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Exhibit 10.3




AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT




among




PMC COMMERCIAL TRUST,

as Depositor




JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Property Trustee




CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Delaware Trustee




and




THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN

as Administrative Trustees










Dated as of March 15, 2005










PMC PREFERRED CAPITAL TRUST-A




 









 








TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I. Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.1. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II. The Trust
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.1. Name
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Fees, Costs and Expenses
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.4. Purposes of Trust
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.5. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.6. Assets of Trust
	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.7. Title to Trust Property
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III. Payment Account; Paying Agents
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1. Payment Account
	 	 	15	 
	Section 3.2. Appointment of Paying Agents
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV. Distributions; Redemption
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1. Distributions
	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.2. Redemption
	 	 	17	 
	Section 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities
	 	 	20	 
	Section 4.4. Payment Procedures
	 	 	21	 
	Section 4.5. Withholding Tax
	 	 	21	 
	Section 4.6. Tax Returns and Other Reports
	 	 	21	 
	Section 4.7. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust
	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.8. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions
	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.9. Exchanges
	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.10. Calculation Agent
	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.11. Certain Accounting Matters
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V. Securities
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.1. Initial Ownership
	 	 	24	 
	Section 5.2. Authorized Trust Securities
	 	 	24	 
	Section 5.3. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Notes
	 	 	25	 
	Section 5.4. The Securities Certificates
	 	 	25	 
	Section 5.5. Rights of Holders
	 	 	26	 
	Section 5.6. Book-Entry Preferred Securities
	 	 	26	 
	Section 5.7. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates
	 	 	28	 
	Section 5.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities Certificates
	 	 	29	 
	Section 5.9. Persons Deemed Holders
	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.10. Cancellation
	 	 	30	 






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	 	 	Page	 
	Section 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor
	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.12. Restricted Legends
	 	 	31	 
	Section 5.13. Form of Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI. Meetings; Voting; Acts of Holders
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1. Notice of Meetings
	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.2. Meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities
	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.3. Voting Rights
	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.4. Proxies, Etc
	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.5. Holder Action by Written Consent
	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.6. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes
	 	 	35	 
	Section 6.7. Acts of Holders
	 	 	35	 
	Section 6.8. Inspection of Records
	 	 	36	 
	Section 6.9. Limitations on Voting Rights
	 	 	36	 
	Section 6.10. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission of Annulment; Waivers of Past Defaults
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. Representations and Warranties
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
	 	 	39	 
	Section 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. The Trustees
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1. Number of Trustees
	 	 	41	 
	Section 8.2. Property Trustee Required
	 	 	41	 
	Section 8.3. Delaware Trustee Required
	 	 	42	 
	Section 8.4. Appointment of Administrative Trustees
	 	 	42	 
	Section 8.5. Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees
	 	 	43	 
	Section 8.6. Notices of Defaults and Extensions
	 	 	44	 
	Section 8.7. Certain Rights of Property Trustee
	 	 	45	 
	Section 8.8. Delegation of Power
	 	 	47	 
	Section 8.9. May Hold Securities
	 	 	47	 
	Section 8.10. Compensation; Reimbursement; Indemnity
	 	 	47	 
	Section 8.11. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	 	48	 
	Section 8.12. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	 	 	50	 
	Section 8.13. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	 	 	50	 
	Section 8.14. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	 	 	50	 
	Section 8.15. Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	50	 
	Section 8.16. Reports to the Property Trustee
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX. Termination, Liquidation and Merger
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date
	 	 	52	 
	Section 9.2. Early Termination
	 	 	52	 
	Section 9.3. Termination
	 	 	52	 






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	Section 9.4. Liquidation
	 	 	53	 
	Section 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Trust
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X. Miscellaneous Provisions
	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders
	 	 	55	 
	Section 10.2. Agreed Tax Treatment of Trust and Trust Securities
	 	 	56	 
	Section 10.3. Amendment
	 	 	56	 
	Section 10.4. Separability
	 	 	57	 
	Section 10.5. Governing Law
	 	 	57	 
	Section 10.6. Successors
	 	 	58	 
	Section 10.7. Headings
	 	 	58	 
	Section 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands
	 	 	58	 
	Section 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition
	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.10. Counterparts
	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A            Certificate of Trust of PMC Preferred Capital Trust-A
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B            Form of Common Securities Certificate
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit C            Form of Preferred Securities Certificate
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit D            Junior Subordinated Indenture
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit E            Form of Transferor Certificate to be Executed for Transferees
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit F            Form of Officer’s Financial Certificate of the Depositor
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule A            Calculation of LIBOR
	 	 	 	 






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     This Amended And Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2005, among (i) PMC
Commercial Trust, a Texas real estate investment trust (including any successors or permitted
assigns, the “Depositor”), (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, as property trustee (in such capacity, the “Property Trustee”), (iii) Chase Bank USA,
National Association, a national banking association, as Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the
“Delaware Trustee”), (iv) Jan F. Salit, an individual, Barry N. Berlin, an individual and Cheryl T.
Murray, an individual, each of whose address is c/o PMC Commercial Trust, 17950 Preston Road, Suite
600, Dallas, Texas 75252, as administrative trustees (in such capacities, each an “Administrative
Trustee” and, collectively, the “Administrative Trustees” and, together with the Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee, the “Trustees”) and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.



Witnesseth




     Whereas, the Depositor, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee have heretofore
created a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act by entering into a
Trust Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2005 (the “Original Trust Agreement”), and by executing and
filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Trust, substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit A; and



     Whereas, the Depositor and the Trustees desire to amend and restate the Original
Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the
issuance of the Common Securities by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the
Preferred Securities by the Trust pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (iii) the acquisition by
the Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in and to the Notes;



     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of the 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 I have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article I;




     (b) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by
the phrase “without limitation”;



 









 






     (c) all accounting terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles;




     (d) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article”, a “Section”,
a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” refers to an Article, a Section, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as
the case may be, of or to this Trust Agreement;




     (e) the words “hereby”, “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;




     (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.



