II CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST    9
  SECTION 2.1.   Name.    9
  SECTION 2.2.   Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.    9
  SECTION 2.3.   Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.    9
  SECTION 2.4.   Issuance of the Capital Securities    9
  SECTION 2.5.   Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Debentures.    10
  SECTION 2.6.   Continuation of Trust.    10
  SECTION 2.7.   Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.    10
  SECTION 2.8.   Assets of Trust.    13
  SECTION 2.9.   Title to Trust Property.    13
ARTICLE III PAYMENT ACCOUNT    14
  SECTION 3.1.   Payment Account.    14
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION    14
  SECTION 4.1.   Distributions.    14
  SECTION 4.2.   Redemption.    15
  SECTION 4.3.   Subordination of Common Securities.    16
  SECTION 4.4.   Payment Procedures.    17
  SECTION 4.5.   Tax Returns and Reports.    17
  SECTION 4.6.   Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust.    17
  SECTION 4.7.   Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.    17
  SECTION 4.8.   Liability of the Holder of Common Securities.    18
  SECTION 4.9.   Exchanges.    18
ARTICLE V TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES    18
  SECTION 5.1.   Initial Ownership.    18
  SECTION 5.2.   The Trust Securities Certificates.    18
  SECTION 5.3.   Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.    19
  SECTION 5.4.   Book-Entry Capital Securities.    19
  SECTION 5.5.   Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities Certificates.    21
  SECTION 5.6.   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates.    23
  SECTION 5.7.   Persons Deemed Holders.    23
  SECTION 5.8.   Access to List of Holders’ Names and Addresses.    23
  SECTION 5.9.   Maintenance of Office or Agency.    23
  SECTION 5.10.   Appointment of Paying Agent.    24
  SECTION 5.11.   Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.    24
  SECTION 5.12.   Notices to Clearing Agency.    24
  SECTION 5.13.   Rights of Holders.    24
ARTICLE VI ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING    26
  SECTION 6.1.   Limitations on Voting Rights.    26
  SECTION 6.2.   Notice of Meetings.    27
  SECTION 6.3.   Meetings of Holders of Capital Securities.    27
  SECTION 6.4.   Voting Rights.    28
  SECTION 6.5.   Proxies, Etc.    28
  SECTION 6.6.   Holder Action by Written Consent.    28


  SECTION 6.7.   Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.    28
  SECTION 6.8.   Acts of Holders.    28
  SECTION 6.9.   Inspection of Records.    29
ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES    29
  SECTION 7.1.   Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the   
    Delaware Trustee.    29
  SECTION 7.2.   Representations and Warranties of Depositor.    30
ARTICLE VIII THE ISSUER TRUSTEES    31
  SECTION 8.1.   Certain Duties and Responsibilities.    31
  SECTION 8.2.   Certain Notices.    32
  SECTION 8.3.   Certain Rights of Property Trustee.    32
  SECTION 8.4.   Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.    34
  SECTION 8.5.   May Hold Securities.    34
  SECTION 8.6.   Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.    34
  SECTION 8.7.   Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Issuer Trustees.    35
  SECTION 8.8.   Conflicting Interests.    36
  SECTION 8.9.   Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.    36
  SECTION 8.10.   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.    37
  SECTION 8.11.   Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.    38
  SECTION 8.12.   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.    39
  SECTION 8.13.   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or the Issuer Trust.    39
  SECTION 8.14.   Reports by Property Trustee.    40
  SECTION 8.15.   Reports to the Property Trustee.    40
  SECTION 8.16.   Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.    40
  SECTION 8.17.   Number of Issuer Trustees.    40
  SECTION 8.18.   Delegation of Power.    41
  SECTION 8.19.   Appointment of Administrative Trustees.    41
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER    41
  SECTION 9.1.   Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.    41
  SECTION 9.2.   Early Termination.    42
  SECTION 9.3.   Termination.    42
  SECTION 9.4.   Liquidation.    42
  SECTION 9.5.   Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Issuer Trust.    43
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS    44
  SECTION 10.1.   Limitation of Rights of Holders.    44
  SECTION 10.2.   Amendment.    44
  SECTION 10.3.   Separability.    45
  SECTION 10.4.   Governing Law.    45
  SECTION 10.5.   Payments Due on Non-Business Day.    46
  SECTION 10.6.   Successors.    46
  SECTION 10.7.   Headings.    46
  SECTION 10.8.   Reports, Notices and Demands.    46
  SECTION 10.9.   Agreement Not to Petition.    47
  SECTION 10.10.   Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.    47
  SECTION 10.11.   Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and Indenture.    47
  SECTION 10.12.   Counterparts.    48

 

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Exhibit A    Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B    DTC Letter of Representation
Exhibit C    Form of Common Securities Certificate
Exhibit D    Form of Capital Securities Certificate

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of November     , 2006, among (i) KEYCORP, an Ohio corporation (including any successors or assigns, the “Depositor”), (ii) DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (formerly known as BANKERS TRUST COMPANY) a New York banking corporation, as property trustee (in such capacity, the “Property Trustee” and, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the “Bank”), (iii) DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY DELAWARE (formerly known as BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE)), a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”), (iv) Daniel R. Stolzer, an individual, and Louis D. Raffis, an individual, each of whose address is c/o KeyCorp, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (each an “Administrative Trustee” and collectively the “Administrative Trustees”) (the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees being referred to collectively as the “Issuer Trustees”) and (v) the several HOLDERS, as hereinafter defined.

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, the Depositor and certain of the Issuer Trustees have heretofore duly declared and established a statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act by entering into that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2006 (the “Original Trust Agreement”), and by the execution and filing by certain of the Issuer Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust (the “Certificate of Trust”), filed on November 8, 2006, attached as Exhibit A; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto 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 by the Issuer Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Capital Securities by the Issuer Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the acquisition by the Issuer Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures and (iv) the appointment of the Administrative 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 is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of the Holders, hereby amends and restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

SECTION 1.1. Definitions.

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

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article 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;


(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; and

(e) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a statute, rule or regulation refers to the same (including any successor statute, rule or regulation thereto) as it may be amended from time to time.

Act” has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.

Additional Amount” means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture) paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of Debentures for such period.

Additional Sums” has the meaning specified in Section 10.6 of the Indenture.

Administrative Trustees” means each Person appointed in accordance with Section 8.19 solely in such Person’s capacity as Administrative Trustee of the Issuer Trust and not in such Person’s individual capacity, or any successor Administrative Trustee appointed as herein provided. The initial Administrative Trustees are Daniel R. Stolzer and Louis D. Raffis.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person; provided, however, that the Issuer Trust shall not be deemed an Affiliate of the Depositor. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving Book-Entry Capital Securities, the rules and procedures of the Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Capital Securities, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

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 judging such Person as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in furtherance of any such action.

 

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Bankruptcy Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.

Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an 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 officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Issuer Trustees.

Book-Entry Capital Securities” means a beneficial interest in a Global Capital Securities Certificate, the ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.4.

Business Day” means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed, or (c) a day on which the Property Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office or the Corporate Trust Office of the Debenture Trustee is closed for business.

Capital Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing Capital Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D.

Capital Security” means a preferred undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, known as “Enhanced Trust Preferred Securities,” including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.

Certificate Depository Agreement” means the agreement among the Issuer Trust, the Depositor and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency, dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Trust Securities Certificates, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

Closing Date” has the meaning given to such term in the Underwriting Agreement, which date is also 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 Trust Agreement such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

 

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Common Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.

Common Security” means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.

Corporate Trust Office” means (i) when used with respect to the Property Trustee, the principal office of the Property Trustee located in New York, New York which on the date of this Trust Agreement is 60 Wall Street, MS NYC 60-2710, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10005 - Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Services, and (ii) when used with respect to the Debenture Trustee, its Corporate Trust Office as defined in the Indenture.

Debenture Event of Default” means a “Debenture Default” as defined in 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 Trustee” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, and any successor thereto.

Debentures” means the aggregate principal amount of the Depositor’s     % Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2066, issued pursuant to the Indenture.

Definitive Capital Securities Certificates” means either or both (as the context requires) of (a) Capital Securities Certificates issued as Book-Entry Capital Securities as provided in Section 5.2 or 5.4 and (b) Capital Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.2, 5.4 or 5.5.

Delaware Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. §3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.

Delaware Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Delaware Trustee” in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Issuer Trust 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.

“Direct Action” has the meaning specified in Section 5.13(c).

Distribution Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).

Distribution Rate” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, a rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate (as defined in the Debentures) with respect to the Interest Period under (and as defined in) the Debentures that begins on the same date as such Distribution Period begins and ends on the same date as such Distribution Period ends.

Distributions” means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in Section 4.1.

 

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DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Early Termination Event” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.

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

Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.

Extension Period” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12 of the Indenture.

Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Global Capital Securities Certificate” means a Capital Securities Certificate that is registered in the Security Register in the name of a Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof.

Guarantee” means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Depositor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Capital Securities, as amended from time to time.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust Securities is or are registered in the Securities Register; any such Person shall be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Capital Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Trust Agreement, then for the purpose of any such determination, so long as Definitive Capital Securities Certificates have not been issued, the term Holders as used herein shall refer to the Owners, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.7 of this Trust Agreement.

Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of December 4, 1996, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as supplemented or amended from time to time.

Issuer Trust” means the statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.

Issuer Trustees” means the parties identified as the “Issuer Trustees” in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.

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 a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Indenture, the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust Securities, (b) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to Holders in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the Issuer Trust, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed, and (c) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates pursuant to Section 4.9, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of the Depositor or its Affiliate(s) to whom such Debentures are distributed.

Liquidation Amount” means the stated amount of $25 per Trust Security.

 

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Liquidation Date” means the date on which the Debentures are distributed to the Holders pursuant to Section 9.4(a).

Liquidation Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).

1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

Market Disruption Event” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November     , 2006, included in the Indenture.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, and delivered to the appropriate Issuer 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 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 a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee or the Depositor and 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 Trust Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:

(a) Trust Securities theretofore cancelled by the Securities Registrar or delivered to the Securities Registrar for cancellation;

(b) Trust 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 Trust Securities; provided that, if such Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and

(c) Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Trust Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6;

 

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provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Capital Securities owned by the Depositor, any Issuer Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor or any Issuer Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Issuer Trustee or any Administrative Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Capital Securities that a Responsible Officer of such Issuer Trustee or such Administrative Trustee, as the case may be, knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded, and (b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the outstanding Capital Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the Issuer Trustees, one or more of the Administrative Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Capital Securities so owned that 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 Capital Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor.

Owner” means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry Capital Securities as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in the records of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or indirectly, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

Paying Agent” means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.10 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 Holders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the Property Trustee, through the Paying Agent, shall make payments to the Holders in accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.2.

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

Property Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Property Trustee” in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Issuer Trust 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 stated maturity 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, plus the related amount of the premium, if any, paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount of Debentures, 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” means, when used with respect to the Property Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any managing director, director, principal vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, associate, or any other officer of the

 

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Property Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer, to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and with respect to the Delaware Trustee, any officer of the Delaware Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer, to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Securities Register” and “Securities Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 5.5(a).

Successor Capital Security” of any particular Capital Security means every Capital Security issued after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same beneficial interest in the Issuer Trust as that evidenced by, such particular Capital Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Capital Security executed and delivered under Section 5.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Capital Security shall be deemed to evidence the same beneficial interest as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Capital Securities Certificate.

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 (i) all exhibits hereto and (ii) 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 Event of Default” means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Trust 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 Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Issuer Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or breach of which is described 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 Issuer Trustees and the Depositor by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital 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 a successor Property Trustee not being appointed within 90 days thereof.

 

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Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Trust Agreement is executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

Trust Property” means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account and (c) 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 Securities Certificate” means any one of the Common Securities Certificates or the Capital Securities Certificates.

Trust Security” means any one of the Common Securities or the Capital Securities.

Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, each dated as of November     , 2006, among the Issuer Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriters named therein, as the same may be amended from time to time.

ARTICLE II

CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST

SECTION 2.1. Name.

The Issuer Trust continued hereby shall be known as “KeyCorp Capital IX,” 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 Issuer Trustees, in which name the Issuer Trustees may conduct the business of the Issuer Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Issuer Trust and sue and be sued.

SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.

The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Montgomery Bldg., 1011 Centre Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266, or such other address in the State of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the Issuer Trust is in care of KeyCorp, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306, Attn: Corporate Treasury.

SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.

The Property Trustee acknowledges 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 Issuer Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Issuer Trustee, promptly reimburse such Issuer Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Issuer Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.

SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities.

On November     , 2006, the Depositor, both on its own behalf and on behalf of the Issuer Trust and pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee,

 

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on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall execute in accordance with Sections 5.2, 5.3 and 8.9(a) and deliver to the Underwriters, Capital Securities Certificates, registered in the names requested by the Underwriters or a representative thereof, evidencing 10,000,000 Capital Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $    , against receipt of the aggregate purchase price for such Capital Securities of $     by the Property Trustee.

SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Debentures.

Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall execute in accordance with Sections 5.2 and 5.3 and the Property Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, evidencing 400 Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $10,000 against payment by the Depositor of such amount to the Property Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall subscribe for and purchase from the Depositor the Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Issuer Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $    , and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of $     (being the sum of the amounts delivered to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) Section 2.4 and (ii) this Section 2.5).

SECTION 2.6. Continuation of Trust.

The exclusive purposes and functions of the Issuer Trust are (a) to issue and sell Trust Securities and to use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures, and (b) to engage in only those activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Issuer Trustees as trustees of the Issuer Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Issuer Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders. The Administrative Trustees shall have only those ministerial duties set forth herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer Trust and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be fiduciaries with respect to the Issuer Trust or the Holders. The Property Trustee shall have the power to perform those duties assigned to the Administrative Trustees. 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 Issuer Trustees of the Issuer Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and for taking such actions as are required to be taken by a Delaware Trustee under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.

(a) The Issuer Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.7, and in accordance with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Issuer Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Issuer Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Issuer Trustees, as the case may be, under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the following:

(i) Each Administrative Trustee shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the following matters:

 

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(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;

(B) to cause the Issuer Trust to enter into, and to execute and deliver on behalf of the Issuer Trust such agreements as may be necessary in connection with or incidental to the purposes and function of the Issuer Trust;

(C) assisting in the registration of the Capital Securities under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(D) assisting in the listing of the Capital Securities upon such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the Depositor, with the registration of the Capital Securities under the Exchange Act, 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 Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement, including, without limitation, giving prompt written notice to the Holders of any certification of a Market Disruption Event received from the Debenture Trustee under the Debentures as authorized by the Indenture;

(F) the consent to the appointment of a Paying Agent and Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld);

(G) the execution of the Trust Securities in accordance with this Trust Agreement;

(H) the execution and delivery of closing certificates pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the application for a taxpayer identification number for the Issuer Trust;

(I) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Issuer Trust and the preparation and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

(J) unless otherwise required by applicable law, to execute on behalf of the Issuer Trust (either acting alone or together with any or all of the Administrative Trustees) any documents that the Administrative Trustees have the power to execute pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and

(K) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Administrative Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Holder).

(ii) The Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Issuer 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 and the holding of such amounts in the Payment Account;

 

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(D) the distribution through the Paying Agent of amounts distributable to the Holders in respect of the Trust Securities;

(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 Holders 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 Issuer Trust and the execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

(I) after a Trust Event of Default (other than under paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the definition of such term if such Trust Event of Default is by or with respect to the Property Trustee) 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 Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Holder); and

(J) any of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth herein; and in the event of a conflict between the action of the Administrative Trustees and the action of the Property Trustee, the action of the Property Trustee shall prevail.

(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Issuer Trust (or the Issuer Trustees or Administrative Trustees acting on behalf of the Issuer Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Issuer 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 Holders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would reasonably be expected to cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than 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 Property Trustee shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Issuer Trust, defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Issuer Trust or the Holders in their capacity as Holders.

(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Issuer Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Issuer 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 Issuer Trust with the Commission and the execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of a registration statement on the appropriate form in relation to the Capital Securities, including any amendments thereto, and the taking of any action necessary or desirable to sell the Capital Securities in a transaction or a series of transactions pursuant thereto;

 

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(ii) the determination of the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital Securities and the determination of any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and the advice to the Issuer Trust of actions they must take on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any documents to be executed and filed by the Issuer Trust or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale of the Capital Securities;

(iii) if the Depositor shall desire, the preparation for filing by the Issuer Trust and execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of an application to the New York Stock Exchange or any other national stock exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for listing, upon notice of issuance, of any Capital Securities;

(iv) the preparation for filing by the Issuer Trust with the Commission and the execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of a registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the Capital Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto;

(v) the preparation and execution of a Letter of Representations to the Depository Trust Company on behalf of the Issuer Trust;

(vi) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Capital Securities; and

(vii) the taking of any other actions necessary or incidental to carry out any of the foregoing activities.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust and to operate the Issuer Trust so that the Issuer Trust will not be deemed to be an “investment company” required to be registered under the 1940 Act, or to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that each Administrative Trustee determines in its discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such action does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Capital Securities. In no event shall the Administrative Trustees be liable to the Issuer Trust or the Holders for any failure to comply with this section that results from a change in law or regulation or interpretation thereof.

SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust.

The assets of the Issuer Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.

SECTION 2.9. 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 Issuer Trust and the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE III

PAYMENT ACCOUNT

SECTION 3.1. 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 in 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 Holders 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

SECTION 4.1. Distributions.

(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the Trust Property, and Distributions (including Additional Amounts) will be made on the Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that payments of interest (including of Additional Interest, as defined in the Indenture) are made on the Debentures. Accordingly:

(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Issuer Trust available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue from , and, except in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor exercises its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2007. 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, payment of such Distribution shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was originally payable (each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a “Distribution Date”).

(ii) Distributions shall accumulate in respect of the Capital Securities at a rate of     % per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any period less than a full Distribution period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in a partial month in a period. Distributions payable for each full Distribution period will be computed by dividing the rate per annum by four. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include any Additional Amounts in respect of such period.