     “Act” has the meaning specified in Section 6.7.



     “Additional Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.



     “Additional Interest Amount” means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation
Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest paid by the Depositor on a Like
Amount of Notes for such period.



     “Additional Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.



     “Additional Tax Sums” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5 of the Indenture.



     “Administrative Trustee” means each of the Persons identified as an “Administrative Trustee”
in the preamble to this Trust Agreement, solely in each such Person’s capacity as Administrative
Trustee of the Trust and not in such Person’s individual capacity, or any successor Administrative
Trustee appointed as herein provided.



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



     “Applicable Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction
involving a Book-Entry Preferred Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such
Book-Entry Preferred Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in
effect from time to time.



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     “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person:




(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction
in the premises (i) judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent,
(ii) 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, (iii) appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its
property or (iv) 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 sixty (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 custodian,
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 insolvent, or the taking of corporate action by such
Person in furtherance of any such action.



     “Bankruptcy Laws” means all Federal and state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other
similar laws, including the United States Bankruptcy Code.



     “Book-Entry Preferred Security” means a Preferred Security, the ownership and transfers of
which shall be made through book entries by a Depositary.



     “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 Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.



     “Calculation Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 4.10.



     “Closing Date” has the meaning specified in the Purchase Agreement.



     “Code” means the United States 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



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Agreement such Commission is not existing and performing the duties assigned to it, then the
body performing such duties at such time.




     “Common Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Common Securities,
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.



     “Common Security” means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having a
Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement.



     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Property Trustee at which any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of
this Trust Agreement is located at 600 Travis, 50th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002,
Attention: Institutional Trust Services—PMC Preferred Capital Trust-A.



     “Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates” means Preferred Securities issued in
certificated, fully registered form that are not Global Preferred Securities.



     “Delaware Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code
§ 3801 et seq., or any successor statute thereto, in each case as 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 Trust and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Delaware
Trustee appointed as herein provided.



     “Depositary” means an organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act that
is designated as Depositary by the Depositor or any successor thereto. DTC will be the initial
Depositary.



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



     “Depositor” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement and any
successors and permitted assigns.



     “Depositor Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.9.



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



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



     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, or any successor thereto.



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



     “Event of Default” means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such event
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 Note Event of Default; or




(b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it
becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a
period of thirty (30) days; or




(c) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of
any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or




(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect
of any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement
(other than those specified in clause (b) or (c) above) and
continuation of such default or breach for a period of thirty (30)
days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to
the Trustees and to the Depositor by the Holders of at least twenty
five percent (25%) in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities a written notice specifying such
default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or




(e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the
Property Trustee if a successor Property Trustee has not been
appointed within ninety (90) days thereof.



     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any successor statute thereto,
in each case as amended from time to time.



     “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.



     “Extension Period” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a)(ii).



     “Fiscal Year” shall be the fiscal year of the Trust, which shall be the calendar year, or such
other period as is required by the Code.



     “Global Preferred Security” means a Preferred Securities Certificate evidencing ownership of
Book-Entry Preferred Securities.



     “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust Securities are registered in
the Securities Register; any such Person shall be deemed to be a beneficial owner within the
meaning of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.



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     “Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10(c).



     “Indenture” means the Junior Subordinated Indenture executed and delivered by the Depositor
and the Note Trustee contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for
the benefit of the holders of the Notes, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D,
as amended or supplemented from time to time.



     “Indenture Redemption Price” means the Optional Note Redemption Price or the Special Note
Redemption Price, as applicable.



     “Interest Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.



     “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any successor statute
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.



     “Investment Company Event” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.



     “LIBOR” has the meaning specified in Schedule A.



     “LIBOR Business Day” has the meaning specified in Schedule A.



     “LIBOR Determination Date” has the meaning specified in Schedule A.



     “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 any Trust Securities, Trust Securities
having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of Notes to be contemporaneously redeemed
or paid at maturity 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 Notes to Holders
of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution of the Trust, Notes having a principal amount
equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Notes are
distributed and (c) with respect to any distribution of Additional Interest Amounts to Holders of
Trust Securities, Notes having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities in respect of which such distribution is made.



     “Liquidation Amount” means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust Security.



     “Liquidation Date” means the date on which assets are to be distributed to Holders in
accordance with Section 9.4(a) hereunder following dissolution of the Trust.



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



     “Majority in Liquidation Amount” means Common or Preferred Securities, as the case may be,
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all (or a
specified group of) then Outstanding Common or Preferred Securities, as the case may be.



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     “Note Event of Default” means any “Event of Default” specified in Section 5.1 of the
Indenture.



     “Note Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Notes to be redeemed under the Indenture,
the date fixed for redemption of such Notes under the Indenture.



     “Note Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Trustee” in the Indenture, solely in its
capacity as Trustee pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual capacity, or its successor
in interest in such capacity, or any successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Indenture.



     “Notes” means the Depositor’s Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to the
Indenture.



     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the
President or an Executive Vice President, and by the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, of the Depositor, and delivered to the Trustees. Any Officers’ Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust
Agreement (other than the certificate provided pursuant to Section 8.16 which is not an
Officers’ Certificate) shall include:




(a) a statement by each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate
that such officer 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 such officer in rendering the Officers’
Certificate;




(c) a statement that 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 such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.



     “Operative Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the
Notes and the Trust Securities.



     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for, or an
employee of, the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor.



     “Optional Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Trust Security, an amount equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security on the Redemption Date,
plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related amount of the
premium, if any, and/or accrued interest, including Additional Interest, if



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any, thereon paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption or payment at maturity of a
Like Amount of Notes.




     “Optional Note Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Note to be redeemed on any
Redemption Date under the Indenture, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the
outstanding principal amount of such Note, together with accrued interest, including any Additional
Interest (to the extent legally enforceable), thereon through but not including the date fixed as
such Redemption Date.



     “Original Issue Date” means the date of original issuance of the Trust Securities.



     “Original Trust Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Trust Agreement.



     “Outstanding”, when used with respect to any 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 canceled by the Property Trustee or delivered to
the Property Trustee for cancellation;




(b) Trust Securities for which payment or redemption money in the necessary amount
has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent in
trust 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 that have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which
other Trust Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to the provisions
of this Trust Agreement, unless proof satisfactory to the Property Trustee is
presented that any such Trust Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such
Trust Securities are valid, legal and binding obligations of the Trust;


provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred Securities owned by the Depositor, any Trustee or any
Affiliate of the Depositor or of any Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that (i) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Securities
that such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (ii) the foregoing shall not
apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Preferred Securities are owned by the Depositor, one
or more of the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred 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 Preferred
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor
or of any Trustee.




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     “Owner” means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry Preferred Securities as
reflected in the records of the Depositary or, if a Depositary Participant is not the beneficial
owner, then the beneficial owner as reflected in the records of the Depositary Participant.



     “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Administrative Trustees to pay Distributions
or other amounts in respect of any Trust Securities on behalf of the Trust.



     “Payment Account” means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust account maintained
by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders in which all amounts paid in respect of the
Notes will be held and from which the Property Trustee, through the Paying Agent, shall make
payments to the Holders in accordance with Sections 3.1, 4.1 and 4.2.



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



     “Preferred Security” means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having
a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement.



     “Preferred Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred
Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.



     “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 Trust and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Property
Trustee appointed as herein provided.



     “Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement executed and delivered by the Trust, the
Depositor and TABERNA Preferred Funding I, Ltd., as purchaser, contemporaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Trust Agreement, as amended from time to time.



     “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.



     “QP” means a “qualified purchaser” as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.



     “QIB/QP” means a QIB that is also a QP.



     “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 Note Redemption Date
and the stated maturity (or any date of principal repayment upon early maturity) of the Notes shall
be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.



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     “Redemption Price” means the Special Redemption Price or Optional Redemption Price, as
applicable. If the Depositor has redeemed the Notes at the Special Note Redemption Price, the
Trust shall redeem the Trust Securities at the Special Redemption Price. If the Depositor has
redeemed the Notes at the Optional Note Redemption Price, the Trust shall redeem the Trust
Securities at the Optional Redemption Price.



     “Reference Banks” has the meaning specified in Schedule A.



     “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Property Trustee, the officer in the
Institutional Trust Services department of the Property Trustee having direct responsibility for
the administration of this Trust Agreement.



     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, and any successor statute thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.



     “Securities Certificate” means any one of the Common Securities Certificates or the Preferred
Securities Certificates.



     “Securities Register” and “Securities Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 5.7.



     “Special Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Trust Security, an amount equal to one
hundred seven and one half percent (107.5%) of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security on the
Redemption Date, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related
amount of the premium, if any, and/or accrued interest, including Additional Interest, if any,
thereon paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption or payment at maturity of a Like
Amount of Notes.



     “Special Note Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Note to be redeemed on any
Redemption Date under the Indenture, an amount equal to one hundred seven and one half percent
(107.5%) of the outstanding principal amount of such Note, together with accrued interest,
including Additional Interest, thereon through but not including the date fixed as such Redemption
Date.



     “Successor Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 9.5(a).



     “Tax Event” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.



     “Trust” means the Delaware statutory trust known as “PMC Preferred Capital Trust-A,” which was
created on March 9, 2005 under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act pursuant to the Original Trust
Agreement and the filing of the Certificate of Trust, and continued pursuant to this Trust
Agreement.



     “Trust Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the same may be
modified, amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the applicable provisions
hereof, including all Schedules and Exhibits.



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     “Trustees” means the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee,
each as defined in this Article I.



     “Trust Property” means (a) the Notes, (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 Security” means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred Securities.



ARTICLE II.




The Trust




     SECTION 2.1. Name.



     The trust continued hereby shall be known as “PMC Preferred Capital Trust-A”, as such name may
be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the
Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the
business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the 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 Chase Bank USA, National
Association, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, Building 4 (3rd Floor), Newark, DE 19713,
Attention: Institutional Trust Services, or such other address in the State of Delaware as the
Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders, the Depositor, the Property
Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. The principal executive office of the Trust is 17950
Preston Road, Suite 600, Dallas, Texas 75252, Attention: General Counsel, as such address may be
changed from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders
and the other Trustees.



     SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Fees, Costs and Expenses.



     The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt from the Depositor in connection with the Original
Trust Agreement of the sum of ten dollars ($10), which constituted the initial Trust Property. The
Depositor shall pay all fees, costs and expenses of the Trust (except with respect to the Trust
Securities) as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee
for any such fees, costs and expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon
the Trust Property for the payment of such fees, costs or expenses.



     SECTION 2.4. Purposes of Trust.



     (a) The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are to (i) issue and sell Trust
Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Notes and (ii) engage in only those
activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee and the



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Administrative Trustees are trustees of the Trust, and have all the rights, powers and duties
to the extent set forth herein. The Trustees hereby acknowledge that they are trustees of the
Trust.




     (b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees acting on
behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as
expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trust (or the Trustees acting
on behalf of the Trust) 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) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or
issue any other debt, (iv) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a
Lien on any of the Trust Property, (v) take or consent to any action that would reasonably be
expected to cause the Trust to become taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (vi) take or consent to any action
that would cause the Notes to be treated as other than indebtedness of the Depositor for United
States federal income tax purposes or (vii) take or consent to any action that would cause the
Trust to be deemed to be an “investment company” required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act.



     SECTION 2.5. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.