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Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.

(b) 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 at the close of business on the relevant record date, which shall be (i) the Business Day next preceding the relevant Distribution Date if the Capital Securities are issued in the form of Book-Entry Global Capital Securities or (ii) the March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1 next preceding the relevant Distribution Date if the Capital Securities are not issued in the form of Book-Entry Global Capital Securities.

SECTION 4.2. Redemption.

(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the stated maturity of the Debentures, the Issuer Trust will be required to redeem 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 Security Register. All notices of redemption shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price or, if the Redemption Price cannot be calculated prior to the time the notice is required to be sent, the estimate of the Redemption Price provided pursuant to the Indenture together with a statement that it is an estimate and that the actual Redemption Price will be calculated on the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice shall be sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date that notice of such actual Redemption Price is received pursuant to the Indenture);

(iii) the CUSIP number or CUSIP numbers of the Capital Securities affected;

(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;

(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on or after said date, except as provided in Section 4.2(d) below; and

(vi) the place or places where the Trust Securities are to be surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price.

The Issuer Trust in issuing the Trust Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall indicate the “CUSIP” numbers of the Trust Securities in notices of redemption and related materials as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Trust Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and related materials.

(c) The Trust Securities 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 each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Issuer Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.

 

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(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, with respect to Book-Entry Capital Securities, irrevocably deposit with the Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Capital Securities, to the extent available therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give such Clearing Agency irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Owners thereof. With respect to Capital Securities that are not Book-Entry Capital Securities, the Property Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent, to the extent available therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Capital 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, all rights of Holders of Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive the Redemption Price including any unpaid Distribution payable on or prior to the Redemption Date, but without interest, and such Trust Securities will cease to be Outstanding. 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 will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Issuer Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities will continue to accumulate as set forth in Section 4.1, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Issuer Trust for such Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.

(e) Subject to Section 4.3(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 Capital Securities. The particular Capital Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts) not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Capital Securities not previously called for redemption, provided that, so long as the Capital Securities are in book-entry-only form, such selection shall be made in accordance with the customary procedures for the Clearing Agency for the Capital Securities. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of the Capital Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Capital 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 Capital Securities shall relate, in the case of any Capital Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities that has been or is to be redeemed.

SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities.

(a) Payment of Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made, subject to Section 4.2(e), pro rata (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and the Capital Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date any Trust Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including any

 

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Additional Amounts) 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 any Additional Amounts) on all Outstanding Capital Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Capital Securities, 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 (including any Additional Amounts) on, or the Redemption Price of, Capital Securities then due and payable.

(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Trust Event of Default resulting from any Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Trust Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of Default with respect to the Capital Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until any such Trust Event of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Capital Securities has been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Capital Securities and not on behalf of the Holder of the Common Securities, and only the Holders of the Capital Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.

SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures.

Payments of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) in respect of the Capital Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Holder entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the Capital Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds, which shall credit the relevant Holders’ accounts at such Clearing Agency on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities.

SECTION 4.5. 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 Issuer Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Form required to be filed in respect of the Issuer Trust in each taxable year of the Issuer Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each Holder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be provided by the Issuer Trust. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee 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 Holders under the Trust Securities.

SECTION 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust.

Upon receipt under the Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property Trustee shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Issuer Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority.

SECTION 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.

Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Capital Securities shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder (or an Owner with respect to the Holder’s Capital Securities) has directly received pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 5.13 of this Trust Agreement.

 

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SECTION 4.8. Liability of the Holder of Common Securities.

Any Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for all costs, expenses or liabilities of the Issuer Trust, other than to pay to Holders of any Capital Securities the amounts due to such holders pursuant to the terms of the Capital Securities, and such costs, expenses or liabilities shall constitute unsecured obligations of the Holder of the Common Securities.

SECTION 4.9. Exchanges.

(a) If at any time the Depositor or any of its Affiliates (in either case, a “Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder”) is the Owner or Holder of any Capital Securities, such Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder shall have the right to deliver to the Property Trustee all or such portion of its Capital Securities as it elects and receive, in exchange therefor, a Like Amount of Debentures. Such election (i) shall be exercisable effective on any Distribution Date by such Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder delivering to the Property Trustee a written notice of such election specifying the Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities with respect to which such election is being made and the Distribution Date on which such exchange shall occur, which Distribution Date shall be not less than ten Business Days after the date of receipt by the Property Trustee of such election notice and (ii) shall be conditioned upon such Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder having delivered or caused to be delivered to the Property Trustee or its designee the Capital Securities which are the subject of such election by 10:00 A.M. New York time, on the Distribution Date on which such exchange is to occur. After the exchange, such Capital Securities will be cancelled and will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and all rights of the Depositor or its Affiliate(s) with respect to such Capital Securities will cease.

(b) In the case of an exchange described in Section 4.9(a), the Issuer Trust will, on the date of such exchange, exchange Debentures having a principal amount equal to a proportional amount of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Common Securities, based on the ratio of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities exchanged pursuant to Section 4.9(a) divided by the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities Outstanding immediately prior to such exchange, for such proportional amount of Common Securities held by the Depositor (which contemporaneously shall be cancelled and no longer be deemed to be Outstanding); provided, that the Depositor delivers or causes to be delivered to the Property Trustee or its designee the required amount of Common Securities to be exchanged by 10:00 A.M. New York time, on the Distribution Date on which such exchange is to occur.

ARTICLE V

TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES

SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership.

Upon the creation of the Issuer Trust and the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.3 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 Issuer Trust.

SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates.

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Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Holder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in such transferee’s name pursuant to Section 5.5.

(b) Upon their original issuance, Capital Securities Certificates shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Capital Securities Certificates registered in the name of DTC, as Clearing Agency, or its nominee and deposited with DTC or a custodian for DTC for credit by DTC to the respective accounts of the Owners thereof (or such other accounts as they may direct).

(c) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common Securities Certificate.

SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.

At the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5, to be executed on behalf of the Issuer Trust by manual or facsimile signature and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president, any executive vice president or any vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer or controller without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.

SECTION 5.4. Book-Entry Capital Securities.

As provided in Section 5.2(b), Capital Securities, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of Global Capital Securities Certificates representing Book-Entry Capital Securities, to be delivered to DTC or its nominee by, or on behalf of, the Issuer Trust. Such Global Capital Securities Certificates shall initially be registered on the Securities Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and no Owner will receive a Definitive Capital Securities Certificate representing such Owner’s interest in such Capital Securities, except as provided in this Section 5.4.

(a) Each Global Capital Securities Certificate issued under this Trust Agreement shall be registered in the name of the Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof designated by the Depositor for the related Book-Entry Capital Securities and delivered to such Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor and each such Global Capital Securities Certificate shall constitute a single Capital Securities Certificate for all purposes of this Trust Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, no Global Capital Securities Certificate may be exchanged in whole or in part for Capital Securities Certificates registered, and no transfer of a Global Capital Securities Certificate in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Clearing Agency for such Global Capital Securities Certificate or a nominee thereof unless (i) the Clearing Agency advises the Depositor and the Property Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Global Capital Securities Certificates, and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the Clearing Agency in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency, or (iii) a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing

 

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and the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities determine to discontinue the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Administrative Trustees shall notify the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency shall notify all Owners of Book-Entry Capital Securities, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates to Owners of such class or classes, as applicable, requesting the same.

(c) If any Global Capital Securities Certificate is to be exchanged for other Capital Securities Certificates or cancelled in part, or if another Capital Securities Certificate is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Capital Securities Certificate, then either (i) such Global Capital Securities Certificate shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article Five or (ii) the aggregate Liquidation Amount represented by such Global Capital Securities Certificate shall be reduced, subject to Section 5.2, or increased by an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by that portion of the Global Capital Securities Certificate to be so exchanged or cancelled, or equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by such other Capital Securities Certificates to be so exchanged for Global Capital Securities represented thereby, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Securities Registrar, whereupon the Property Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Clearing Agency or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon surrender to the Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar of the Global Capital Securities Certificate or Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Securities Registrar or the Issuer Trustees shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Capital Securities Certificates, the Issuer Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates as Holders. The Definitive Capital Securities Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the Administrative Trustees or any one of them.

(d) Every Capital Securities Certificate executed and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Capital Securities Certificate or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article Five or Article Four or otherwise, shall be executed and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Capital Securities Certificate, unless such Capital Securities Certificate is registered in the name of a Person other than the Clearing Agency for such Global Capital Securities Certificate or a nominee thereof.

(e) The Clearing Agency or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Capital Securities Certificate, shall be the Holder of such Global Capital Securities Certificate for all purposes under this Trust Agreement and the Global Capital Securities Certificate, and Owners with respect to a Global Capital Securities Certificate shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. The Securities Registrar and the Issuer Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Trust Agreement relating to the Book-Entry Capital Securities (including the payment of the Liquidation Amount of and Distributions on the Capital Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Capital Securities and the giving of instructions or directions to Owners of Capital Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Capital Securities) as the sole Holder of Capital Securities evidenced by the Book-Entry Capital Securities and shall have no obligations to the Owners thereof. Neither the Property Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Clearing Agency.

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agreements between such Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Capital Securities Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.4(b), the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments on the Capital Securities to such Clearing Agency Participants, and none of the Depositor or the Issuer Trustees shall have any responsibility or obligation with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities Certificates.

(a) The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.9, a register or registers for the purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates (the “Securities Register”) in which the registrar designated by the Property Trustee (the “Securities Registrar”) with the reasonable consent of the Administrative Trustees, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the registration of Capital Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.11 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Bank shall be the initial Securities Registrar.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Capital Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.9, the Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute by manual or facsimile signature and deliver to the Property Trustee for further delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Capital Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee.

The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of any Capital Securities that have been called for redemption. At the option of a Holder, Capital Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Capital Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Capital Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.9.

Every Capital Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Capital Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Property Trustee or Securities Registrar in accordance with such Person’s customary practice.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Capital Securities Certificates, 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 Capital Securities Certificates. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply to the Bank also in its role as Securities Registrar, for so long as the Bank shall act as Securities Registrar.

Whenever this Trust Agreement makes reference to the execution of Trust Securities Certificates, such reference to execution shall mean manual execution by an Administrative Trustee or, in the alternative, execution by facsimile signature by an Administrative Trustee and authentication by the Property Trustee.

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notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Capital Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Capital Securities Certificates.

Each Capital Securities Certificate that is executed by facsimile and authenticated by the Property Trustee shall be dated the date of its authentication.

(b) Certain Transfers and Exchanges. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates and beneficial interests in Book-Entry Capital Securities of the kinds specified in this Section 5.5(b) shall be made only in accordance with this Section 5.5(b).

(i) Non-Global Capital Securities Certificate to Global Capital Securities Certificate. If the Holder of a Capital Securities Certificate (other than a Global Capital Securities Certificate) wishes at any time to transfer all or any portion of the Capital Securities represented thereby to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of Book-Entry Capital Securities represented by a Global Capital Securities Certificate, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with the provisions of this Clause (b)(i) and subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon receipt by the Securities Registrar of such Capital Securities Certificate as provided in Section 5.5(a) and instructions satisfactory to the Securities Registrar directing that a specified number of Capital Securities to be represented by the Global Capital Securities Certificate not greater than the number of Capital Securities represented by such Capital Securities Certificate be credited to a specified Clearing Agency Participant’s account and then the Securities Registrar shall cancel such Capital Securities Certificate (and issue a new Capital Securities Certificate in respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as provided in Section 5.5(a) and increase the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Global Capital Securities Certificate by the Liquidation Amount represented by such Capital Securities so transferred as provided in Section 5.4(c).

(ii) Non-Global Capital Securities Certificate to Non-Global Capital Securities Certificate. Capital Securities other than Book-Entry Capital Securities may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a Person who takes delivery in the form of a Capital Securities Certificate that is not a Global Capital Securities Certificate as provided in Section 5.5(a).

(iii) Global Capital Securities Certificate to Non-Global Capital Securities Certificate. Capital Securities represented by a Global Capital Securities Certificate may be exchanged for a Capital Securities Certificate that is not a Global Capital Securities Certificate as provided in Section 5.4.

Before registering for transfer or exchange any Capital Securities Certificates issued in certificated fully registered form as provided in Sections 5.2, 5.4 or 5.5 of the Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee as Securities Registrar may require an Opinion of Counsel or other evidence satisfactory to it (which may include a certificate from such purchaser or Holder) that such purchaser or Holder is eligible for the exemptive relief available under U.S. Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14 or another applicable exemption with respect to such purchase or holding and, in the case of any purchaser or Holder relying on any exemption other than PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14, an Opinion of Counsel or other evidence satisfactory to the Property Trustee with respect to the availability of such exemption. Any purchaser or Holder of any Capital Securities or any interest therein will be deemed to have represented by its purchase and holding thereof that either (i) it is not a Plan and no part of the assets to be used by it to purchase and/or hold such Capital Securities or any interest therein constitutes “plan assets” of any Plan, or (ii) it is itself a Plan or is purchasing or holding the Capital Securities or an interest therein on behalf of or with “Plan Assets” of

 

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one or more Plans, and each such purchase and holding of such securities either (A) satisfies the requirements of, and is entitled to full exemptive relief under, PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14 (or some other applicable class or individual exemption) (or, in the case of a non-ERISA Plan, a similar exemption applicable to the transaction) or (B) will not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code or its equivalent under applicable similar laws.

(c) The Property Trustee shall not be required to insure or verify compliance with securities laws, including the Securities Act, Exchange Act and 1940 Act, in connection with transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates.

SECTION 5.6. 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 Issuer 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. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, 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 shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.

SECTION 5.7. Persons Deemed Holders.

The Issuer Trustees or 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 Issuer Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.

SECTION 5.8. Access to List of Holders’ Names and Addresses.

Each Holder and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware 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 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Property Trustee shall designate, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, an office or offices or agency or agencies where Capital Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities Certificates may be served. The Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee is initially designated the office for such purpose. The Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to the Holders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency.

 

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SECTION 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent.

The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Holders 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 Property Trustee may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent in its sole discretion. The Paying Agents shall initially be the Bank, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Bank, and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. In the event that the Bank shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Property Trustee shall appoint a successor that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). Such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent shall execute and deliver to the Issuer Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Issuer Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the 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 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply to the Bank also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Bank shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.

SECTION 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.

At the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities. Neither the Depositor nor any successor Holder of the Common Securities may transfer less than all the Common Securities, and the Depositor and any successor Holder may transfer the Common Securities only (i) in connection with a consolidation or merger of the Depositor into another Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture, or (ii) to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor in compliance with applicable law (including the Securities Act and applicable State securities and blue sky laws). To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer of the Common Securities other than as set forth in the next preceding sentence shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating substantially “THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT.”

SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.

To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Owners is required under this Trust Agreement, unless and until Definitive Capital Securities Certificates shall have been issued to all Owners pursuant to Section 5.4(b), the Issuer Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligations to the Owners.

SECTION 5.13. Rights of Holders.

(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust conferred by their Trust

 

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Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Issuer 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 and, except to the extent set forth in Section 4.8, when issued and delivered to Holders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in Trust Property. Except as set forth in Section 4.8, the Holders, 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 Capital Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a Debenture Event of Default under Section     of the Indenture, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate 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 aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then Outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee with a copy to the Property Trustee. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Indenture, any Holder of Capital Securities may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, institute a legal proceeding against the Depositor to enforce the Property Trustee’s rights under the Indenture without first instituting legal proceedings against the Property Trustee or any other person. If a Debenture Event of Default has occurred due to Depositor’s failure to pay interest in full on the Debentures for a period of 30 days after the conclusion of the 10-year period following the commencement of any Extension Period, then a registered Holder of Capital Securities may institute a direct action on or after the due date directly against the Depositor for enforcement of payment of the principal of, or interest on, the Debentures to that Holder with respect to Debentures having a principal amount equal to the total liquidation amount of that Holder’s Capital Securities. If such a Debenture Event of Default occurs, a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Holders of the Capital Securities shall be entitled to remove or appoint the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as in the Indenture provided, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

(A) all overdue installments of interest (including any Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)) on all of the Debentures,

(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debentures which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional Interest thereon at the rate borne by the Debentures, and

(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Debenture Trustee and the Property Trustee, their agents and counsel; and

(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Debentures which has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 of the Indenture.

 

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The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the Capital Securities all or part of which is represented by Book-Entry Capital Securities, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Capital Securities entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.13(b).

(c) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default specified in Section      of the Indenture, any Holder of Capital Securities shall have the right to institute a proceeding directly against the Depositor, pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal amount of or interest on Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a “Direct Action”). In addition, if a Debenture Event of Default as specified in Sections      of the Indenture has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure to pay interest in full on the Debentures for a period of 30 days after the conclusion of the 10-year period following the commencement of any Extension Period, then a Holder of Capital Securities may directly institute a Direct Action against the Debenture Issuer on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures.

ARTICLE VI

ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING

SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights.

(a) Except as expressly provided in this Trust Agreement and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Capital Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Issuer 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 Holders from time to time as partners or members of an association.

(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method or place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Property Trustee with respect to such

 

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Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under Section 5.13 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 Capital Securities, provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Capital Securities. The Issuer Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of Capital Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of Capital Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital Securities of any notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Capital Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such action shall not cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.

(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the Issuer Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Capital Securities, whether by way of amendment to this Trust Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Capital Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, it would cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings.

Notice of all meetings of Holders of Capital Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.8 to each such Holder at such Holder’s address as it appears in the Securities Register as of the record date for such meeting. Such notice shall be sent, first-class mail, 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 6.3. Meetings of Holders of Capital Securities.

No annual meeting of Holders is required to be held. The Property Trustee, however, shall call a meeting of Holders of Capital Securities to vote on any matter upon the written request of the Holders of record of at least 25% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Outstanding Capital Securities) and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion, call a meeting of Holders of Capital Securities to vote on any matters as to which Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote.

Holders of at least 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Outstanding Capital Securities, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Holders of Capital Securities.

 

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If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding at least a majority of the Liquidation Amount of Outstanding Capital Securities held by the Holders of record present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Holders of Capital Securities, unless this Issuer Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights.

In respect of any matter as to which a Holder is entitled to vote, such Holder shall be entitled to one vote for each $25 in Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities held of record by such Holder.

SECTION 6.5. Proxies, Etc.

At any meeting of Holders, any Holder 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 Property Trustee, or with such other officer or agent of the Issuer Trust as the Property Trustee may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant to a resolution of the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the Property Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee. Only Holders of record 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 Holder 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 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent.

Any action which may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if Holders holding a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Trust Securities 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.

SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.

For the purpose of determining the Holders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting or to act 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 Property Trustee may from time to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Holders or the payment of a Distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the Holders of record for such purposes.

SECTION 6.8. Acts of Holders.

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 Holders or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders or Owners 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 the Property Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)

 

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are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders or Owners 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 8.1) conclusive in favor of the Issuer Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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 to 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 Issuer Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.

The ownership of Capital Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Trust Security and the Holder 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 Issuer Trustees or the Issuer Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder 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 each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.

If any dispute shall arise between the Holders and the Issuer Trustees with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Holder or Issuer Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.

SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records.

Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of the Issuer Trust shall be open to inspection by Holders during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Holder’s interest as a Holder.

ARTICLE VII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.

The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Holders that:

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(b) the Property Trustee 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) the Delaware Trustee is a banking corporation duly organized, validly existing;

(d) the Delaware Trustee 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 Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee enforceable against each of them 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 of this Trust Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and does not require any approval of stockholders of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee and such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Charter or By-laws of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, (ii) violate any provision of any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by which it is bound, which violation would materially and adversely affect the Issuer Trust, the Holders or the ability of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee to enter into or perform their obligations under the Trust Agreement, or result in the creation, or imposition of any Lien on any properties included in the Trust Property, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States, the State of New York or the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking, trust or general powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee;

(g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) contemplated herein 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 federal law governing the banking, trust or general powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, under the laws of the United States, the State of New York or the State of Delaware;

(h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of each of the Property Trustee’s and the Delaware Trustee’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal which, in the good faith judgment of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, as amended individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the Issuer Trust or the right, power and authority of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the Issuer Trustees under this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.

The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Holders that the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing Date on behalf of the Issuer Trust have been duly authorized and will have been, duly and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Issuer Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the Holders will be, as of each such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

THE ISSUER TRUSTEES

SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Issuer 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 any of the Issuer 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 reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 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 Issuer Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Article. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to release an Administrative Trustee from liability for its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to acts or omissions. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Issuer Trustee has duties and liabilities relating thereto to the Issuer Trust or to the Holders, such Issuer Trustee shall not be liable to the Issuer Trust or to any Holder for such Issuer Trustee’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Issuer Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Issuer 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 Holder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will 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 Issuer 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 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the Issuer Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) If a Trust Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall enforce this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Holders.

(d) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own 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;

 

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(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 and the Trust Indenture Act;

(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree 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 3.1 and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and

(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.

(e) The Administrative Trustees shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the other Issuer Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall either Administrative Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other Administrative Trustee, the other Issuer Trustees or the Depositor.

SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices.

Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Trust 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 10.8, notice of such Trust Event of Default to the Holders, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless such Trust Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.

Within five Business Days after the receipt of notice of the Depositor’s exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of such exercise to the Holders, unless such exercise shall have been revoked.

SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:

(a) the Property Trustee may conclusively 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 any other provisions

 

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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 Holder of Capital Securities is entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting the Depositor’s direction as to the course of action to be taken and, if not so directed, the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Holders, 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;

(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 rely upon an Officers’ Certificate as to factual matters (other than the interpretation of this Agreement) 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 or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;

(f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees) 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; 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 Holders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Property Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 8.3(g) shall be taken to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the occurrence of a Trust Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement;

(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 Holders, 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 responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent or attorney appointed with due care 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 the Trust Securities which

 

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instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities 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 fully protected in acting in accordance with such instructions;

(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;

(l) when the Property Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law or law relating to creditors rights generally; and

(m) the Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of a Trust Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Property Trustee receives written notice of such event from Holders holding more than a majority of Capital Securities (based upon Liquidation Amount).

No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on any Issuer 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 any Issuer 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 any Issuer Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.

SECTION 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Issuer Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Debentures.

SECTION 8.5. May Hold Securities.

Any Issuer Trustee or any other agent of any Issuer Trustee or the Issuer Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8 and 8.13 and except as provided in the definition of the term “Outstanding” in Article I, may otherwise deal with the Issuer Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not an Issuer Trustee or such other agent.

SECTION 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.

The Depositor agrees:

(a) to pay to the Issuer Trustees from time to time reasonable 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);

 

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(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Issuer Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Issuer 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 its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and

(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Issuer Trustee, (ii) each Paying Agent, (iii) any Affiliate of any Issuer Trustee, (iv) any officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative or agent of any Issuer Trustee, and (v) any employee or agent of the Issuer Trust or its Affiliates (referred to herein as an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of the creation, operation or termination of the Issuer Trust or any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Issuer Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust Agreement, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.

The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of any Issuer Trustee.

No Issuer Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property as a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.

The Depositor and any Issuer Trustee (in the case of the Property Trustee, subject to Section 8.8 hereof) may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trust and the Holders of Trust Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Trust Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Issuer Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. None of the Depositor or any Issuer Trustee, shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Issuer Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Issuer Trust, could be taken by the Issuer Trust, and the Depositor or any Issuer Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Issuer Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act as depository for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the Depositor or its Affiliates.

SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Issuer 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 a national or state chartered bank and eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. 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, 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 and the Trust Indenture Act, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. At the time of appointment, the Property Trustee must have securities rated in one of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

 

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(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 8.8. Conflicting Interests.

(a) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning 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.

(b) The Guarantee Agreement and the Indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.

Unless a Trust 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 Property Trustee shall have power to appoint, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall for such purpose join 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. Any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 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.

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.

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:

(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed by at least one Administrative Trustee and the Trust Securities shall be delivered by the Property Trustee and all rights, powers, duties, and obligations

 

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hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Issuer Trustees specified hereunder shall be exercised solely by such Issuer Trustees and not by such co-trustee or separate trustee.

(b) 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.

(c) 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, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have 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 resigning or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section.

(d) 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.

(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a co-trustee or separate trustee.

(f) 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.

No resignation or removal of any Issuer Trustee (the “Relevant Trustee”) and no appointment of a successor Issuer Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Issuer Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.

Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Relevant Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Holders. If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Issuer Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Issuer Trust, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.

Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Issuer Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or 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 Capital Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be removed by the Holder of the Common Securities at any time. In no event will the Holders of the Capital Securities have a right to vote to appoint, remove or replace the Administrative Trustees.

 

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If any Issuer Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Issuer Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Issuer Trustee for any reason, at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities, by Act, shall promptly appoint a successor Issuer Trustee or Issuer Trustees, and the retiring Issuer Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11, except that a successor Administrative Trustee need not comply with 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 be continuing, the Holders of the Capital Securities, by Act of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then Outstanding shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Trustee 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 Holder of the Common Securities, by Act, shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative Trustee or Trustees. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holder of the Common Securities or the Holders of the Capital Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11 if applicable, any Holder who has been a Holder of Trust Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.

The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of an Issuer Trustee and each appointment of a successor Issuer Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give notice to the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Holder of Common Securities, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by appointment by the remaining Administrative Trustees.

SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, other than the appointment of a successor Administrative Trustee pursuant to Section 8.19(a), the retiring Relevant Trustee (if requested by the Depositor) and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and the Issuer Trust and (b) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Issuer Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such Relevant Trustees co-trustees and upon the execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Issuer Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Issuer Trust.

 

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Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Issuer Trust shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.

No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware 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 Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or the Issuer Trust.

If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Depositor or the Issuer Trust (or any other obligor upon the Capital Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or the Issuer Trust (or any such other obligor).

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other similar judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer Trust or any other obligor upon the Trust Securities or the property of the Issuer Trust or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer Trust for the payment of any past due Distributions) shall be entitled and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any Distributions owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the Property Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement adjustment or compensation affecting the Trust Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Property Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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SECTION 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee.

(a) Not later than May 31 of each year commencing with May 31, 2007, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Holders in accordance with Section 10.8, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of the immediately preceding March 31, with respect to:

(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said Section, a written statement to such effect;

(ii) its knowledge of such Property Trustee’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Agreement; and

(iii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as Property Trustee since the date of its last report and any action taken by the Property Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Trust Securities.

(b) In addition the Property Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each national stock exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or such other interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization upon which the Trust Securities are listed or traded, with the Commission and with the Depositor.

SECTION 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee.

The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.

Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Issuer 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 pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) or Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate.

SECTION 8.17. Number of Issuer Trustees.

(a) The number of Issuer Trustees shall be four. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.

(b) If an Issuer Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason, a vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with an Issuer Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.

 

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(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of an Issuer Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Issuer Trust.

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 2.7(a), including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and

(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Issuer Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of this Trust Agreement, as set forth herein.

SECTION 8.19. Appointment of Administrative Trustees.

(a) The Administrative Trustees shall initially be Daniel R. Stolzer, an individual, and Louis D. Raffis, an individual, and their successors shall be appointed by the Holder of the Common Securities and may be removed by the Holder of the Common Securities at any time. Each Administrative Trustee shall sign an agreement agreeing to comply with the terms of this Trust Agreement. If at any time there is no Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee or any Holder who has been a Holder of Trust Securities for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of one or more Administrative Trustee.

(b) Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with this Section 8.19, the 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.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Holder of Common Securities, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the unanimous act of the remaining Administrative Trustees if there were at least two of them prior to such vacancy (with the successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 8.7).

ARTICLE IX

TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER

SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.

Unless earlier dissolved, the Issuer Trust shall automatically dissolve on December 15, 2066 (the “Expiration Date”).

 

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SECTION 9.2. Early Termination.

The first to occur of any of the following events is an “Early Termination Event,” upon the occurrence of which the Issuer Trust shall dissolve:

(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of, the Holder of the Common Securities;

(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the Holder of the Common Securities at any time to dissolve the Issuer Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer Trust as provided by applicable law, distribute Debentures to Holders in exchange for the Capital Securities;

(c) the redemption of all of the Capital Securities in connection with the redemption of all the Debentures; and

(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Issuer Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.3. Termination.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Issuer Trustees and the Issuer Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Holders upon the liquidation of the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2, of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (b) the payment of any expenses owed by the Issuer Trust; and (c) the discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Issuer Trust or the Holders.

SECTION 9.4. Liquidation.

(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of Section 9.2 occurs, or upon the Expiration Date, the Issuer Trust shall be liquidated by the Property Trustee as expeditiously as the Property Trustee determines to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer Trust as provided by applicable law, to each Holder a Like Amount of Debentures, subject to Section 9.4(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 will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will 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 9.4(d) applies receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Property Trustee (after consultation with the Administrative Trustees) shall deem appropriate.

(b) Unless Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect the liquidation of the Issuer Trust and the distribution of Debentures to Holders, 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.

 

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(c) Unless Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will be issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such certificates to the exchange agent for exchange, (iii) the Depositor shall use its best efforts to have the Debentures listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on such other exchange, interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization as the Capital Securities are then listed, (iv) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will 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 will be made to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such Debentures) and (v) all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.

(d) If, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be practical, then the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Issuer Trust shall be wound-up by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution of the Issuer Trust, Holders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Issuer Trust available for distribution to Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer 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 winding up, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Issuer 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 Issuer Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holders of the Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such winding-up pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Capital Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(a)(1), 5.1(b)(2) or 5.1(b)(3) of the Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities as provided in Section 4.3.

SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Issuer Trust.

The Issuer 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 entity, except pursuant to this Article Nine. At the request of the Holder of the Common Securities and with the consent of the Holders of a majority (based on Liquidation Amounts) of the Capital Securities, the Issuer Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or 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 Issuer Trust with respect to the Capital Securities or (b) substitutes for the Capital Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Capital Securities (“Successor Securities”) so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Capital Securities rank in priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity possessing the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed as the holder of the Debentures, (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized

 

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statistical rating organization, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holder of the Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (v) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Issuer Trust, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Issuer Trust has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Issuer Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an investment company under the 1940 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of all Outstanding Capital 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, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Issuer Trust or the successor Person to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders.

The death or incapacity, or the dissolution, liquidation, termination, or the bankruptcy of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust, nor entitle the legal representatives, successors or heirs of such Person or any Holder 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 10.2. Amendment.

(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time without the consent of any Holder of the Capital Securities, (i) by the Holder of the Common Securities to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, (ii) by the Holder of the Common Securities to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust at any times that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act, or (iii) by a Relevant Trustee pursuant to Section 8.11; provided, however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder, and any such amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Holders.

(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Holder of the Common Securities with (i) the consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Trust Securities and (ii) receipt by the Issuer Trustees

 

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of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Issuer Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the Issuer Trust’s status as a grantor trust or cause the Issuer Trust to be an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes or the Issuer Trust’s exemption from status of an investment company under the 1940 Act.

(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each Holder, this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required to be made as of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder 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 Holders, this paragraph (c) of this Section 10.2 may not be amended.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no Issuer Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement which would cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or not to be a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from status of an investment company under the 1940 Act.

(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 or liability on the Depositor.

(f) If any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of such amendment.

(g) No amendment to this Trust Agreement that affects the Property Trustee’s or the Delaware Trustee’s rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement or would otherwise expose the Property Trustee to any liability or be contrary to applicable law shall be adopted unless the prior written consent to such amendment be received by the Depositor from the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be. The Property Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance with this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 10.3. Separability.

If 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 10.4. Governing Law.

THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE HOLDERS, THE ISSUER TRUST AND THE ISSUER 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.

THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3540 AND SECTION 3561 OF TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THIS ISSUER TRUST.

 

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SECTION 10.5. 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 that is a Business Day (except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.1(a) and 4.2(d)), with the same force and effect as though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no interest shall accrue thereon for the period after such date.

SECTION 10.6. Successors.

This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Issuer Trust or the Relevant Trustee, including any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under Article Eight 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 10.7. Headings.

The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands.

Any report, 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 any Holder or the 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 Holder of Capital Securities, to such Holder as such Holder’s name and address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of the Common Securities or the Depositor, to KeyCorp, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Attention: General Counsel, facsimile no.: (216) 689-4121. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Holder 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 Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is published by the Issuer Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, MS NYC 60-2710, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Services; with a copy to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 25 DeForest Avenue, MS: 01-0105, Summit, NJ 07901, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Services; (b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Montgomery Bldg., 1011 Centre Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266; and (c) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for notices to the Depositor, marked “Attention Administrative Trustees of KeyCorp Capital IX.” Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Issuer Trust or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Issuer Trust or the Property Trustee.

 

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SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition.

Each of the Issuer Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the Holders that, until at least one year and one day after the Issuer Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article Nine, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Issuer Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (including, without limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, “Bankruptcy Laws”) or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding against the Issuer Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.9, the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Holders, that at the expense of the Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Issuer Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be stopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Issuer Trustees or the Issuer Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.9 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Issuer Trustee which is deemed a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Trust Agreement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.

(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust.

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 HOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE HOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH 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 ISSUER TRUST, SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE ISSUER TRUST AND SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.

 

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SECTION 10.12. Counterparts.

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

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

KEYCORP,
as Depositor
By:  

 

  Daniel R. Stolzer
  Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Property Trustee
By   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY DELAWARE,
as Delaware Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

By:  

 

  Daniel R. Stolzer
  as Administrative Trustee
By:  

 

  Louis D. Raffis
  as Administrative Trustee


EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

OF

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of KeyCorp Capital IX (the “Trust”), dated as of November 8, 2006, is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq.).

1. Name. The name of the statutory trust being formed hereby is KeyCorp Capital IX.

2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust, with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware, are Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Montgomery Bldg., 1011 Centre Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266.

3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act as of the date first above written.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY DELAWARE
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Elizabeth B. Ferry

Name:   Elizabeth B. Ferry
Title:   Assistant Vice President

DANIEL R. STOLZER

not in his individual capacity, but solely as trustee

/s/ Daniel R. Stolzer

 

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EXHIBIT B

STANDARD FORM

DTC LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS

 

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EXHIBIT C

[Form of Common Securities Certificate]

THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE

WITH SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT

 

Certificate Number   Number of Common Securities
C-  

Certificate Evidencing Common Securities

of

KeyCorp Capital IX

% Common Securities

(Liquidation Amount $25 per Common Security)

KeyCorp Capital IX, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer Trust”), hereby certifies that KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation (the “Holder”), is the registered holder of                              (            ) common securities of the Issuer Trust, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust and designated the     % Common Securities (Liquidation Amount $25 per Common Security) (the “Common Securities”). Except as provided in Section 5.11 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below) the Common Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be null and 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 Issuer Trust, dated as of November     , 2006, 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 Issuer Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Issuer Trust at its principal place of business.

By receipt and acceptance of this certificate, the Holder agrees to be bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Administrative Trustee of the Issuer Trust has executed this certificate as of the      day of                     ,     .

 

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX
By:  

 

Name:  

 

  as Administrative Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE]

[NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH, A “PLAN”), NO ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A “PLAN ASSET ENTITY”), AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN, MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION (“PTCE”) 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT A PLAN AND NO PART OF THE ASSETS TO BE USED BY IT TO PURCHASE AND/OR HOLD SUCH CAPITAL SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN CONSTITUTES “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN OR (B) IT IS ITSELF A PLAN, OR IS PURCHASING OR HOLDING THE CAPITAL SECURITIES OR AN INTEREST THEREIN ON BEHALF OF OR WITH “PLAN ASSETS” OF ONE OR MORE PLANS, AND EACH SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF SUCH SECURITIES EITHER (I) SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF, AND IS ENTITLED TO FULL EXEMPTIVE RELIEF UNDER, PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 (OR SOME OTHER APPLICABLE CLASS OR INDIVIDUAL EXEMPTION) (OR, IN THE CASE OF A NON-ERISA PLAN, A SIMILAR EXEMPTION APPLICABLE TO THE TRANSACTION) OR (II) WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR THE CODE OR ITS EQUIVALENT UNDER APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.]