     (a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with and subject to the
terms of this Trust Agreement. In accordance with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the
Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the
Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to
the Trustees, under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including
the following:




     (i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall severally have the power
and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:




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




     (B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver and perform on
behalf of the Trust, such agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection
with the purposes and function of the Trust, including, without limitation, a common
securities subscription agreement and a junior subordinated note purchase agreement;




     (C) assisting in the sale of the Preferred Securities in one or more
transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act, and in compliance
with applicable state securities or blue sky laws;




     (D) assisting in the sending of notices (other than notices of default) and
other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Notes to the Holders in
accordance with this Trust Agreement;



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     (E) the appointment of a Paying Agent and Securities Registrar in accordance
with this Trust Agreement;




     (F) execution of the Trust Securities on behalf of the Trust in accordance with
this Trust Agreement;




     (G) execution and delivery of closing certificates, if any, pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement and application for a taxpayer identification number for the
Trust;




     (H) preparation and filing of all applicable tax returns and tax information
reports that are required to be filed on behalf of the Trust;




     (I) establishing a record date with respect to all actions to be taken
hereunder that require a record date to be established, except as provided in
Section 6.10(a);




     (J) unless otherwise required by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act to execute on
behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together with the other Administrative
Trustees) any documents that such Administrative Trustee has the power to execute
pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and




     (K) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as such Administrative
Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to
the terms of this Trust Agreement.




     (ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and
authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:




     (A) the receipt and holding of legal title of the Notes;




     (B) the establishment of the Payment Account;




     (C) the collection of interest, principal and any other payments made in
respect of the Notes and the holding of such amounts in the Payment Account;




     (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
Notes in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;




     (F) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust
Securities and the Notes 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;



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     (H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the
affairs of and liquidation of the Trust, provided that the Administrative Trustees
shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect
to the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation of the
Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and




     (I) 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).



     (b) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Depositor shall
have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the
Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior
to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):




     (i) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery of, the Purchase
Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred Securities in one or more transactions
exempt from registration under the Securities Act, and in compliance with applicable state
securities or blue sky laws; and




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



     (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are
authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and authorized to operate the Trust so
that the Trust will not be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes, so that the Notes will be treated as indebtedness of the
Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes and so that the Trust will not be deemed to
be an “investment company” required to be registered under the Investment Company Act. In respect
thereof, each Administrative Trustee is authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with
applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that such Administrative Trustee
determines in his or her 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
Outstanding Preferred Securities. In no event shall the Administrative Trustees be liable to the
Trust or the Holders for any failure to comply with this Section 2.5 to the extent that
such failure results primarily from a change in law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof.



     (d) Any action taken by a Trustee in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of
and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with any Trustee acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person
shall be required to inquire into the authority of such Trustee to bind the Trust. Persons dealing
with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of any Trustee as set
forth in this Trust Agreement.



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     SECTION 2.6. Assets of Trust.



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



     SECTION 2.7. Title to Trust Property.



     (a) Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee and
shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Trust and
the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.



     (b) The Holders shall not have any right or title to the Trust Property other than the
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their Trust Securities and
they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of
the Trust except as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only
the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement.



ARTICLE III.




Payment Account; Paying Agents




     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 the Paying Agent 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.



     (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 with respect to, the Notes. Amounts
held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending distribution
thereof.



     SECTION 3.2. Appointment of Paying Agents.



     The Paying Agent shall initially be the Property Trustee. 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 solely for the purpose of making the
Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees may revoke such power and remove the
Paying Agent in their sole discretion. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to
resign as Paying Agent upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Administrative Trustees and the
Property Trustee. If the Property Trustee shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying
Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a
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as Paying Agent. Such successor Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees shall
execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor 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 Article VIII shall apply
to the Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Property Trustee shall
act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, 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.




ARTICLE IV.




Distributions; Redemption




     SECTION 4.1. Distributions.



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




     (i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and shall accumulate
whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the payment of Distributions.
Distributions shall accumulate from March 15, 2005, and, except as provided in clause (ii)
below, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and
December 30 of each year, commencing on June 30, 2005. 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 Business Day (and no interest shall accrue
in respect of the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from and after each
such date until the next succeeding Business Day), except that, if such Business Day falls
in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date
(each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section
4.1(a)(i), a “Distribution Date”);




     (ii) in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor exercises its right under the
Indenture to defer the payment of interest on the Notes, Distributions on the Trust
Securities shall be deferred. Under the Indenture, so long as no Note Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Depositor shall have the right, at any time and from time to
time during the term of the Notes, to defer the payment of interest on the Notes for a
period of up to twenty (20) consecutive quarterly interest payment periods (each such
extended interest payment period, an “Extension Period”), during which Extension Period no
interest on the Notes shall be due and payable (except any Additional Tax



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Sums that may be due and payable). No interest on the Notes shall be due and payable
during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of interest that
would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear Additional
Interest (to the extent payment of such interest would be legally enforceable) at a variable
rate equal to LIBOR plus 3.25% per annum compounded quarterly, from the dates on which
amounts would have otherwise been due and payable until paid or until funds for the payment
thereof have been made available for payment. If Distributions are deferred, the deferred
Distributions (including Additional Interest Amounts) shall be paid on the date that the
related Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the Trust Securities as they appear on
the books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such termination
date.




     (iii) Distributions shall accumulate in respect of the Trust Securities at a variable
rate equal to LIBOR plus 3.25% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities,
such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Notes. LIBOR shall be determined by the
Calculation Agent in accordance with Schedule A. 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 and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant Distribution period. The
amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include any Additional Interest Amounts
in respect of such period; and




     (iv) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Paying Agent from the
Payment Account and shall be payable on each Distribution Date only to the extent that the
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 at the close of business on the
fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the relevant Distribution Date.
Distributions payable on any Trust Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution Date
as a result of the Depositor having failed to make an interest payment under the Notes will cease
to be payable to the Person in whose name such Trust Securities are registered on the relevant
record date, and such defaulted Distributions and any Additional Interest Amounts will instead be
payable to the Person in whose name such Trust Securities are registered on the special record
date, or other specified date for determining Holders entitled to such defaulted Distribution and
Additional Interest Amount, established in the same manner, and on the same date, as such is
established with respect to the Notes under the Indenture.