[IF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE, THEN INSERT—This Capital Security is a Global Capital Securities Certificate within the meaning of the Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a clearing agency or a nominee thereof. This Capital Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Capital Security registered, and no transfer of this Capital Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than such clearing agency or a nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Trust Agreement.]

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

 

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Certificate Number   Number of Capital Securities
P-   [                    ]

CUSIP NO.            

Certificate Evidencing Capital Securities

of

KeyCorp Capital IX

% Capital Securities

(Liquidation Amount $25 per Capital Security)

KeyCorp Capital IX, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer Trust”), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of                      (    ) capital securities of the Issuer Trust representing an undivided preferred beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust and designated the KeyCorp Capital IX     % Capital Securities (Liquidation Amount $25 per Capital Security) (the “Capital Securities”). The Capital Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Issuer Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Capital 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 Issuer Trust, dated as of November     , 2006, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), including the designation of the terms of Capital Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as guarantee trustee, dated as of November     , 2006, as amended from time to time (the “Guarantee”), to the extent provided therein. The Issuer Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Issuer Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.

By receipt and acceptance of this certificate, the Holder agrees to be bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Administrative Trustee of the Issuer Trust has executed this certificate as of the      day of                     ,     .

 

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX
By:  

 

Name:  

 

  as Administrative Trustee

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Capital Security to:

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number)

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

and irrevocably appoints

agent to transfer this Capital Securities Certificate on the books of the Issuer Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

Date:                                                  

Signature:                                         

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Capital Security Certificate)

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 

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EX-4.(T) 5 dex4t.htm FORM OF GUARANTEE AGREEMENT FOR KEYCORP CAPITAL IX Form of Guarantee Agreement for KeyCorp Capital IX

Exhibit 4(t)

 


GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

between

KEYCORP

as Guarantor

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

as Guarantee Trustee

relating to

KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

Dated as of November     , 2006

 



KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

Certain Sections of this Guarantee Agreement relating to

Sections 310 through 318 of the

Trust Indenture Act of 1939

 

Section of

Trust Indenture Act

        

Section of

Guarantee Agreement

310(a)            

          4.1(a)

(b)            

          4.1(c), 2.8

(c)            

          Inapplicable

311(a)            

          2.2(b)

(b)            

          2.2(b)

(c)            

          Inapplicable

312(a)            

          2.2(a)

(b)            

          2.2(b)

313                

          2.3

314(a)            

          2.4

(b)            

          Inapplicable

(c)            

          2.5

(d)            

          Inapplicable

(e)            

          1.1, 2.5, 3.2

(f)            

          2.1, 3.2

315(a)            

          3.1(d)

(b)            

          2.7

(c)            

          3.1(c)

(d)            

          3.1(d)

316(a)            

          1.1, 2.6, 5.4

(b)            

          5.3, 5.7

(c)            

          8.2

317(a)            

          Inapplicable

(b)            

          Inapplicable

318(a)            

          2.1(b)

(b)            

          2.1

(c)            

          2.1(a)

 


Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Guarantee Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

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SECTION 1.1. Interpretation.

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SECTION 1.2. Definitions.

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ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT

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SECTION 2.1. Trust Indenture Act; Application.

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SECTION 2.2. List of Holders.

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SECTION 2.3. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.

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SECTION 2.4. Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee.

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SECTION 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.

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SECTION 2.6. Events of Default; Waiver.

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SECTION 2.7. Events of Default; Notice.

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SECTION 2.8. Conflicting Interests.

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ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

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SECTION 3.1. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.

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SECTION 3.2. Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.

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SECTION 3.3. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.

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ARTICLE IV GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

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SECTION 4.1. Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.

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SECTION 4.2. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee.

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ARTICLE V GUARANTEE

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SECTION 5.1. Guarantee.

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SECTION 5.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand.

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SECTION 5.3. Obligations Not Affected.

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SECTION 5.4. Rights of Holders.

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SECTION 5.5. Guarantee of Payment.

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SECTION 5.6. Subrogation.

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SECTION 5.7. Independent Obligations.

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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS AND SUBORDINATION

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SECTION 6.1. Subordination.

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SECTION 6.2. Pari Passu Guarantees.

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ARTICLE VII TERMINATION

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SECTION 7.1. Termination.

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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

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SECTION 8.1. Successors and Assigns.

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SECTION 8.2. Amendments.

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SECTION 8.3. Notices.

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SECTION 8.4. Benefit.

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SECTION 8.5. Governing Law

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SECTION 8.6. Counterparts.

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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, dated as of November     , 2006, is executed and delivered by KEYCORP, an Ohio corporation (the “Guarantor”) having its principal office at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Guarantee Trustee”), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Capital Securities (as defined herein) of KEYCORP CAPITAL IX, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer Trust”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of November     , 2006 (the “Trust Agreement”), among the Guarantor, as Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees named therein and the Holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust, the Issuer Trust is issuing $     aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of its     % Enhanced Trust Preferred Securities, Liquidation Amount $25 per Capital Security (the “Capital Securities”), representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust and having the terms set forth in the Trust Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Capital Securities will be issued by the Issuer Trust and the proceeds thereof, together with the proceeds from the issuance of the Issuer Trust’s Common Securities (as defined below), will be used to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debentures (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Guarantor which will be deposited with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, as trust assets;

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Holders to purchase the Capital Securities, the Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees, to the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders of the Capital 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 Capital Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee Agreement to provide as follows for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Capital Securities:

ARTICLE I

INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1. Interpretation.

In this Guarantee Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) capitalized terms used in this Guarantee Agreement but not defined in the preamble hereto have the respective meanings assigned to them in Section 1.2;

(b) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has the same meaning throughout;

(c) all references to “the Guarantee Agreement” or “this Guarantee Agreement” are to this Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;

(d) all references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise specified;


(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires;

(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice-versa; and

(g) the masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

SECTION 1.2. Definitions.

As used in this Guarantee Agreement, the terms set forth below shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:

Allocable Amounts”, when used with respect to any Senior Subordinated Debt or Junior Subordinated Debt, means the amount necessary to pay all principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Senior Subordinated Debt or Junior Subordinated Debt, as applicable, in full less, if applicable, any portion of such amounts which would have been paid to, and retained by, the holders of such Senior Subordinated Debt or Junior Subordinated Debt, as applicable (whether as a result of the receipt of payments by the holders of such Senior Subordinated Debt or Junior Subordinated Debt, as applicable, from the Guarantor or any other obligor thereon or from any holders of, or trustee in respect of, other indebtedness that is subordinate and junior in right of payment to such Senior Subordinated Debt or Junior Subordinated Debt, as applicable, pursuant to any provision of such indebtedness for the payment over of amounts received on account of such indebtedness to the holders of such Senior Subordinated Debt or Junior Subordinated Debt, as applicable) but for the fact that such Senior Subordinated Debt or Junior Subordinated Debt, as applicable, is subordinate or junior in right of payment to trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person; provided, however, that the Issuer Trust shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Guarantor. For the purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Guarantor or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.

Common Securities” means the securities representing common undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust.

Event of Default” means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however, that, except with respect to a default in payment of any Guarantee Payments, the Guarantor shall have received notice of default and shall not have cured such default within 30 days after receipt of such notice.

Guarantee Payments” means the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Capital Securities, to the extent not paid or made by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions (as defined in the Trust Agreement) required to be paid on the Capital Securities, to the extent the Issuer Trust shall have funds on hand available therefor at such time, (ii) the redemption price, including all accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption

 

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(the “Redemption Price”), with respect to any Capital Securities called for redemption by the Issuer Trust, to the extent the Issuer Trust shall have funds on hand available therefor at such time, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary termination, winding up or liquidation of the Issuer Trust, unless Junior Subordinated Debentures are distributed to the Holders, the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the Liquidation Amount of $25 per Capital Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Capital Securities to the date of payment to the extent that the Issuer Trust shall have funds available therefor at such time and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer Trust remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer Trust (in either case, the “Liquidation Distribution”).

Guarantee Trustee” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement, and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

Holder” means any holder, as registered on the books and records of the Issuer Trust, of any Capital Securities; provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Capital Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, “Holder” shall not include the Guarantor, the Guarantee Trustee, or any Affiliate of the Guarantor or the Guarantee Trustee.

Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of December 4, 1996, between the Guarantor and Bankers Trust Company (now known as Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas), as trustee, as supplemented and amended from time to time.

Junior Subordinated Debt” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.

List of Holders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).

Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities” means, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by the Holder(s), voting separately as a class, of more than 50% of the Liquidation Amount of all then outstanding Capital Securities issued by the Issuer Trust.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by the Chairman or a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of such Person or the President or a Vice President of such Person, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person, and delivered to the Guarantee Trustee. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Guarantee 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 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 officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

“Pari Passu Securities” means (i) indebtedness (A) the terms of which provide that such indebtedness ranks equally with the Junior Subordinated Debentures in right of payment and upon

 

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liquidation and (B) that qualifies or is issued to financing vehicles issuing securities that qualify as Tier 1 capital of the Guarantor under the capital guidelines of the Federal Reserve (as defined in the Trust Agreement); and (ii) guarantees of indebtedness described in clause (i) or securities issued by one or more financing vehicles described in clause (i)(B).

Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.

Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any Managing Director, any Director, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Associate, any Assistant Treasurer, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer or any other officer of the Corporate Trust Department of the Guarantee Trustee and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Senior Debt” means any obligation of the Guarantor to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred, other than any obligation as to which, in the instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which the obligation is outstanding, it is provided that such obligation is not Senior Debt; provided however that Senior Debt does not include Senior Subordinated Debt, Junior Subordinated Debt or Pari Passu Securities.

Senior Indebtedness” means (i) Senior Debt (but excluding trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business) and (ii) the Allocable Amounts of Senior Subordinated Debt, and (iii) the Allocable Amounts of Junior Subordinated Debt.

Senior Subordinated Debt” means any obligation of the Guarantor to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred, where the instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which the obligation is outstanding, provides that it is subordinate and junior in right of payment to Senior Debt. Senior Subordinated Debt includes the Guarantor’s outstanding subordinated debt securities and any subordinated debt securities issued in the future with substantially similar subordination terms and does not include the Junior Subordinated Debentures or any subordinated debt securities issued in the future or the past with substantially similar subordination terms.

Successor Guarantee Trustee” means a successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Capitalized or otherwise defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

ARTICLE II

TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.1. Trust Indenture Act; Application.

(a) This Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

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(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through the operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control. If any provision of this Guarantee Agreement modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Guarantee Agreement as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.2. List of Holders.

(a) The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee (a) semiannually, on or before June 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing June 30, 2007, a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders (the “List of Holders”) as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at such other times as the Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Guarantor of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, in each case to the extent such information is in the possession or control of the Guarantor and is not identical to a previously supplied list of Holders or has not otherwise been received by the Guarantee Trustee in its capacity as such. The Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 311(a), Section 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.3. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.

Not later than May 31 of each year, commencing May 31, 2007, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantor will notify the Guarantee Trustee if and when any Capital Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

SECTION 2.4. Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee.

The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Holders such documents, reports and information, if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.

The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with such conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Guarantee 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 of the Guarantor pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate.

SECTION 2.6. Events of Default; Waiver.

The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders, 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 Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent therefrom.

 

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SECTION 2.7. Events 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, notices of all Events of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice, provided, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of a Guarantee Payment, the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Board of Directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice, or a Responsible Officer charged with the administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have obtained written notice, of such Event of Default.

SECTION 2.8. Conflicting Interests.

The Trust Agreement and the Indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Guarantee Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE III

POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.1. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.

(a) This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Guarantee Agreement to any Person except a Holder exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(iv) 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 shall automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, upon acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment hereunder, and such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the Holders.

(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 Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement, 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.

 

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(d) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement 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 Guarantee Agreement, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement; and

(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Guarantee Agreement; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof or of the Trust Indenture Act are specifically required to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Guarantee Agreement;

(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 Capital Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement; and

(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement or adequate indemnity 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 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 reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties.

(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Guarantee Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate unless otherwise prescribed herein.

 

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(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officers’ Certificate which, upon receipt of such request from the Guarantee Trustee, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor.

(iv) The Guarantee Trustee may consult with legal counsel, and the written advice or opinion of such legal counsel with respect to legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion. Such legal counsel may be legal counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may be one of its employees. The Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Guarantee Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction.

(v) The Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such adequate security and indemnity as would satisfy a reasonable person in the position of the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) 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)(v) 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 Guarantee Agreement.

(vi) 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.

(vii) The Guarantee 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 Guarantee Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(viii) Whenever in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement 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 (A) may request instructions from the Holders, (B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (C) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions.

(b) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement 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 to act in accordance with such power and authority.

 

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SECTION 3.3. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.

The Guarantor agrees:

(a) to pay to the Guarantee Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provisions of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Guarantee Trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Guarantee Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Guarantee 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 its negligence or bad faith; and

(c) to indemnify the Guarantee Trustee and its directors, officers, agents and employees for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Guarantee Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Guarantee Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Guarantee Trustee will not claim or exact any lien or charge on any Guarantee Payments as a result of any amount due to it under this Guarantee Agreement.

The provisions of this Section 3.3 shall survive the termination of this Guarantee Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee.

ARTICLE IV

GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.1. Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.

(a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:

(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and

(ii) be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and shall be a corporation meeting the requirements of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.1 and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).

(c) If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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SECTION 4.2. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee.

(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.

(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed hereunder shall hold office until a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee Trustee.

(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of resignation, the resigning Guarantee Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Guarantor, any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.

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 or on behalf of the Issuer Trust), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim which the Issuer Trust may have or assert, except the defense of payment. The Guarantor’s obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer Trust to pay such amounts to the Holders.

SECTION 5.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand.

The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee Agreement and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Guarantee Trustee, the Issuer Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.

SECTION 5.3. Obligations Not Affected.

The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:

 

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(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Issuer Trust of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Capital Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer Trust;

(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer Trust of all or any portion of the Distributions (other than an extension of time for payment of Distributions that results from the extension of any interest payment period on the Junior Subordinated Debentures as provided in the Indenture), Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the Capital Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Capital Securities;

(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 Capital Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind;

(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer Trust or any of the assets of the Issuer Trust;

(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Capital Securities;

(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or

(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor (other than payment of the underlying obligation), it being the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain the consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.

SECTION 5.4. Rights of Holders.

The Guarantor expressly acknowledges that: (i) this Guarantee Agreement will be deposited with the Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the Holders; (ii) the Guarantee Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee Agreement on behalf of the Holders; (iii) the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee Agreement or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement; and (iv) any Holder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce its rights under this Guarantee Agreement, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee, the Issuer Trust or any other Person.

SECTION 5.5. Guarantee of Payment.

This Guarantee Agreement creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Guarantee Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments in full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer Trust) or upon distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders as provided in the Trust Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5.6. Subrogation.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights (if any) of the Holders against the Issuer Trust in respect of any amounts paid to the Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement and shall have the right to waive payment by the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section 5.1; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this Guarantee Agreement. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.

SECTION 5.7. Independent Obligations.

The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer Trust with respect to the Capital Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS AND SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.1. Subordination.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement will constitute unsecured obligations of the Guarantor and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement do not constitute Senior Indebtedness, Senior Debt or Senior Subordinated Debt.

SECTION 6.2. Pari Passu Guarantees.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement shall rank pari passu with the obligations of the Guarantor under any similar guarantee agreements issued by the Guarantor on behalf of the holders of preferred or capital securities issued by any KeyCorp Trust (as defined in the Indenture).

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION

SECTION 7.1. Termination.

This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of all Capital Securities, (ii) the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to the Holders in exchange for all of the Capital Securities or (iii) full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Trust Agreement upon liquidation of the Issuer Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid with respect to Capital Securities or this Guarantee Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1. Successors and Assigns.

All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Capital Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Guarantor that is permitted under Article VIII of the Indenture and pursuant to which the successor or assignee agrees in writing to perform the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.

SECTION 8.2. Amendments.

Except with respect to any changes which do not adversely affect the rights of the Holders in any material respect (in which case no consent of the Holders will be required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with the prior approval of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities. The provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement concerning meetings of the Holders shall apply to the giving of such approval.

SECTION 8.3. Notices.

Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:

(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below or such other address, facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Guarantor may give notice to the Holders:

KeyCorp

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

Facsimile No.: (216) 689-4121

Attention: General Counsel

(b) if given to the Issuer Trust, in care of the Guarantee Trustee, at the Issuer Trust’s (and the Guarantee Trustee’s) address set forth below or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee on behalf of the Issuer Trust may give notice to the Holders:

KeyCorp Capital IX

c/o KeyCorp

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

Facsimile No.: (216) 689-4121

Attention: General Counsel

 

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with a copy to:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street

Mail Stop NYC 60-2710, 27th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Facsimile No.: (732) 578-4635

Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Services

With a copy to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

25 DeForest Avenue

MS: 01-0105

Summit, NJ 07901

Attention: Trust and Securities Services

(c) if given to any Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer Trust.

All notices hereunder 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 8.4. Benefit.

This Guarantee Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Holders and is not separately transferable from the Capital Securities.

SECTION 8.5. Governing Law.

THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 8.6. Counterparts.

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

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Guarantee Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

KEYCORP
By:  

 

Name:   Daniel R. Stolzer
Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Guarantee Trustee

By Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

EX-5.(C) 6 dex5c.htm OPNION OF RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A. Opnion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Exhibit 5(c)

[Letterhead of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.]

November 15, 2006

KeyCorp Capital IX

c/o KeyCorp

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

 

  Re: KeyCorp Capital IX

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Delaware counsel for KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and KeyCorp Capital IX, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), in connection with the matters set forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.

For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or copies of the following:

(a) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, dated as of November 7, 2006 (the “Certificate”), as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on November 8, 2006;

(b) The Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of November 8, 2006, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named therein;

(c) The Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement Nos. 333-134937 and 333-134937-01, including the preliminary prospectus (the “Prospectus”), relating to the Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a “Preferred Security” and collectively, the “Preferred Securities”), as proposed to be filed by the Company, the Trust and others with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on or about November 15, 2006 (the “Registration Statement”);

(d) A form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, to be entered into among the Company, as depositor, the trustees of the Trust named therein, and the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (including Exhibits A, C and E thereto) (the “Trust Agreement”), incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; and


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(e) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated November 8, 2006, obtained from the Secretary of State.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the Trust Agreement.

For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above. In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above) that is referred to in or incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.

For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the Trust Agreement and the Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) except to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due creation or due organization or due formation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its creation, organization or formation, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by us, (iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each Person to whom a Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (collectively, the “Preferred Security Holders”) of an interest in the Capital Securities Certificate for such Preferred Security and the payment for the interest in the Preferred Security acquired by it, in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the Preferred Securities are issued and sold in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement. We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no responsibility for its contents.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the securities laws and blue sky laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.

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the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Trust has been duly created and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq.).

2. The Preferred Securities will represent valid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the Trust Agreement.

We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In addition, we hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Validity of Securities” in the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of Persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. Except as stated above, without our prior written consent, this opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other Person for any purpose.

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

 

BJK/BGK

EX-15.(A) 7 dex15a.htm ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP Acknowledgement of Ernst & Young LLP

Exhibit 15(a)

Acknowledgment Letter of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Shareholders and Board of Directors

KeyCorp

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-134937 and 333-134937-01) of KeyCorp, of our reports dated May 5, 2006, August 2, 2006 and November 2, 2006 relating to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of KeyCorp, that are included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Cleveland, Ohio

November 13, 2006

EX-23.(A) 8 dex23a.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

Exhibit (23)(a)

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and the related Prospectus Supplement of KeyCorp, KeyCorp Capital VIII and KeyCorp Capital IX and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated February 24, 2006, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of KeyCorp, KeyCorp management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of KeyCorp, incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Cleveland, Ohio

November 13, 2006

EX-25.(D) 9 dex25d.htm FORM T-1 FOR TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF KEYCORP CAPITAL IX Form T-1 for Trust Preferred Securities of KeyCorp Capital IX

Exhibit 25(d)

 


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT

OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE

PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

NEW YORK   13-4941247

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification no.)

60 WALL STREET  
NEW YORK, NEW YORK   10005

(Address of principal

executive offices)

  (Zip Code)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Lynne Malina

Legal Department

60 Wall Street, 37th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 250 – 0677

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   20-7143490
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)   Identification No.)

c/o KeyCorp

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

(216) 689-6300

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


Trust Preferred Securities

(Title of the Indenture securities)

 



Item 1. General Information.

Furnish the following information as to the trustee.

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name    Address
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)    New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department    Albany, NY

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

Item 3. -15. Not Applicable

To the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under ant Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.

Item 16. List of Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1 -    Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 6, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 16, 1998, and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated February 27, 2002, copies attached.
Exhibit 2 -    Certificate of Authority to commence business. Copy attached.
Exhibit 3 -    Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers. Copy attached.
Exhibit 4 -    Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company, as amended on April 15, 2002. Copy attached.


Exhibit 5 -    Not applicable.
Exhibit 6 -    Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.
Exhibit 7 -    The latest report of condition of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas dated as of June 30, 2006. Copy attached.
Exhibit 8 -    Not Applicable.
Exhibit 9 -    Not Applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 15th day of November, 2006.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:  

/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

  Annie Jaghatspanyan
  Assistant Vice President


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law,” dated September 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,001,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 25th day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

 

/s/ Manuel Kursky

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


RESTATED

ORGANIZATION

CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

 


Under Section 8007

Of the Banking Law

 


Bankers Trust Company

1301 6th Avenue, 8th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10019

Counterpart Filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks, State of New York, August 31, 1998


RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and an Assistant Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of the corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on March 5, 1903.

3. The text of the organization certificate, as amended heretofore, is hereby restated without further amendment or change to read as herein-set forth in full, to wit:

“Certificate of Organization

of

Bankers Trust Company”

Know All Men By These Presents That we, the undersigned, James A. Blair, James G. Cannon, E. C. Converse, Henry P. Davison, Granville W. Garth, A. Barton Hepburn, Will Logan, Gates W. McGarrah, George W. Perkins, William H. Porter, John F. Thompson, Albert H. Wiggin, Samuel Woolverton and Edward F. C. Young, all being persons of full age and citizens of the United States, and a majority of us being residents of the State of New York, desiring to form a corporation to be known as a Trust Company, do hereby associate ourselves together for that purpose under and pursuant to the laws of the State of New York, and for such purpose we do hereby, under our respective hands and seals, execute and duly acknowledge this Organization Certificate in duplicate, and hereby specifically state as follows, to wit:

I. The name by which the said corporation shall be known is Bankers Trust Company.

II. The place where its business is to be transacted is the City of New York, in the State of New York.

III. Capital Stock: The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

(a) Common Stock

1. Dividends: Subject to all of the rights of the Series Preferred Stock, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the corporation legally available for the payment of dividends.

2. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise expressly provided with respect to the Series Preferred Stock or with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, each holder of the Common Stock being entitled to one vote for each share thereof held.

3. Liquidation: Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, and after the holders of the Series Preferred Stock of each series shall have been paid in full


the amounts to which they respectively shall be entitled, or a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, the remaining net assets of the corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock in accordance with their respective rights and interests, to the exclusion of the holders of the Series Preferred Stock.

4. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Common Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend or other distribution.

(b) Series Preferred Stock

1. Board Authority: The Series Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as herein provided in one or more series. The designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Series Preferred Stock, and particularly of the shares of each series thereof, may, to the extent permitted by law, be similar to or may differ from those of any other series. The Board of Directors of the corporation is hereby expressly granted authority, subject to the provisions of this Article III, to issue from time to time Series Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix from time to time before issuance thereof, by filing a certificate pursuant to the Banking Law, the number of shares in each such series of such class and all designations, relative rights (including the right, to the extent permitted by law, to convert into shares of any class or into shares of any series of any class), preferences and limitations of the shares in each such series, including, buy without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

(i) The number of shares to constitute such series (which number may at any time, or from time to time, be increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, notwithstanding that shares of the series may be outstanding at the time of such increase or decrease, unless the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided in creating such series) and the distinctive designation thereof;

(ii) The dividend rate on the shares of such series, whether or not dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative, and the date or dates, if any, from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative;

(iii) Whether or not the share of such series shall be redeemable, and, if redeemable, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, the amount or amounts per share (which shall be, in the case of each share, not less than its preference upon involuntary liquidation, plus an amount equal to all dividends thereon accrued and unpaid, whether or not earned or declared) payable thereon in the case of the redemption thereof, which amount may vary at different redemption dates or otherwise as permitted by law;

(iv) The right, if any, of holders of shares of such series to convert the same into, or exchange the same for, Common Stock or other stock as permitted by law, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, as well as provisions for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(v) The amount per share payable on the shares of such series upon the voluntary and involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation;

(vi) Whether the holders of shares of such series shall have voting power, full or limited, in addition to the voting powers provided by law and, in case additional voting powers are accorded, to fix the extent thereof; and

(vii) Generally to fix the other rights and privileges and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights and privileges of such series, provided, however, that no such rights, privileges, qualifications, limitations or restrictions shall be in conflict with the organization certificate of the corporation or with the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of any series of which there are shares outstanding.

All shares of Series Preferred Stock of the same series shall be identical in all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to dates, if any, from which dividends thereon may accumulate. All shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank and shall be identical in all respects except that to the extent not otherwise limited in this Article III any series may differ from any other series with respect to any one or more of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations described or referred to in subparagraphs (I) to (vii) inclusive above.


2. Dividends: Dividends on the outstanding Series Preferred Stock of each series shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment before any dividends shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock with respect to the same quarterly dividend period. Dividends on any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall be cumulative only if and to the extent set forth in a certificate filed pursuant to law. After dividends on all shares of Series Preferred Stock (including cumulative dividends if and to the extent any such shares shall be entitled thereto) shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to any quarterly dividend period, then and not otherwise so long as any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to the same quarterly dividend period on the Common Stock out the assets or funds of the corporation legally available therefor.

All Shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank, preference and priority as to dividends irrespective of whether or not the rates of dividends to which the same shall be entitled shall be the same and when the stated dividends are not paid in full, the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall share ratably in the payment thereof in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such shares if all dividends were paid in full, provided, however, that any two or more series of the Series Preferred Stock may differ from each other as to the existence and extent of the right to cumulative dividends, as aforesaid.

3. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, or as otherwise provided by law, the Series Preferred Stock shall not have any right to vote for the election of directors or for any other purpose and the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes.

4. Liquidation: In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each series of Series Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment of the amount to which each outstanding series of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled in accordance with the provisions thereof and each holder of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid in full such amount, or have a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, before any payments shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock. If, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among such holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. After the payment to the holders of Series Preferred Stock of all such amounts to which they are entitled, as above provided, the remaining assets and funds of the corporation shall be divided and paid to the holders of the Common Stock.

5. Redemption: In the event that the Series Preferred Stock of any series shall be made redeemable as provided in clause (iii) of paragraph 1 of section (b) of this Article III, the corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors, may redeem at any time or times, and from time to time, all or any part of any one or more series of Series Preferred Stock outstanding by paying for each share the then applicable redemption price fixed by the Board of Directors as provided herein, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption, upon such notice and terms as may be specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to the series.

6. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Series Preferred Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter or right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend.

(c) Provisions relating to Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A. (Liquidation value $1,000,000 per share.)

1. Designation: The distinctive designation of the series established hereby shall be “Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A” (hereinafter called “Series A Preferred Stock”).

2. Number: The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall initially be 250 shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued Series Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.


3. Dividends:

(a) Dividend Payments Dates. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive non-cumulative cash dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the corporation, out of funds legally available therefor, from the date of original issuance of such shares (the “Issue Date”) and such dividends will be payable on March 28, June 28, September 28 and December 28 of each year (“Dividend Payment Date”) commencing September 28, 1990, at a rate per annum as determined in paragraph 3(b) below. The period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the day preceding the first Dividend Payment Date and each successive period beginning on a Dividend Payment Date and ending on the date preceding the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is herein called a “Dividend Period”. If any Dividend Payment Date shall be, in The City of New York, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then payment will be postponed to the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as if made on the Dividend Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue for such Dividend Period after such Dividend Payment Date.

(b) Dividend Rate. The dividend rate from time to time payable in respect of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Dividend Rate”) shall be determined on the basis of the following provisions:

(i) On the Dividend Determination Date, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date, as such rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on such Dividend Determination Date. If at least two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Dates will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such offered rates. If fewer than those offered rates appear, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be determined as described in paragraph (ii) below.

(ii) On any Dividend Determination Date on which fewer than those offered rates for the applicable maturity appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as specified in paragraph (I) above, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time are offered by three major banks in the London interbank market selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date to prime banks in the London market. The corporation will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Dividend Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the corporation are not quoting as aforementioned in this sentence, then, with respect to such Dividend Period, LIBOR for the preceding Dividend Period will be continued as LIBOR for such Dividend Period.

(ii) The Dividend Rate for any Dividend Period shall be equal to the lower of 18% or 50 basis points above LIBOR for such Dividend Period as LIBOR is determined by sections (I) or (ii) above.

As used above, the term “Dividend Determination Date” shall mean, with respect to any Dividend Period, the second London Business Day prior to the commencement of such Dividend Period; and the term “London Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that, in New York City, is not a day on which banking institutions generally are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and that is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

4. Voting Rights: The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the voting power and rights set forth in this paragraph 4 and shall have no other voting power or rights except as otherwise may from time to time be required by law.


So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the votes of the Series Preferred Stock entitled to vote outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at a meeting at which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (alone or together with the holders of one or more other series of Series Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote) vote separately as a class, alter the provisions of the Series Preferred Stock so as to materially adversely affect its rights; provided, however, that in the event any such materially adverse alteration affects the rights of only the Series A Preferred Stock, then the alteration may be effected with the vote or consent of at least a majority of the votes of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, further, that an increase in the amount of the authorized Series Preferred Stock and/or the creation and/or issuance of other series of Series Preferred Stock in accordance with the organization certificate shall not be, nor be deemed to be, materially adverse alterations. In connection with the exercise of the voting rights contained in the preceding sentence, holders of all series of Series Preferred Stock which are granted such voting rights (of which the Series A Preferred Stock is the initial series) shall vote as a class (except as specifically provided otherwise) and each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have one vote for each share of stock held and each other series shall have such number of votes, if any, for each share of stock held as may be granted to them.

The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, in connection with the matters specified, provision is made for the redemption or retirement of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.

5. Liquidation: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment out of the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, whether from capital or surplus, of $1,000,000 per share (the “liquidation value”) together with the amount of all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon, and after such payment the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to no other payments.

6. Redemption: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed, at the option of the corporation in whole or part, at any time or from time to time at a redemption price of $1,000,000 per share, in each case plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption.

At the option of the corporation, shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed or otherwise acquired may be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Series Preferred Stock.

In the case of any redemption, the corporation shall give notice of such redemption to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in the following manner: a notice specifying the shares to be redeemed and the time and place of redemption (and, if less than the total outstanding shares are to be redeemed, specifying the certificate numbers and number of shares to be redeemed) shall be mailed by first class mail, addressed to the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as the same shall appear upon the books of the corporation, not more than sixty (60) days and not less than thirty (30) days previous to the date fixed for redemption. In the event such notice is not given to any shareholder such failure to give notice shall not affect the notice given to other shareholders. If less than the whole amount of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata in any manner determined by resolution of the Board of Directors to be fair and proper. From and after the date fixed in any such notice as the date of redemption (unless default shall be made by the corporation in providing moneys at the time and place of redemption for the payment of the redemption price) all dividends upon the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and all rights of the holders of said Series A Preferred Stock as stockholders in the corporation, except the right to receive the redemption price (without interest) upon surrender of the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, duly endorsed for transfer, if required, shall cease and terminate. The corporation’s obligation to provide moneys in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed fulfilled if, on or before the redemption date, the corporation shall deposit with a bank or trust company (which may be an affiliate of the corporation) having an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, having a capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 funds necessary for such redemption, in trust with irrevocable instructions that such funds be applied to the redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption. Any interest accrued on such funds shall be paid to the corporation from time to time. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of two (2) years from such redemption date shall be released or repaid to the corporation, after which the holders of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall look only to the corporation for payment of the redemption price.


IV. The name, residence and post office address of each member of the corporation are as follows:

 

Name

  

Residence

  

Post Office Address

James A. Blair

  

9 West 50th Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

  

33 Wall Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

James G. Cannon

  

72 East 54th Street,

    Manhattan New York City

  

14 Nassau Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

E. C. Converse

  

3 East 78th Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

  

139 Broadway,

    Manhattan, New York City

Henry P. Davison

  

Englewood,

    New Jersey

  

2 Wall Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

Granville W. Garth

  

160 West 57th Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

  

33 Wall Street

    Manhattan, New York City

A. Barton Hepburn

  

205 West 57th Street

    Manhattan, New York City

  

83 Cedar Street

    Manhattan, New York City

William Logan

  

Montclair,

    New Jersey

  

13 Nassau Street

    Manhattan, New York City

George W. Perkins

  

Riverdale,

    New York

  

23 Wall Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

William H. Porter

  

56 East 67th Street

    Manhattan, New York City

  

270 Broadway,

    Manhattan, New York City

John F. Thompson

  

Newark,

    New Jersey

  

143 Liberty Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

Albert H. Wiggin

  

42 West 49th Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

  

214 Broadway,

    Manhattan, New York City

Samuel Woolverton

  

Mount Vernon,

    New York

  

34 Wall Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

Edward F.C. Young

  

85 Glenwood Avenue,

    Jersey City, New Jersey

  

1 Exchange Place,

    Jersey City, New Jersey

V. The existence of the corporation shall be perpetual.

VI. The subscribers, the members of the said corporation, do, and each for himself does, hereby declare that he will accept the responsibilities and faithfully discharge the duties of a director therein, if elected to act as such, when authorized accordance with the provisions of the Banking Law of the State of New York.

VII. The number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than 10 nor more than 25.”

4. The foregoing restatement of the organization certificate was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation at a meeting held on July 21, 1998.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 6th day of August, 1998.

 

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen


State of New York        )
       ) ss:
County of New York        )

Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this

6th day of August, 1998.

 

Sandra L. West

Notary Public

 

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 1998


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law,” dated August 6, 1998, providing for the restatement of the Organization Certificate and all amendments into a single certificate.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 31st day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

 

/s/ Manuel Kursky

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.

3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.

4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”


5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 25th day of September, 1998

 

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

State of New York        )
       ) ss:
County of New York        )

Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 25th day

of September, 1998

 

/s/ Sandra L. West

Notary Public

 

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 2000


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law,” dated December 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,627,308,670 consisting of 212,730,867 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 18th day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

 

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.

3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.

4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Six Hundred Twenty-Seven Million, Three Hundred Eight Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,627,308,670), divided into Two Hundred Twelve Million, Seven Hundred Thirty Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty- Seven (212,730,867) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”


5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 16th day of December, 1998

 

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

State of New York        )
       ) ss:
County of New York        )

Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 16th day

of December, 1998

 

/s/ Sandra L. West

Notary Public

 

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 2000


BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, Lea Lahtinen, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, the United States of America, do hereby certify that attached copy of the Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company, dated February 27, 2002, providing for a change of name of Bankers Trust Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and approved by the New York State Banking Department on March 14, 2002 to effective on April 15, 2002, is a true and correct copy of the original Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company on file in the Banking Department, State of New York.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Bankers Trust Company this 4th day of April, 2002.