     (c) As a condition to the payment of any principal of or interest on the Trust Securities
without the imposition of withholding tax, the Administrative Trustees shall require the previous
delivery of properly completed and signed applicable U.S. federal income tax certifications
(generally, an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a
person that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or an
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is
not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) and any other
certification acceptable to it to enable the Property Trustee or any Paying



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Agent to determine their respective duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes or other
charges that they may be required to pay, deduct or withhold in respect of such Trust Securities.




     SECTION 4.2. Redemption.



     (a) On each Note Redemption Date and on the stated maturity (or any date of principal
repayment upon early maturity) of the Notes and on each other date on (or in respect of) which any
principal on the Notes is repaid, the 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 thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption
Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder’s address appearing in the
Securities Register. 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, as calculated by the Depositor, together with a statement that it
is an estimate and that the actual Redemption Price will be calculated by the Calculation
Agent on the fifth 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
such Redemption Price is calculated);




     (iii) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective amounts) and
Liquidation Amounts of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;




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




     (v) the place or places where the Trust Securities are to be surrendered for the
payment of the Redemption Price; and




     (vi) such other provisions as the Property Trustee deems relevant.



     (c) The Trust Securities (or portion thereof) redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption or payment
at maturity of Notes. Redemptions of the Trust Securities (or portion thereof) shall be made and
the Redemption Price shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has
funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.
Under the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed by the Depositor on any Interest Payment Date, at
the Depositor’s option, on or after March 30, 2010, in whole or in part, from time to time at the
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have received the prior approval of any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority then
required. The Notes may also be redeemed by the Depositor, at its option pursuant to the terms of
the Indenture, in whole but not in part, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Investment Company Event or a Tax Event, at the Special Note Redemption Price; provided, that the
Depositor shall have received the prior approval of any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority
then required.




     (d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Preferred
Securities, then by 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Depositor shall
deposit sufficient funds with the Property Trustee to pay the Redemption Price. If such deposit
has been made by such time, then by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the
Property Trustee will, with respect to Book-Entry Preferred Securities, irrevocably deposit with
the Depositary for such Book-Entry Preferred Securities, to the extent available therefor, funds
sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give such Depositary irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
With respect to Preferred Securities that are not Book-Entry Preferred Securities, the Property
Trustee 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 of the Preferred Securities
upon surrender of their Preferred Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Distributions payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities (or portion
thereof) called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they
appear on the Securities Register 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 holding Trust Securities (or portion thereof) so called for
redemption will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive the Redemption Price and any
Distribution payable in respect of the Trust Securities on or prior to the Redemption Date, but
without interest, and, in the case of a partial redemption, the right of such Holders to receive a
new Trust Security or Securities of authorized denominations, in aggregate Liquidation Amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of such Trust Security or Securities, and such Securities (or portion
thereof) called for redemption 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 Business Day (and no interest shall accrue in
respect of the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from and after each such date
until the next succeeding Business Day), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next
succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the
Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption is
improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust, Distributions on such Trust
Securities (or portion thereof) will continue to accumulate, as set forth in Section 4.1,
from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities (or portion
thereof) 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
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be redeemed shall be allocated pro rata to the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities
based upon the relative aggregate Liquidation Amounts of the Common Securities and the Preferred
Securities. The Preferred Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata basis based
upon their respective Liquidation Amounts not more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called for
redemption; provided, that with respect to Holders that would be required to hold less than one
hundred (100) but more than zero (0) Trust Securities as a result of such redemption, the Trust
shall redeem Trust Securities of each such Holder so that after such redemption such Holder shall
hold either one hundred (100) Trust Securities or such Holder no longer holds any Trust Securities,
and shall use such method (including, without limitation, by lot) as the Trust shall deem fair and
appropriate; and provided, further, that so long as the Preferred Securities are Book-Entry
Preferred Securities, such selection shall be made in accordance with the Applicable Depositary
Procedures for the Preferred Securities by such Depositary. The Property Trustee shall promptly
notify the Securities Registrar in writing of the Preferred Securities (or portion thereof)
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Securities selected for partial
redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust
Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of
Preferred Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Securities redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities
that has been or is to be redeemed.




     (f) The 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.



     SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities.



     (a) Payment of Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts) on, the Redemption
Price of and the Liquidation Distribution in respect of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall
be made, pro rata among the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities based on the Liquidation
Amount of the respective Trust Securities; provided, that if on any Distribution Date, Redemption
Date or Liquidation Date an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of
any Distribution (including any Additional Interest Amounts) on, Redemption Price of or Liquidation
Distribution in respect 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 Interest Amounts) on all
Outstanding Preferred Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or
in the case of payment of the Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all
Outstanding Preferred Securities then called for redemption, or in the case of payment of the
Liquidation Distribution the full amount of such Liquidation Distribution on all Outstanding
Preferred 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
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Interest Amounts) on, or the Redemption Price of or the Liquidation Distribution in respect
of, the Preferred Securities then due and payable.




     (b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Holders of the Common
Securities shall have no right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under this Trust
Agreement until all such Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been
cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until all such Events of Default under this Trust Agreement
with respect to the Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the
Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and not on
behalf of the Holders of the Common Securities, and only the Holders of all the Preferred
Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.



     SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures.



     Payments of Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts), the Redemption Price,
Liquidation Amount or any other amounts in respect of the Preferred Securities shall be made by
wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as
may be designated in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date for payment by the
Person entitled thereto unless proper written transfer instructions have not been received by the
relevant record date, in which case such payments shall be made by check mailed to the address of
such Person as such address shall appear in the Securities Register. If any Preferred Securities
are held by a Depositary, such Distributions thereon shall be made to the Depositary in immediately
available funds. 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 all the Common Securities.



     SECTION 4.5. Withholding Tax.



     (a) The Trust and the Administrative Trustees shall comply with all withholding and backup
withholding tax requirements under United States federal, state and local law. The Administrative
Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such
forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding and backup
withholding tax with respect to each Holder and any representations and forms as shall reasonably
be requested by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust to assist it in determining the
extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding and backup withholding tax obligations. The
Administrative Trustees shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an
exemption from withholding and backup withholding tax is properly established by a Holder, shall
remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that
the Trust is required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any jurisdiction with respect to
Distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a
Distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed
overwithholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the
amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made, the Administrative
Trustees on behalf of the Trust may reduce subsequent Distributions by the amount of such required
withholding.



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     SECTION 4.6. Tax Returns and Other Reports.



     The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) at the principal office of
the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7,
at the Depositor’s expense, and file, all United States federal, state and local tax and
information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. The
Administrative Trustees shall prepare at the principal office of the Trust in the United States, as
defined for purposes of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7, and furnish (or cause to be
prepared and furnished), by January 31 in each taxable year of the Trust to each Holder all
Internal Revenue Service forms and returns required to be provided by the Trust. The Administrative
Trustees shall provide the Depositor, Cohen Bros. & Company and the Property Trustee with a copy of
all such returns and reports promptly after such filing or furnishing.



     SECTION 4.7. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust.



     Upon receipt under the Notes of Additional Tax Sums and upon the written direction of the
Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee shall promptly pay, solely out of monies on deposit
pursuant to this Trust Agreement, any Additional Taxes imposed on the Trust by the United States or
any other taxing authority.



     SECTION 4.8. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.



     Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities shall be reduced by the
amount of any corresponding payment such Holder (or any Owner with respect thereto) has directly
received pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 6.10(b) of this Trust
Agreement.



     SECTION 4.9. Exchanges.



     (a) If at any time the Depositor or any of its Affiliates (in either case, a “Depositor
Affiliate”) is the Owner or Holder of any Preferred Securities, such Depositor Affiliate shall have
the right to deliver to the Property Trustee all or such portion of its Preferred Securities as it
elects and, subject to compliance with Sections 2.2 and 3.5 of the Indenture, receive, in exchange
therefor, a Like Amount of Notes. Such election shall be exercisable effective on any Distribution
Date by such Depositor Affiliate delivering to the Property Trustee (i) at least ten (10) Business
Days prior to the Distribution Date on which such exchange is to occur, the registration
instructions and the documentation, if any, required pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 3.5 of the
Indenture to enable the Indenture Trustee to issue the requested Like Amount of Notes, (ii) a
written notice of such election specifying the Liquidation Amount of Preferred 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 (10) Business Days after the date of
receipt by the Property Trustee of such election notice and (iii) shall be conditioned upon such
Depositor Affiliate having delivered or caused to be delivered to the Property Trustee or its
designee the Preferred Securities that 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
Preferred Securities will be canceled and will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and all rights
of the Depositor Affiliate with respect to such Preferred Securities will cease.



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     (b) In the case of an exchange described in Section 4.9(a), the Property Trustee on
behalf of the Trust will, on the date of such exchange, exchange Notes 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 Preferred Securities
exchanged pursuant to Section 4.9(a) divided by the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities Outstanding immediately prior to such exchange, for such proportional amount
of Common Securities held by the Depositor (which contemporaneously shall be canceled 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.



     SECTION 4.10. Calculation Agent.



     (a) The Property Trustee shall initially, and, subject to the immediately following sentence,
for so long as it holds any of the Notes, be the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining
LIBOR for each Distribution Date. The Calculation Agent may be removed by the Administrative
Trustees at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or is removed
by the Administrative Trustees, the Administrative Trustees will promptly appoint as a replacement
Calculation Agent the London office of a leading bank which is engaged in transactions in six-month
Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurodollar market and which does not control or is not
controlled by or under common control with the Administrative Trustee or its Affiliates. The
Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor having been duly appointed.



     (b) The Calculation Agent shall be required to agree that, as soon as possible after 11:00
a.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination Date, but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the Business Day immediately following each LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation
Agent will calculate the interest rate (rounded to the nearest cent, with half a cent being rounded
upwards) for the related Distribution Date, and will communicate such rate and amount to the
Depositor, the Administrative Trustees, the Note Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Depositary. The
Calculation Agent will also specify to the Administrative Trustee the quotations upon which the
foregoing rates and amounts are based and, in any event, the Calculation Agent shall notify the
Administrative Trustees before 5:00 p.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination Date that
either: (i) it has determined or is in the process of determining the foregoing rates and amounts
or (ii) it has not determined and is not in the process of determining the foregoing rates and
amounts, together with its reasons therefor. The Calculation Agent’s determination of the
foregoing rates and amounts for any Distribution Date will (in the absence of manifest error) be
final and binding upon all parties. For the sole purpose of calculating the interest rate for the
Trust Securities, “Business Day” shall be defined as any day on which dealings in deposits in
Dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.



     SECTION 4.11. Certain Accounting Matters.



     (a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrative Trustees shall keep, or
cause to be kept at the principal office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes
of Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7, full books of account, records and



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supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust.
The books of account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.




     (b) The Administrative Trustees shall either (i) if the Depositor is then subject to such
reporting requirements, cause each Form 10-K and Form 10-Q prepared by the Depositor and filed with
the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act to be delivered to each Holder, with a copy to
the Property Trustee, within thirty (30) days after the filing thereof or (ii) cause to be prepared
at the principal office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury
Regulations section 301.7701-7, and delivered to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Property
Trustee, within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, annual financial statements of
the Trust, including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and the
related statements of income or loss.