[SEAL]

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen, Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Bankers Trust Company

 

State of New York    )   
   )    ss.:
County of New York    )   

On the 4th day of April in the year 2002 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said state, personally appeared Lea Lahtinen, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person on behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Sonja K. Olsen

Notary Public

 

SONJA K. OLSEN

Notary Public, State of New York

No. 01OL4974457

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires November 13, 2002


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY under Section 8005 of the Banking Law” dated February 27, 2002, providing for a change of name of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY to DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 14th day of March two thousand and two.

 

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne Jr., and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively the Secretary, and Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th day of March, 1903.

3. Pursuant to Section 8005 of the Banking Law, attached hereto as Exhibit A is a certificate issued by the State of New York, Banking Department listing all of the amendments to the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company since its organization that have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks.

4. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to change the name of Bankers Trust Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to be effective on April 15, 2002.

5. The first paragraph number 1 of the organization of Bankers Trust Company with the reference to the name of the Bankers Trust Company, which reads as follows:

“1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.”

is hereby amended to read as follows effective on April 15, 2002:

“1. The name of the corporation is Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.”


6. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 27th day of February, 2002.

 

/s/ James T. Byrne Jr.

James T. Byrne Jr.
Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

State of New York    )   
   )    ss.:
County of New York    )   

Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements therein contained are true.

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 27th day

of February, 2002

 

/s/ Sandra L. West

Notary Public

 

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public, State of New York

No. 01WE4942401

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 2002


EXHIBIT A

State of New York

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:

THAT, the records in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks indicate that BANKERS TRUST COMPANY is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York as a trust company, pursuant to Article III of the Banking Law; and

THAT, the Organization Certificate of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY was filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks on March 5, 1903, and such corporation was authorized to commence business on March 24, 1903; and

THAT, the following amendments to its Organization Certificate have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks as of the dates specified:

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on January 14, 1905

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on August 4, 1909

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on February 1, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on June 17, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on August 8, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on August 8, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on March 21, 1912

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a decrease in number of directors - filed on January 15, 1915


Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a decrease in number of directors - - filed on December 18, 1916

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on April 20, 1917

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on April 20, 1917

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 28, 1918

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 4, 1919

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on January 15, 1926

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on June 12, 1928

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on April 4, 1929

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed on January 11, 1934

Certificate of Extension to perpetual - filed on January 13, 1941

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed on January 13, 1941

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 11, 1944

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed January 30, 1953

Restated Certificate of Incorporation - filed November 6, 1953

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on April 8, 1955


Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 1, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on July 14, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on September 30, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on January 26, 1962

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on September 9, 1963

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 7, 1964

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 24, 1965

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a decrease in capital stock - filed January 24, 1967

Restated Organization Certificate - filed June 1, 1971

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed October 29, 1976

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 22, 1977

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed August 5, 1980

Restated Organization Certificate - filed July 1, 1982

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1984

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 18, 1986


Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed January 22, 1990

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - - filed June 28, 1990

Restated Organization Certificate - filed August 20, 1990

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 26, 1992

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 28, 1994

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 23, 1995

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1995

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 21, 1996

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1996

Certificate of Amendment to the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 27, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 26, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 29, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 26, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 23, 1998


Restated Organization Certificate - filed August 31, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 25, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 18, 1998; and

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a change in the number of directors - filed September 3, 1999; and

THAT, no amendments to its Restated Organization Certificate have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks except those set forth above; and attached hereto; and

I DO FURTHER CERTIFY THAT, BANKERS TRUST COMPANY is validly existing as a banking organization with its principal office and place of business located at 130 Liberty Street, New York, New York.

WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York this 16th day of October in the Year Two Thousand and One.

 

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


State of New York

Banking Department

I, DAVID S. FREDSALL, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:

THAT, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York and has its principal office and place of business at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York. Such corporation is validly existing as a banking organization under the Banking Law of the State of New York. The authorization certificate of such corporation has not been revoked or suspended and such corporation is a subsisting trust company under the supervision of this Department.

WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 2nd day of August in the Year two thousand and six.

 

/s/ David S. Fredsall

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

BY-LAWS

April 15, 2002

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

New York


BY-LAWS

of

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

ARTICLE I

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this Company shall be held at the office of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, in January of each year, for the election of directors and such other business as may properly come before said meeting.

SECTION 2. Special meetings of stockholders other than those regulated by statute may be called at any time by a majority of the directors. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President to call such meetings whenever requested in writing to do so by stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock.

SECTION 3. At all meetings of stockholders, there shall be present, either in person or by proxy, stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the Company, in order to constitute a quorum, except at special elections of directors, as provided by law, but less than a quorum shall have power to adjourn any meeting.

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board or, in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, the senior officer present, shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and shall direct the proceedings and the order of business. The Secretary shall act as secretary of such meetings and record the proceedings.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The affairs of the Company shall be managed and its corporate powers exercised by a Board of Directors consisting of such number of directors, but not less than seven nor more than fifteen, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, or by the stockholders. In the event of any increase in the number of directors, additional directors may be elected within the limitations so fixed, either by the stockholders or within the limitations imposed by law, by a majority of directors then in office. One-third of the number of directors, as fixed from time to time, shall constitute a quorum. Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any Committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or Committee thereof by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications equipment which allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such a meeting.


All directors hereafter elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and have qualified.

No Officer-Director who shall have attained age 65, or earlier relinquishes his responsibilities and title, shall be eligible to serve as a director.

SECTION 2. Vacancies not exceeding one-third of the whole number of the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and the directors so elected shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term.

SECTION 3. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors. In his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence the President or any Co-President or, in their absence such other director as the Board of Directors from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.

SECTION 4. The Board of Directors may adopt such Rules and Regulations for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the affairs of the Company as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of New York, or these By-Laws, and all officers and employees shall strictly adhere to, and be bound by, such Rules and Regulations.

SECTION 5. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held from time to time provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting not less than six times a year, provided that during any three consecutive calendar months the Board of Directors shall meet at least once, and its Executive Committee shall not be required to meet at least once in each thirty day period during which the Board of Directors does not meet. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called upon at least two day’s notice whenever it may be deemed proper by the Chairman of the Board or, the Chief Executive Officer or, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, by such other director as the Board of Directors may have designated pursuant to Section 3 of this Article, and shall be called upon like notice whenever any three of the directors so request in writing.

SECTION 6. The compensation of directors as such or as members of committees shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board consisting of not less than five directors who shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee. In his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, such other member of the Committee as the Committee from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.


The Executive Committee shall possess and exercise to the extent permitted by law all of the powers of the Board of Directors, except when the latter is in session, and shall keep minutes of its proceedings, which shall be presented to the Board of Directors at its next subsequent meeting. All acts done and powers and authority conferred by the Executive Committee from time to time shall be and be deemed to be, and may be certified as being, the act and under the authority of the Board of Directors.

A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, but the Committee may act only by the concurrent vote of not less than one-third of its members, at least one of who must be a director other than an officer. Any one or more directors, even though not members of the Executive Committee, may attend any meeting of the Committee, and the member or members of the Committee present, even though less than a quorum, may designate any one or more of such directors as a substitute or substitutes for any absent member or members of the Committee, and each such substitute or substitutes shall be counted for quorum, voting, and all other purposes as a member or members of the Committee.

SECTION 2. There shall be an Audit Committee appointed annually by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors which shall consist of such number of directors, who are not also officers of the Company, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall be designated by the Board of Directors, who shall also from time to time fix a quorum for meetings of the Committee. Such Committee shall conduct the annual directors’ examinations of the Company as required by the New York State Banking Law; shall review the reports of all examinations made of the Company by public authorities and report thereon to the Board of Directors; and shall report to the Board of Directors such other matters as it deems advisable with respect to the Company, its various departments and the conduct of its operations.

In the performance of its duties, the Audit Committee may employ or retain, from time to time, expert assistants, independent of the officers or personnel of the Company, to make studies of the Company’s assets and liabilities as the Committee may request and to make an examination of the accounting and auditing methods of the Company and its system of internal protective controls to the extent considered necessary or advisable in order to determine that the operations of the Company, including its fiduciary departments, are being audited by the General Auditor in such a manner as to provide prudent and adequate protection. The Committee also may direct the General Auditor to make such investigation as it deems necessary or advisable with respect to the Company, its various departments and the conduct of its operations. The Committee shall hold regular quarterly meetings and during the intervals thereof shall meet at other times on call of the Chairman.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any other Committees as may seem necessary, and from time to time to suspend or continue the powers and duties of such Committees. Each Committee appointed pursuant to this Article shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.


ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall elect from among their number a Chairman of the Board and a Chief Executive Officer; and shall also elect a President, or two or more Co-Presidents, and may also elect, one or more Vice Chairmen, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Managing Directors, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Directors, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more General Managers, a Secretary, a Controller, a Treasurer, a General Counsel, a General Auditor, a General Credit Auditor, who need not be directors. The officers of the corporation may also include such other officers or assistant officers as shall from time to time be elected or appointed by the Board. The Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in their absence, the President or any Co-President, or any Vice Chairman, may from time to time appoint assistant officers. All officers elected or appointed by the Board of Directors shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the Board of Directors, and all assistant officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in their absence, the President, or any Co-President or any Vice Chairman. The Board of Directors may require any and all officers and employees to give security for the faithful performance of their duties.

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors shall designate the Chief Executive Officer of the Company who may also hold the additional title of Chairman of the Board, or President, or any Co-President, and such person shall have, subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, all of the powers vested in such Chief Executive Officer by law or by these By-Laws, or which usually attach or pertain to such office. The other officers shall have, subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or, the Chief Executive Officer, the powers vested by law or by these By-Laws in them as holders of their respective offices and, in addition, shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

The General Auditor shall be responsible, through the Audit Committee, to the Board of Directors for the determination of the program of the internal audit function and the evaluation of the adequacy of the system of internal controls. Subject to the Board of Directors, the General Auditor shall have and may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties usual to such office and shall have such other powers as may be prescribed or assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors or vested in him by law or by these By-Laws. He shall perform such other duties and shall make such investigations, examinations and reports as may be prescribed or required by the Audit Committee. The General Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and premises of the Company and shall delegate such authority to his subordinates. He shall have the duty to report to the Audit Committee on all matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company which he deems advisable or which the Audit Committee may request. Additionally, the General Auditor shall have the duty of reporting independently of all officers of the Company to the Audit Committee at least quarterly on any matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company that should be brought to the attention of the directors except those matters responsibility for which has been vested in the General Credit Auditor.


Should the General Auditor deem any matter to be of special immediate importance, he shall report thereon forthwith to the Audit Committee. The General Auditor shall report to the Chief Financial Officer only for administrative purposes.

The General Credit Auditor shall be responsible to the Chief Executive Officer and, through the Audit Committee, to the Board of Directors for the systems of internal credit audit, shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe, and shall make such examinations and reports as may be required by the Audit Committee. The General Credit Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and may delegate such authority to subordinates.

SECTION 3. The compensation of all officers shall be fixed under such plan or plans of position evaluation and salary administration as shall be approved from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any person authorized for this purpose by the Chief Executive Officer, shall appoint or engage all other employees and agents and fix their compensation. The employment of all such employees and agents shall continue during the pleasure of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or any such authorized person; and the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any such authorized person may discharge any such employees and agents at will.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

SECTION 1. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 7018 of the New York Banking Law, indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, whether involving any actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect or error, any accountability, or any actual or alleged misstatement, misleading statement or other act or omission and whether brought or threatened in any court or administrative or legislative body or agency, including an action by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor and an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the Company is servicing or served in any capacity at the request of the Company by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is serving or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and costs, charges and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, or any appeal therein; provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided to any such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.


SECTION 2. The Company may indemnify any other person to whom the Company is permitted to provide indemnification or the advancement of expenses by applicable law, whether pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the New York Banking Law or other rights created by (i) a resolution of stockholders, (ii) a resolution of directors, or (iii) an agreement providing for such indemnification, it being expressly intended that these By-Laws authorize the creation of other rights in any such manner.

SECTION 3. The Company shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to any person referred to in Section 1 the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with any action or proceeding referred to in Section 1, upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.

SECTION 4. Any director or officer of the Company serving (i) another corporation, of which a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of its directors is held by the Company, or (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any corporation referred to in clause (i) in any capacity shall be deemed to be doing so at the request of the Company. In all other cases, the provisions of this Article V will apply (i) only if the person serving another corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise so served at the specific request of the Company, evidenced by a written communication signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President, and (ii) only if and to the extent that, after making such efforts as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President shall deem adequate in the circumstances, such person shall be unable to obtain indemnification from such other enterprise or its insurer.

SECTION 5. Any person entitled to be indemnified or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses as a matter of right pursuant to this Article V may elect to have the right to indemnification (or advancement of expenses) interpreted on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time of occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the action or proceeding, to the extent permitted by law, or on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time indemnification is sought.

SECTION 6. The right to be indemnified or to the reimbursement or advancement of expense pursuant to this Article V (i) is a contract right pursuant to which the person entitled thereto may bring suit as if the provisions hereof were set forth in a separate written contract between the Company and the director or officer, (ii) is intended to be retroactive and shall be available with respect to events occurring prior to the adoption hereof, and (iii) shall continue to exist after the rescission or restrictive modification hereof with respect to events occurring prior thereto.

SECTION 7. If a request to be indemnified or for the reimbursement or advancement of expenses pursuant hereto is not paid in full by the Company within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled also to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. Neither the failure of the


Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of or reimbursement or advancement of expenses to the claimant is proper in the circumstance, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant is not entitled to indemnification or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant is not so entitled.

SECTION 8. A person who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of a civil or criminal action or proceeding of the character described in Section 1 shall be entitled to indemnification only as provided in Sections 1 and 3, notwithstanding any provision of the New York Banking Law to the contrary.

ARTICLE VI

SEAL

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall provide a seal for the Company, the counterpart dies of which shall be in the charge of the Secretary of the Company and such officers as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time direct in writing, to be affixed to certificates of stock and other documents in accordance with the directions of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors may provide, in proper cases on a specified occasion and for a specified transaction or transactions, for the use of a printed or engraved facsimile seal of the Company.

ARTICLE VII

CAPITAL STOCK

SECTION 1. Registration of transfer of shares shall only be made upon the books of the Company by the registered holder in person, or by power of attorney, duly executed, witnessed and filed with the Secretary or other proper officer of the Company, on the surrender of the certificate or certificates of such shares properly assigned for transfer.


ARTICLE VIII

CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1. The masculine gender, when appearing in these By-Laws, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or added to by the Board of Directors at any meeting, or by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting, provided notice thereof has been given.

I, Annie Jaghatspanyan, Assistant Vice President, of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, New York, New York, hereby certify that the foregoing is a complete, true and correct copy of the By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and that the same are in full force and effect at this date.

 

/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

Assistant Vice President

DATED AS OF: November 15, 2006


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

     
Legal Title of Bank       FFIEC 031

NEW YORK

      Page RC-1
City          13

NY                     10005-2858

     
State                   Zip Code      
FDIC Certificate Number: 00623      

Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial and State-Chartered Savings Banks for June 30, 2006

All Schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.

Schedule RC—Balance Sheet

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands

   RCFD    Tril    Bil    Mil    Thou     

ASSETS

                       

1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):

                       

a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)

   0081             2,408,000    1.a

b. Interest-bearing balances (2)

   0071             250,000    1.b

2. Securities:

                       

a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)

   1754             0    2.a

b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)

   1773             1,552,000    2.b

3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

   RCON               

a. Federal funds sold in domestic offices

   B987             257,000    3.a
   RCFD               

b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell (3)

   B989             245,000    3.b

4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C):

                       

a. Loans and leases held for sale

   5369             632,000    4.a

b. Loans and leases, net of unearned income

   B528    7,060,000                   4.b

c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

   3123    100,000                   4.c

d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c)

   B529             6,960,000    4.d

5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)

   3545             18,661,000    5

6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

   2145             153,000    6

7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)

   2150             1,000    7

8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)

   2130             8,000    8

9. Not applicable

                       

10. Intangible assets:

                       

a. Goodwill

   3163             0    10.a

b. Other intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)

   0426             47,000    10.b

11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)

   2160             5,375,000    11
                         

12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)

   2170             36,549,000    12
                         

(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
(3) Includes all securities resale agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity.