     (c) If the Depositor intends to file its annual and quarterly information with the Commission
in electronic form pursuant to Regulation S-T of the Commission using the Commission’s Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system, the Administrative Trustees shall notify
the Property Trustee in the manner prescribed herein of each such annual and quarterly filing. The
Property Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to access the EDGAR system for purposes of
retrieving the financial information so filed. Compliance with the foregoing shall constitute
delivery by the Administrative Trustees of its financial statements to the Property Trustee in
compliance with the provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable. The
Property Trustee shall have no duty to search for or obtain any electronic or other filings that
the Depositor makes with the Commission, regardless of whether such filings are periodic,
supplemental or otherwise. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Property Trustee
pursuant to this Section 4.11(c) shall be solely for purposes of compliance with this
Section 4.11 and, if applicable, with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The
Property Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute notice
to it of the content thereof or any matter determinable from the content thereof, including the
Depositor’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder, as to which the Property Trustee is
entitled to rely upon Officers’ Certificates.



     (d) The Trust shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the United States, as defined for
purposes of Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7, in the name and for the sole benefit of the
Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in respect of the Notes held by the Property
Trustee shall be made directly to the Payment Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be
deposited in the Payment Account. The sole signatories for such accounts (including the Payment
Account) shall be designated by the Property Trustee.



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ARTICLE V.




Securities




     SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership.



     Upon the creation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor referred to in
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 Trust.



     SECTION 5.2. Authorized Trust Securities.



     The Trust shall be authorized to issue one series of Preferred Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of $26,250,000 and one series of Common Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of $820,000.



     SECTION 5.3. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Notes.



     On the Closing Date, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute and
deliver to the Depositor Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor,
evidencing an aggregate of eight hundred twenty (820) Common Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Eight Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($820,000), against receipt by the
Trust of the aggregate purchase price of such Common Securities of Eight Hundred Twenty Thousand
Dollars ($820,000). Contemporaneously therewith and with the sale by the Trust to the Holders of
an aggregate of Twenty Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty (26,250) Preferred Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of Twenty Six Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($26,250,000), an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall purchase from the Depositor
Notes, to be registered in the name of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust and having an
aggregate principal amount equal to Twenty Seven Million Seventy Thousand Dollars ($27,070,000)
and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Notes, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of Twenty Seven Million Seventy Thousand Dollars
($27,070,000) (being the aggregate amount paid by the Holders for the Preferred Securities, and the
amount paid by the Depositor for the Common Securities).



     SECTION 5.4. The Securities Certificates.



     (a) The Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000
Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, and the Common Securities
Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $10,000 Liquidation Amount and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of
the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee. Securities
Certificates bearing the signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall
have been affixed, authorized to sign such Securities Certificates on behalf of the Trust shall be
validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such
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authorized prior to the delivery of such Securities Certificates or did not have such
authority at the date of delivery of such Securities Certificates.




     (b) On the Closing Date, upon the written order of an authorized officer of the Depositor, the
Administrative Trustees shall cause Securities Certificates to be executed on behalf of the Trust
and delivered, without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.



     (c) The Preferred Securities issued to QIBs/QPs shall be, except as provided in Section
5.6, Book-Entry Preferred Securities issued in the form of one or more Global Preferred
Securities registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee and deposited with the
Depositary or a custodian for the Depositary for credit by the Depositary to the respective
accounts of the Depositary Participants thereof (or such other accounts as they may direct). The
Preferred Securities issued to a Person other than a QIB/QP shall be issued in the form of
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates.



     (d) A Preferred Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of an
authorized signatory of the Property Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Preferred Security has been authenticated under this Trust Agreement. Upon written order of the
Trust signed by one Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate the Preferred
Securities for original issue. The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that is a
U.S. Person acceptable to the Trust to authenticate the Preferred Securities. A Common Security
need not be so authenticated and shall be valid upon execution by one or more Administrative
Trustees. The form of this certificate of authentication can be found in Section 5.13.



     SECTION 5.5. Rights of Holders.



     The Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered
to Holders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully paid and non-assessable by
the Trust. Except as provided in Section 5.11(b), the Holders of the Trust Securities, in
their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended
to shareholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.



     SECTION 5.6. Book-Entry Preferred Securities.



     (a) A Global Preferred Security may be exchanged, in whole or in part, for Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates registered in the names of the Owners only if such exchange
complies with Section 5.7 and (i) the Depositary advises the Administrative Trustees and
the Property Trustee in writing that the Depositary is no longer willing or able properly to
discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Global Preferred Security, and no qualified
successor is appointed by the Administrative Trustees within ninety (90) days of receipt of such
notice, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and
the Administrative Trustees fail to appoint a qualified successor within ninety (90) days of
obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii) the Administrative Trustees at their option advise the
Property Trustee in writing that the Trust elects to terminate the book-entry system through the
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or (iv) a Note Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the occurrence of any
event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Administrative Trustees shall notify
the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities,
the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee of the occurrence of such event and of the
availability of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates to Owners of the Preferred
Securities requesting the same. Upon the issuance of Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates,
the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as
Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Preferred
Security wishes at any time to transfer an interest in such Global Preferred Security to a Person
other than a QIB/QP, such transfer shall be effected, subject to the Applicable Depositary
Procedures, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.6 and Section 5.7,
and the transferee shall receive a Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate in connection with
such transfer. A holder of a Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate that is a QIB/QP may,
upon request and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.6 and Section

5.7, exchange such Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate for a beneficial interest in a
Global Preferred Security.




     (b) If any Global Preferred Security is to be exchanged for Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates or canceled in part, or if any Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate is to be
exchanged in whole or in part for any Global Preferred Security, then either (i) such Global
Preferred Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this
Article V or (ii) the aggregate Liquidation Amount represented by such Global Preferred
Security shall be reduced, subject to Section 5.4, or increased by an amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount represented by that portion of the Global Preferred Security to be so exchanged
or canceled, or equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by such Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates to be so exchanged for any Global Preferred Security, 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 Depositary Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or
its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such
surrender to the Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar of any Global Preferred
Security or Securities by the Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions, the
Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Depositary. None of the Securities
Registrar or the Trustees shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such instructions.