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS   
Legal Title of Bank    FFIEC 031
FDIC Certificate Number: 00623    Page RC-2
   14

Schedule RC—Continued

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands

                  Bil    Mil    Thou     

LIABILITIES

                    

13. Deposits:

                    

a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I)

         RCON            
         2200          11,181,000    13.a

(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)

   6631    3,048,000                13.a.1

(2) Interest-bearing

   6636    8,133,000                13.a.2

b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

         RCFN            

(from Schedule RC-E, part II)

         2200          7,260,000    13.b

(1) Noninterest-bearing

   6631    1,824,000                13.b.1

(2) Interest-bearing

   6636    5,436,000                13.b.2

14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

         RCON            

a. Federal funds purchased in domestic offices (2)

         B993          5,249,000    14.a
         RCFD            

b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)

         B995          0    14.b

15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)

         3548          427,000    15

16.     Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) (from Schedule RC-M)

         3190          738,000    16

17. and 18. Not applicable

                    

19. Subordinated notes and debentures(4)

         3200          8,000    19

20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)

         2930          3,197,000    20

21. Total liablilities (sum of items 13 through 20)

         2948          28,060,000    21

22. Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries

         3000          437,000    22

EQUITY CAPITAL

                    

23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

         3838          1,500,000    23

24. Common Stock

         3230          2,127,000    24

25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

         3839          584,000    25

26. a. Retained earnings

         3632          3,833,000    26.a

b. Accumulated other comprehensive income (5)

         B530          8,000    26.b

27. Other equity capital components (6)

         A130          0    27

28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)

         3210          8,052,000    28
                      

29. Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)

         3300          36,549,000    29
                      

 

Memorandum

 

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

        

1.      Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 2005

   RCFD    Number   
   6724    N/A    M.1
            

 

1  = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank

 

2  = Independent audit of the bank’s parent holding company conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the bank separately)

 

3  = Attestation on bank management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the bank’s internal control over financial reporting by a certified public accounting firm

 

4  = Directors’ examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state chartering authority)

 

5  = Directors’ examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may be required by state chartering authority)

 

6  = Review of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors

 

7  = Compilation of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors

 

8  = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)

 

9  = No external audit work

(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits.
(2) Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, item 16, “Other borrowed money.”
(3) Includes all securities repurchase agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity.
(4) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.
(5) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, and minimum pension liability adjustments.
(6) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.
EX-25.(E) 10 dex25e.htm FORM T-1 FOR GUARANTEE OF KEYCORP CAPITAL IX Form T-1 for Guarantee of KeyCorp Capital IX

Exhibit 25(e)

 


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT

OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE

PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

NEW YORK   13-4941247

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification no.)

60 WALL STREET  
NEW YORK, NEW YORK   10005

(Address of principal

executive offices)

  (Zip Code)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Lynne Malina

Legal Department

60 Wall Street, 37th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 250 – 0677

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


KEYCORP CAPITAL IX

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   20-7143490
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)   Identification No.)

c/o KeyCorp

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

(216) 689-6300

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


KeyCorp Guarantees with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities

(Title of the Indenture securities)

 



Item 1. General Information.

Furnish the following information as to the trustee.

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name    Address
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)    New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department    Albany, NY

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

Item 3. -15. Not Applicable

To the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under ant Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.

Item 16. List of Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1 -    Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 6, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 16, 1998, and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated February 27, 2002, copies attached.
Exhibit 2 -    Certificate of Authority to commence business. Copy attached.
Exhibit 3 -    Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers. Copy attached.
Exhibit 4 -    Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company, as amended on April 15, 2002. Copy attached.


Exhibit 5 -    Not applicable.
Exhibit 6 -    Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.
Exhibit 7 -    The latest report of condition of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas dated as of June 30, 2006. Copy attached.
Exhibit 8 -    Not Applicable.
Exhibit 9 -    Not Applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 15th day of November, 2006.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:  

/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

  Annie Jaghatspanyan
  Assistant Vice President


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law,” dated September 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,001,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 25th day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

 

/s/ Manuel Kursky

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


RESTATED

ORGANIZATION

CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

 


Under Section 8007

Of the Banking Law

 


Bankers Trust Company

1301 6th Avenue, 8th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10019

Counterpart Filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks, State of New York, August 31, 1998


RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and an Assistant Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of the corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on March 5, 1903.

3. The text of the organization certificate, as amended heretofore, is hereby restated without further amendment or change to read as herein-set forth in full, to wit:

“Certificate of Organization

of

Bankers Trust Company”

Know All Men By These Presents That we, the undersigned, James A. Blair, James G. Cannon, E. C. Converse, Henry P. Davison, Granville W. Garth, A. Barton Hepburn, Will Logan, Gates W. McGarrah, George W. Perkins, William H. Porter, John F. Thompson, Albert H. Wiggin, Samuel Woolverton and Edward F. C. Young, all being persons of full age and citizens of the United States, and a majority of us being residents of the State of New York, desiring to form a corporation to be known as a Trust Company, do hereby associate ourselves together for that purpose under and pursuant to the laws of the State of New York, and for such purpose we do hereby, under our respective hands and seals, execute and duly acknowledge this Organization Certificate in duplicate, and hereby specifically state as follows, to wit:

I. The name by which the said corporation shall be known is Bankers Trust Company.

II. The place where its business is to be transacted is the City of New York, in the State of New York.

III. Capital Stock: The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

(a) Common Stock

1. Dividends: Subject to all of the rights of the Series Preferred Stock, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the corporation legally available for the payment of dividends.

2. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise expressly provided with respect to the Series Preferred Stock or with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, each holder of the Common Stock being entitled to one vote for each share thereof held.

3. Liquidation: Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, and after the holders of the Series Preferred Stock of each series shall have been paid in full


the amounts to which they respectively shall be entitled, or a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, the remaining net assets of the corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock in accordance with their respective rights and interests, to the exclusion of the holders of the Series Preferred Stock.

4. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Common Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend or other distribution.

(b) Series Preferred Stock

1. Board Authority: The Series Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as herein provided in one or more series. The designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Series Preferred Stock, and particularly of the shares of each series thereof, may, to the extent permitted by law, be similar to or may differ from those of any other series. The Board of Directors of the corporation is hereby expressly granted authority, subject to the provisions of this Article III, to issue from time to time Series Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix from time to time before issuance thereof, by filing a certificate pursuant to the Banking Law, the number of shares in each such series of such class and all designations, relative rights (including the right, to the extent permitted by law, to convert into shares of any class or into shares of any series of any class), preferences and limitations of the shares in each such series, including, buy without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

(i) The number of shares to constitute such series (which number may at any time, or from time to time, be increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, notwithstanding that shares of the series may be outstanding at the time of such increase or decrease, unless the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided in creating such series) and the distinctive designation thereof;

(ii) The dividend rate on the shares of such series, whether or not dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative, and the date or dates, if any, from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative;

(iii) Whether or not the share of such series shall be redeemable, and, if redeemable, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, the amount or amounts per share (which shall be, in the case of each share, not less than its preference upon involuntary liquidation, plus an amount equal to all dividends thereon accrued and unpaid, whether or not earned or declared) payable thereon in the case of the redemption thereof, which amount may vary at different redemption dates or otherwise as permitted by law;

(iv) The right, if any, of holders of shares of such series to convert the same into, or exchange the same for, Common Stock or other stock as permitted by law, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, as well as provisions for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(v) The amount per share payable on the shares of such series upon the voluntary and involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation;

(vi) Whether the holders of shares of such series shall have voting power, full or limited, in addition to the voting powers provided by law and, in case additional voting powers are accorded, to fix the extent thereof; and

(vii) Generally to fix the other rights and privileges and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights and privileges of such series, provided, however, that no such rights, privileges, qualifications, limitations or restrictions shall be in conflict with the organization certificate of the corporation or with the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of any series of which there are shares outstanding.

All shares of Series Preferred Stock of the same series shall be identical in all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to dates, if any, from which dividends thereon may accumulate. All shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank and shall be identical in all respects except that to the extent not otherwise limited in this Article III any series may differ from any other series with respect to any one or more of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations described or referred to in subparagraphs (I) to (vii) inclusive above.


2. Dividends: Dividends on the outstanding Series Preferred Stock of each series shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment before any dividends shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock with respect to the same quarterly dividend period. Dividends on any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall be cumulative only if and to the extent set forth in a certificate filed pursuant to law. After dividends on all shares of Series Preferred Stock (including cumulative dividends if and to the extent any such shares shall be entitled thereto) shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to any quarterly dividend period, then and not otherwise so long as any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to the same quarterly dividend period on the Common Stock out the assets or funds of the corporation legally available therefor.

All Shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank, preference and priority as to dividends irrespective of whether or not the rates of dividends to which the same shall be entitled shall be the same and when the stated dividends are not paid in full, the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall share ratably in the payment thereof in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such shares if all dividends were paid in full, provided, however, that any two or more series of the Series Preferred Stock may differ from each other as to the existence and extent of the right to cumulative dividends, as aforesaid.

3. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, or as otherwise provided by law, the Series Preferred Stock shall not have any right to vote for the election of directors or for any other purpose and the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes.

4. Liquidation: In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each series of Series Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment of the amount to which each outstanding series of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled in accordance with the provisions thereof and each holder of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid in full such amount, or have a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, before any payments shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock. If, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among such holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. After the payment to the holders of Series Preferred Stock of all such amounts to which they are entitled, as above provided, the remaining assets and funds of the corporation shall be divided and paid to the holders of the Common Stock.

5. Redemption: In the event that the Series Preferred Stock of any series shall be made redeemable as provided in clause (iii) of paragraph 1 of section (b) of this Article III, the corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors, may redeem at any time or times, and from time to time, all or any part of any one or more series of Series Preferred Stock outstanding by paying for each share the then applicable redemption price fixed by the Board of Directors as provided herein, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption, upon such notice and terms as may be specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to the series.

6. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Series Preferred Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter or right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend.

(c) Provisions relating to Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A. (Liquidation value $1,000,000 per share.)

1. Designation: The distinctive designation of the series established hereby shall be “Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A” (hereinafter called “Series A Preferred Stock”).

2. Number: The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall initially be 250 shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued Series Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.


3. Dividends:

(a) Dividend Payments Dates. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive non-cumulative cash dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the corporation, out of funds legally available therefor, from the date of original issuance of such shares (the “Issue Date”) and such dividends will be payable on March 28, June 28, September 28 and December 28 of each year (“Dividend Payment Date”) commencing September 28, 1990, at a rate per annum as determined in paragraph 3(b) below. The period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the day preceding the first Dividend Payment Date and each successive period beginning on a Dividend Payment Date and ending on the date preceding the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is herein called a “Dividend Period”. If any Dividend Payment Date shall be, in The City of New York, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then payment will be postponed to the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as if made on the Dividend Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue for such Dividend Period after such Dividend Payment Date.

(b) Dividend Rate. The dividend rate from time to time payable in respect of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Dividend Rate”) shall be determined on the basis of the following provisions:

(i) On the Dividend Determination Date, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date, as such rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on such Dividend Determination Date. If at least two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Dates will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such offered rates. If fewer than those offered rates appear, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be determined as described in paragraph (ii) below.

(ii) On any Dividend Determination Date on which fewer than those offered rates for the applicable maturity appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as specified in paragraph (I) above, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time are offered by three major banks in the London interbank market selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date to prime banks in the London market. The corporation will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Dividend Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the corporation are not quoting as aforementioned in this sentence, then, with respect to such Dividend Period, LIBOR for the preceding Dividend Period will be continued as LIBOR for such Dividend Period.

(ii) The Dividend Rate for any Dividend Period shall be equal to the lower of 18% or 50 basis points above LIBOR for such Dividend Period as LIBOR is determined by sections (I) or (ii) above.

As used above, the term “Dividend Determination Date” shall mean, with respect to any Dividend Period, the second London Business Day prior to the commencement of such Dividend Period; and the term “London Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that, in New York City, is not a day on which banking institutions generally are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and that is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

4. Voting Rights: The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the voting power and rights set forth in this paragraph 4 and shall have no other voting power or rights except as otherwise may from time to time be required by law.


So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the votes of the Series Preferred Stock entitled to vote outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at a meeting at which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (alone or together with the holders of one or more other series of Series Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote) vote separately as a class, alter the provisions of the Series Preferred Stock so as to materially adversely affect its rights; provided, however, that in the event any such materially adverse alteration affects the rights of only the Series A Preferred Stock, then the alteration may be effected with the vote or consent of at least a majority of the votes of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, further, that an increase in the amount of the authorized Series Preferred Stock and/or the creation and/or issuance of other series of Series Preferred Stock in accordance with the organization certificate shall not be, nor be deemed to be, materially adverse alterations. In connection with the exercise of the voting rights contained in the preceding sentence, holders of all series of Series Preferred Stock which are granted such voting rights (of which the Series A Preferred Stock is the initial series) shall vote as a class (except as specifically provided otherwise) and each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have one vote for each share of stock held and each other series shall have such number of votes, if any, for each share of stock held as may be granted to them.

The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, in connection with the matters specified, provision is made for the redemption or retirement of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.

5. Liquidation: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment out of the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, whether from capital or surplus, of $1,000,000 per share (the “liquidation value”) together with the amount of all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon, and after such payment the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to no other payments.

6. Redemption: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed, at the option of the corporation in whole or part, at any time or from time to time at a redemption price of $1,000,000 per share, in each case plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption.

At the option of the corporation, shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed or otherwise acquired may be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Series Preferred Stock.

In the case of any redemption, the corporation shall give notice of such redemption to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in the following manner: a notice specifying the shares to be redeemed and the time and place of redemption (and, if less than the total outstanding shares are to be redeemed, specifying the certificate numbers and number of shares to be redeemed) shall be mailed by first class mail, addressed to the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as the same shall appear upon the books of the corporation, not more than sixty (60) days and not less than thirty (30) days previous to the date fixed for redemption. In the event such notice is not given to any shareholder such failure to give notice shall not affect the notice given to other shareholders. If less than the whole amount of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata in any manner determined by resolution of the Board of Directors to be fair and proper. From and after the date fixed in any such notice as the date of redemption (unless default shall be made by the corporation in providing moneys at the time and place of redemption for the payment of the redemption price) all dividends upon the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and all rights of the holders of said Series A Preferred Stock as stockholders in the corporation, except the right to receive the redemption price (without interest) upon surrender of the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, duly endorsed for transfer, if required, shall cease and terminate. The corporation’s obligation to provide moneys in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed fulfilled if, on or before the redemption date, the corporation shall deposit with a bank or trust company (which may be an affiliate of the corporation) having an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, having a capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 funds necessary for such redemption, in trust with irrevocable instructions that such funds be applied to the redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption. Any interest accrued on such funds shall be paid to the corporation from time to time. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of two (2) years from such redemption date shall be released or repaid to the corporation, after which the holders of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall look only to the corporation for payment of the redemption price.


IV. The name, residence and post office address of each member of the corporation are as follows:

 

Name

  

Residence

  

Post Office Address

James A. Blair

  

9 West 50th Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

  

33 Wall Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

James G. Cannon

  

72 East 54th Street,

    Manhattan New York City

  

14 Nassau Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

E. C. Converse

  

3 East 78th Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

  

139 Broadway,

    Manhattan, New York City

Henry P. Davison

  

Englewood,

    New Jersey

  

2 Wall Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

Granville W. Garth

  

160 West 57th Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

  

33 Wall Street

    Manhattan, New York City

A. Barton Hepburn

  

205 West 57th Street

    Manhattan, New York City

  

83 Cedar Street

    Manhattan, New York City

William Logan

  

Montclair,

    New Jersey

  

13 Nassau Street

    Manhattan, New York City

George W. Perkins

  

Riverdale,

    New York

  

23 Wall Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

William H. Porter

  

56 East 67th Street

    Manhattan, New York City

  

270 Broadway,

    Manhattan, New York City

John F. Thompson

  

Newark,

    New Jersey

  

143 Liberty Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

Albert H. Wiggin

  

42 West 49th Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

  

214 Broadway,

    Manhattan, New York City

Samuel Woolverton

  

Mount Vernon,

    New York

  

34 Wall Street,

    Manhattan, New York City

Edward F.C. Young

  

85 Glenwood Avenue,

    Jersey City, New Jersey

  

1 Exchange Place,

    Jersey City, New Jersey

V. The existence of the corporation shall be perpetual.

VI. The subscribers, the members of the said corporation, do, and each for himself does, hereby declare that he will accept the responsibilities and faithfully discharge the duties of a director therein, if elected to act as such, when authorized accordance with the provisions of the Banking Law of the State of New York.

VII. The number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than 10 nor more than 25.”

4. The foregoing restatement of the organization certificate was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation at a meeting held on July 21, 1998.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 6th day of August, 1998.

 

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen


State of New York        )
       ) ss:
County of New York        )

Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this

6th day of August, 1998.

 

Sandra L. West

Notary Public

 

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 1998


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law,” dated August 6, 1998, providing for the restatement of the Organization Certificate and all amendments into a single certificate.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 31st day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

 

/s/ Manuel Kursky

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.

3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.

4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”


5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 25th day of September, 1998

 

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

State of New York        )
       ) ss:
County of New York        )

Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 25th day

of September, 1998

 

/s/ Sandra L. West

Notary Public

 

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 2000


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law,” dated December 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,627,308,670 consisting of 212,730,867 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 18th day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

 

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.

3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.

4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Six Hundred Twenty-Seven Million, Three Hundred Eight Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,627,308,670), divided into Two Hundred Twelve Million, Seven Hundred Thirty Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty- Seven (212,730,867) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”


5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 16th day of December, 1998

 

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

State of New York        )
       ) ss:
County of New York        )

Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 16th day

of December, 1998

 

/s/ Sandra L. West

Notary Public

 

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 2000


BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, Lea Lahtinen, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, the United States of America, do hereby certify that attached copy of the Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company, dated February 27, 2002, providing for a change of name of Bankers Trust Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and approved by the New York State Banking Department on March 14, 2002 to effective on April 15, 2002, is a true and correct copy of the original Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company on file in the Banking Department, State of New York.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Bankers Trust Company this 4th day of April, 2002.

[SEAL]

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen, Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Bankers Trust Company

 

State of New York    )   
   )    ss.:
County of New York    )   

On the 4th day of April in the year 2002 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said state, personally appeared Lea Lahtinen, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person on behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Sonja K. Olsen

Notary Public

 

SONJA K. OLSEN

Notary Public, State of New York

No. 01OL4974457

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires November 13, 2002


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY under Section 8005 of the Banking Law” dated February 27, 2002, providing for a change of name of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY to DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 14th day of March two thousand and two.

 

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne Jr., and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively the Secretary, and Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th day of March, 1903.

3. Pursuant to Section 8005 of the Banking Law, attached hereto as Exhibit A is a certificate issued by the State of New York, Banking Department listing all of the amendments to the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company since its organization that have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks.

4. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to change the name of Bankers Trust Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to be effective on April 15, 2002.

5. The first paragraph number 1 of the organization of Bankers Trust Company with the reference to the name of the Bankers Trust Company, which reads as follows:

“1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.”

is hereby amended to read as follows effective on April 15, 2002:

“1. The name of the corporation is Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.”


6. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 27th day of February, 2002.

 

/s/ James T. Byrne Jr.

James T. Byrne Jr.
Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

State of New York    )   
   )    ss.:
County of New York    )   

Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements therein contained are true.

 

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 27th day

of February, 2002

 

/s/ Sandra L. West

Notary Public

 

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public, State of New York

No. 01WE4942401

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 2002


EXHIBIT A

State of New York

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:

THAT, the records in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks indicate that BANKERS TRUST COMPANY is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York as a trust company, pursuant to Article III of the Banking Law; and

THAT, the Organization Certificate of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY was filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks on March 5, 1903, and such corporation was authorized to commence business on March 24, 1903; and

THAT, the following amendments to its Organization Certificate have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks as of the dates specified:

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on January 14, 1905

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on August 4, 1909

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on February 1, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on June 17, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on August 8, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on August 8, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on March 21, 1912

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a decrease in number of directors - filed on January 15, 1915


Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a decrease in number of directors - - filed on December 18, 1916

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on April 20, 1917

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on April 20, 1917

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 28, 1918

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 4, 1919

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on January 15, 1926

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on June 12, 1928

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on April 4, 1929

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed on January 11, 1934

Certificate of Extension to perpetual - filed on January 13, 1941

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed on January 13, 1941

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 11, 1944

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed January 30, 1953

Restated Certificate of Incorporation - filed November 6, 1953

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on April 8, 1955


Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 1, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on July 14, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on September 30, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on January 26, 1962

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on September 9, 1963

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 7, 1964

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 24, 1965

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a decrease in capital stock - filed January 24, 1967

Restated Organization Certificate - filed June 1, 1971

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed October 29, 1976

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 22, 1977

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed August 5, 1980

Restated Organization Certificate - filed July 1, 1982

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1984

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 18, 1986


Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed January 22, 1990

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - - filed June 28, 1990

Restated Organization Certificate - filed August 20, 1990

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 26, 1992

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 28, 1994

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 23, 1995

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1995

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 21, 1996

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1996

Certificate of Amendment to the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 27, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 26, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 29, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 26, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 23, 1998


Restated Organization Certificate - filed August 31, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 25, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 18, 1998; and

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a change in the number of directors - filed September 3, 1999; and

THAT, no amendments to its Restated Organization Certificate have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks except those set forth above; and attached hereto; and

I DO FURTHER CERTIFY THAT, BANKERS TRUST COMPANY is validly existing as a banking organization with its principal office and place of business located at 130 Liberty Street, New York, New York.

WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York this 16th day of October in the Year Two Thousand and One.

 

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


State of New York

Banking Department

I, DAVID S. FREDSALL, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:

THAT, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York and has its principal office and place of business at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York. Such corporation is validly existing as a banking organization under the Banking Law of the State of New York. The authorization certificate of such corporation has not been revoked or suspended and such corporation is a subsisting trust company under the supervision of this Department.

WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 2nd day of August in the Year two thousand and six.

 

/s/ David S. Fredsall

Deputy Superintendent of Banks


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

BY-LAWS

April 15, 2002

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

New York


BY-LAWS

of

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

ARTICLE I

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this Company shall be held at the office of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, in January of each year, for the election of directors and such other business as may properly come before said meeting.

SECTION 2. Special meetings of stockholders other than those regulated by statute may be called at any time by a majority of the directors. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President to call such meetings whenever requested in writing to do so by stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock.

SECTION 3. At all meetings of stockholders, there shall be present, either in person or by proxy, stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the Company, in order to constitute a quorum, except at special elections of directors, as provided by law, but less than a quorum shall have power to adjourn any meeting.

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board or, in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, the senior officer present, shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and shall direct the proceedings and the order of business. The Secretary shall act as secretary of such meetings and record the proceedings.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The affairs of the Company shall be managed and its corporate powers exercised by a Board of Directors consisting of such number of directors, but not less than seven nor more than fifteen, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, or by the stockholders. In the event of any increase in the number of directors, additional directors may be elected within the limitations so fixed, either by the stockholders or within the limitations imposed by law, by a majority of directors then in office. One-third of the number of directors, as fixed from time to time, shall constitute a quorum. Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any Committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or Committee thereof by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications equipment which allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such a meeting.


All directors hereafter elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and have qualified.

No Officer-Director who shall have attained age 65, or earlier relinquishes his responsibilities and title, shall be eligible to serve as a director.

SECTION 2. Vacancies not exceeding one-third of the whole number of the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and the directors so elected shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term.

SECTION 3. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors. In his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence the President or any Co-President or, in their absence such other director as the Board of Directors from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.

SECTION 4. The Board of Directors may adopt such Rules and Regulations for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the affairs of the Company as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of New York, or these By-Laws, and all officers and employees shall strictly adhere to, and be bound by, such Rules and Regulations.

SECTION 5. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held from time to time provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting not less than six times a year, provided that during any three consecutive calendar months the Board of Directors shall meet at least once, and its Executive Committee shall not be required to meet at least once in each thirty day period during which the Board of Directors does not meet. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called upon at least two day’s notice whenever it may be deemed proper by the Chairman of the Board or, the Chief Executive Officer or, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, by such other director as the Board of Directors may have designated pursuant to Section 3 of this Article, and shall be called upon like notice whenever any three of the directors so request in writing.

SECTION 6. The compensation of directors as such or as members of committees shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board consisting of not less than five directors who shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee. In his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, such other member of the Committee as the Committee from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.


The Executive Committee shall possess and exercise to the extent permitted by law all of the powers of the Board of Directors, except when the latter is in session, and shall keep minutes of its proceedings, which shall be presented to the Board of Directors at its next subsequent meeting. All acts done and powers and authority conferred by the Executive Committee from time to time shall be and be deemed to be, and may be certified as being, the act and under the authority of the Board of Directors.

A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, but the Committee may act only by the concurrent vote of not less than one-third of its members, at least one of who must be a director other than an officer. Any one or more directors, even though not members of the Executive Committee, may attend any meeting of the Committee, and the member or members of the Committee present, even though less than a quorum, may designate any one or more of such directors as a substitute or substitutes for any absent member or members of the Committee, and each such substitute or substitutes shall be counted for quorum, voting, and all other purposes as a member or members of the Committee.

SECTION 2. There shall be an Audit Committee appointed annually by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors which shall consist of such number of directors, who are not also officers of the Company, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall be designated by the Board of Directors, who shall also from time to time fix a quorum for meetings of the Committee. Such Committee shall conduct the annual directors’ examinations of the Company as required by the New York State Banking Law; shall review the reports of all examinations made of the Company by public authorities and report thereon to the Board of Directors; and shall report to the Board of Directors such other matters as it deems advisable with respect to the Company, its various departments and the conduct of its operations.

In the performance of its duties, the Audit Committee may employ or retain, from time to time, expert assistants, independent of the officers or personnel of the Company, to make studies of the Company’s assets and liabilities as the Committee may request and to make an examination of the accounting and auditing methods of the Company and its system of internal protective controls to the extent considered necessary or advisable in order to determine that the operations of the Company, including its fiduciary departments, are being audited by the General Auditor in such a manner as to provide prudent and adequate protection. The Committee also may direct the General Auditor to make such investigation as it deems necessary or advisable with respect to the Company, its various departments and the conduct of its operations. The Committee shall hold regular quarterly meetings and during the intervals thereof shall meet at other times on call of the Chairman.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any other Committees as may seem necessary, and from time to time to suspend or continue the powers and duties of such Committees. Each Committee appointed pursuant to this Article shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.


ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall elect from among their number a Chairman of the Board and a Chief Executive Officer; and shall also elect a President, or two or more Co-Presidents, and may also elect, one or more Vice Chairmen, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Managing Directors, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Directors, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more General Managers, a Secretary, a Controller, a Treasurer, a General Counsel, a General Auditor, a General Credit Auditor, who need not be directors. The officers of the corporation may also include such other officers or assistant officers as shall from time to time be elected or appointed by the Board. The Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in their absence, the President or any Co-President, or any Vice Chairman, may from time to time appoint assistant officers. All officers elected or appointed by the Board of Directors shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the Board of Directors, and all assistant officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in their absence, the President, or any Co-President or any Vice Chairman. The Board of Directors may require any and all officers and employees to give security for the faithful performance of their duties.

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors shall designate the Chief Executive Officer of the Company who may also hold the additional title of Chairman of the Board, or President, or any Co-President, and such person shall have, subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, all of the powers vested in such Chief Executive Officer by law or by these By-Laws, or which usually attach or pertain to such office. The other officers shall have, subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or, the Chief Executive Officer, the powers vested by law or by these By-Laws in them as holders of their respective offices and, in addition, shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

The General Auditor shall be responsible, through the Audit Committee, to the Board of Directors for the determination of the program of the internal audit function and the evaluation of the adequacy of the system of internal controls. Subject to the Board of Directors, the General Auditor shall have and may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties usual to such office and shall have such other powers as may be prescribed or assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors or vested in him by law or by these By-Laws. He shall perform such other duties and shall make such investigations, examinations and reports as may be prescribed or required by the Audit Committee. The General Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and premises of the Company and shall delegate such authority to his subordinates. He shall have the duty to report to the Audit Committee on all matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company which he deems advisable or which the Audit Committee may request. Additionally, the General Auditor shall have the duty of reporting independently of all officers of the Company to the Audit Committee at least quarterly on any matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company that should be brought to the attention of the directors except those matters responsibility for which has been vested in the General Credit Auditor.


Should the General Auditor deem any matter to be of special immediate importance, he shall report thereon forthwith to the Audit Committee. The General Auditor shall report to the Chief Financial Officer only for administrative purposes.

The General Credit Auditor shall be responsible to the Chief Executive Officer and, through the Audit Committee, to the Board of Directors for the systems of internal credit audit, shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe, and shall make such examinations and reports as may be required by the Audit Committee. The General Credit Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and may delegate such authority to subordinates.

SECTION 3. The compensation of all officers shall be fixed under such plan or plans of position evaluation and salary administration as shall be approved from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any person authorized for this purpose by the Chief Executive Officer, shall appoint or engage all other employees and agents and fix their compensation. The employment of all such employees and agents shall continue during the pleasure of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or any such authorized person; and the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any such authorized person may discharge any such employees and agents at will.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

SECTION 1. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 7018 of the New York Banking Law, indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, whether involving any actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect or error, any accountability, or any actual or alleged misstatement, misleading statement or other act or omission and whether brought or threatened in any court or administrative or legislative body or agency, including an action by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor and an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the Company is servicing or served in any capacity at the request of the Company by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is serving or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and costs, charges and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, or any appeal therein; provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided to any such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.


SECTION 2. The Company may indemnify any other person to whom the Company is permitted to provide indemnification or the advancement of expenses by applicable law, whether pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the New York Banking Law or other rights created by (i) a resolution of stockholders, (ii) a resolution of directors, or (iii) an agreement providing for such indemnification, it being expressly intended that these By-Laws authorize the creation of other rights in any such manner.

SECTION 3. The Company shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to any person referred to in Section 1 the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with any action or proceeding referred to in Section 1, upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.

SECTION 4. Any director or officer of the Company serving (i) another corporation, of which a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of its directors is held by the Company, or (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any corporation referred to in clause (i) in any capacity shall be deemed to be doing so at the request of the Company. In all other cases, the provisions of this Article V will apply (i) only if the person serving another corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise so served at the specific request of the Company, evidenced by a written communication signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President, and (ii) only if and to the extent that, after making such efforts as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President shall deem adequate in the circumstances, such person shall be unable to obtain indemnification from such other enterprise or its insurer.

SECTION 5. Any person entitled to be indemnified or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses as a matter of right pursuant to this Article V may elect to have the right to indemnification (or advancement of expenses) interpreted on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time of occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the action or proceeding, to the extent permitted by law, or on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time indemnification is sought.

SECTION 6. The right to be indemnified or to the reimbursement or advancement of expense pursuant to this Article V (i) is a contract right pursuant to which the person entitled thereto may bring suit as if the provisions hereof were set forth in a separate written contract between the Company and the director or officer, (ii) is intended to be retroactive and shall be available with respect to events occurring prior to the adoption hereof, and (iii) shall continue to exist after the rescission or restrictive modification hereof with respect to events occurring prior thereto.

SECTION 7. If a request to be indemnified or for the reimbursement or advancement of expenses pursuant hereto is not paid in full by the Company within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled also to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. Neither the failure of the


Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of or reimbursement or advancement of expenses to the claimant is proper in the circumstance, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant is not entitled to indemnification or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant is not so entitled.

SECTION 8. A person who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of a civil or criminal action or proceeding of the character described in Section 1 shall be entitled to indemnification only as provided in Sections 1 and 3, notwithstanding any provision of the New York Banking Law to the contrary.

ARTICLE VI

SEAL

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall provide a seal for the Company, the counterpart dies of which shall be in the charge of the Secretary of the Company and such officers as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time direct in writing, to be affixed to certificates of stock and other documents in accordance with the directions of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors may provide, in proper cases on a specified occasion and for a specified transaction or transactions, for the use of a printed or engraved facsimile seal of the Company.

ARTICLE VII

CAPITAL STOCK

SECTION 1. Registration of transfer of shares shall only be made upon the books of the Company by the registered holder in person, or by power of attorney, duly executed, witnessed and filed with the Secretary or other proper officer of the Company, on the surrender of the certificate or certificates of such shares properly assigned for transfer.


ARTICLE VIII

CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1. The masculine gender, when appearing in these By-Laws, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or added to by the Board of Directors at any meeting, or by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting, provided notice thereof has been given.

I, Annie Jaghatspanyan, Assistant Vice President, of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, New York, New York, hereby certify that the foregoing is a complete, true and correct copy of the By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and that the same are in full force and effect at this date.

 

/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

Assistant Vice President

DATED AS OF: November 15, 2006


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

     
Legal Title of Bank       FFIEC 031

NEW YORK

      Page RC-1
City          13

NY                     10005-2858

     
State                   Zip Code      
FDIC Certificate Number: 00623      

Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial and State-Chartered Savings Banks for June 30, 2006

All Schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.

Schedule RC—Balance Sheet

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands

   RCFD    Tril    Bil    Mil    Thou     

ASSETS

                       

1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):

                       

a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)

   0081             2,408,000    1.a

b. Interest-bearing balances (2)

   0071             250,000    1.b

2. Securities:

                       

a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)

   1754             0    2.a

b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)

   1773             1,552,000    2.b

3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

   RCON               

a. Federal funds sold in domestic offices

   B987             257,000    3.a
   RCFD               

b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell (3)

   B989             245,000    3.b

4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C):

                       

a. Loans and leases held for sale

   5369             632,000    4.a

b. Loans and leases, net of unearned income

   B528    7,060,000                   4.b

c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

   3123    100,000                   4.c

d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c)

   B529             6,960,000    4.d

5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)

   3545             18,661,000    5

6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

   2145             153,000    6

7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)

   2150             1,000    7

8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)

   2130             8,000    8

9. Not applicable

                       

10. Intangible assets:

                       

a. Goodwill

   3163             0    10.a

b. Other intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)

   0426             47,000    10.b

11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)

   2160             5,375,000    11
                         

12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)

   2170             36,549,000    12
                         

(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
(3) Includes all securities resale agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity.


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS   
Legal Title of Bank    FFIEC 031
FDIC Certificate Number: 00623    Page RC-2
   14

Schedule RC—Continued

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands

                  Bil    Mil    Thou     

LIABILITIES

                    

13. Deposits:

                    

a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I)

         RCON            
         2200          11,181,000    13.a

(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)

   6631    3,048,000                13.a.1

(2) Interest-bearing

   6636    8,133,000                13.a.2

b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

         RCFN            

(from Schedule RC-E, part II)

         2200          7,260,000    13.b

(1) Noninterest-bearing

   6631    1,824,000                13.b.1

(2) Interest-bearing

   6636    5,436,000                13.b.2

14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

         RCON            

a. Federal funds purchased in domestic offices (2)

         B993          5,249,000    14.a
         RCFD            

b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)

         B995          0    14.b

15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)

         3548          427,000    15

16.     Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) (from Schedule RC-M)

         3190          738,000    16

17. and 18. Not applicable

                    

19. Subordinated notes and debentures(4)

         3200          8,000    19

20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)

         2930          3,197,000    20

21. Total liablilities (sum of items 13 through 20)

         2948          28,060,000    21

22. Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries

         3000          437,000    22

EQUITY CAPITAL

                    

23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

         3838          1,500,000    23

24. Common Stock

         3230          2,127,000    24

25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

         3839          584,000    25

26. a. Retained earnings

         3632          3,833,000    26.a

b. Accumulated other comprehensive income (5)

         B530          8,000    26.b

27. Other equity capital components (6)

         A130          0    27

28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)

         3210          8,052,000    28
                      

29. Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)

         3300          36,549,000    29
                      

 

Memorandum

 

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

        

1.      Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 2005

   RCFD    Number   
   6724    N/A    M.1
            

 

1  = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank

 

2  = Independent audit of the bank’s parent holding company conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the bank separately)

 

3  = Attestation on bank management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the bank’s internal control over financial reporting by a certified public accounting firm

 

4  = Directors’ examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state chartering authority)

 

5  = Directors’ examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may be required by state chartering authority)

 

6  = Review of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors

 

7  = Compilation of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors

 

8  = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)

 

9  = No external audit work

(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits.
(2) Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, item 16, “Other borrowed money.”
(3) Includes all securities repurchase agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity.
(4) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.
(5) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, and minimum pension liability adjustments.
(6) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.
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