     (c) Every Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate executed and delivered upon registration
or transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Preferred Security or any portion
thereof shall be executed and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Preferred Security,
unless such Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate is registered in the name of a Person other
than the Depositary for such Global Preferred Security or a nominee thereof.



     (d) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Preferred Security, shall
be the Holder of such Global Preferred Security for all purposes under this Trust Agreement and the
Global Preferred Security, and Owners with respect to a Global Preferred Security shall hold such
interests pursuant to the Applicable Depositary Procedures. The Securities Registrar and the
Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of this Trust Agreement
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Liquidation Amount of and Distributions on the Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented
thereby and the giving of instructions or directions by Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities
represented thereby and the giving of notices) as the sole Holder of the Book-Entry Preferred
Securities represented thereby and shall have no obligations to the Owners thereof. None of the
Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any transfers effected
by the Depositary.




     (e) The rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Preferred Securities shall be exercised only
through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law, the Applicable Depositary
Procedures and agreements between such Owners and the Depositary and/or the Depositary
Participants; provided, that solely for the purpose of determining whether the Holders of the
requisite amount of Preferred Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Trust
Agreement, to the extent that Preferred Securities are represented by a Global Preferred Security,
the Trustees may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, any written
instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the Property Trustee by the Depositary setting forth
the Owners’ votes or assigning the right to vote on any matter to any other Persons either in whole
or in part. To the extent that Preferred Securities are represented by a Global Preferred
Security, the initial Depositary will make book-entry transfers among the Depositary Participants
and receive and transmit payments on the Preferred Securities that are represented by a Global
Preferred Security to such Depositary Participants, and none of the Depositor or the Trustees shall
have any responsibility or obligation with respect thereto.



     (f) To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Holders is required under this
Trust Agreement, for so long as Preferred Securities are represented by a Global Preferred
Security, the Trustees shall give all such notices and communications to the Depositary, and shall
have no obligations to the Owners.



     SECTION 5.7. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.



     (a) The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, at the Corporate Trust Office, a
register or registers (the “Securities Register”) in which the registrar and transfer agent with
respect to the Trust Securities (the “Securities Registrar”), subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the registration of Preferred Securities
Certificates and Common Securities Certificates and registration of transfers and exchanges of
Preferred Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Person acting as the Property Trustee
shall at all times also be the Securities Registrar. The provisions of Article VIII shall
apply to the Property Trustee in its role as Securities Registrar.



     (b) Subject to Section 5.7(d), upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred
Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.7(f), the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute by manual or facsimile signature and
deliver to the Property Trustee, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Securities Certificates
in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount as may be required by this Trust
Agreement dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee or Trustees. At the option of
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Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Securities Certificate to be exchanged at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.7(f). Whenever any Preferred Securities
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall
execute by manual or facsimile signature and deliver to the Property Trustee, and the Property
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Preferred Securities Certificates that the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.




     (c) The Securities Registrar shall not be required, (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Preferred Security during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15)
days before the day of selection for redemption of such Preferred Securities pursuant to
Article IV and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of the notice of
redemption or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any such Preferred Security to be redeemed
in part, any portion thereof not to be redeemed.



     (d) Every Preferred Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by a certificate of the transferor
substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit E hereto.



     (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred
Securities Certificates, but the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.



     (f) The Administrative Trustees shall designate an office or offices or agency or agencies
where Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
and initially designate the Corporate Trust Office as its office and agency for such purposes. The
Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor, the Property Trustee and
to the Holders of any change in the location of any such office or agency.



     (g) The Preferred Securities may only be transferred to a “Qualified Purchaser” as such term
is defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act.



     (h) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall be responsible for ascertaining
whether any transfer hereunder complies with the registration provisions of or any exemptions from
the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws or the applicable laws of any other
jurisdiction, ERISA, the Code or the Investment Company Act; provided, that if a certificate is
specifically required by the express terms of this Section 5.7 to be delivered to the Trustee or
the Securities Registrar by a Holder or transferee of a Security, the Trustee and the Securities
Registrar shall be under a duty to receive and examine the same to determine whether or not the
certificate substantially conforms on its face to the requirements of this Indenture and shall
promptly notify the party delivering the same if such certificate does not comply with such terms.



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     SECTION 5.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities Certificates.



     (a) If any mutilated Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Securities Registrar
together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the Securities Registrar to save
each of the Trustees harmless, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the
Trust, shall execute and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a new Securities
Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination.



     (b) If the Securities Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Securities Certificate and there shall be delivered to the Securities
Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save each of the Trustees
harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Securities Certificate shall have been acquired
by a protected purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust,
shall execute and make available for delivery, and, with respect to Preferred Securities, the
Property Trustee shall authenticate, in exchange for or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Securities Certificate, a new Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination.



     (c) In connection with the issuance of any new Securities Certificate under this Section
5.8, 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.



     (d) Any duplicate Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall
constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust
corresponding to that evidenced by the mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Securities Certificate,
as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Securities Certificate shall
be found at any time.



     (e) If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities Certificate has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Depositor in its discretion may provide the Administrative
Trustee with the funds to pay such Trust Security and upon receipt of such funds, the
Administrative Trustee shall pay such Trust Security instead of issuing a new Securities
Certificate.



     (f) The provisions of this Section 5.8 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities Certificates.



     SECTION 5.9. Persons Deemed Holders.



     The Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall each treat the Person in whose name any
Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the owner of such
Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and none of the Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to
the contrary.



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     SECTION 5.10. Cancellation.



     All Preferred Securities Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or
for payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Property Trustee, be delivered to
the Property Trustee, and any such Preferred Securities Certificates and Preferred Securities
Certificates surrendered directly to the Property Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly
canceled by it. The Administrative Trustees may at any time deliver to the Property Trustee for
cancellation any Preferred Securities Certificates previously delivered hereunder that the
Administrative Trustees may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Preferred Securities
Certificates so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Property Trustee. No Preferred
Securities Certificates shall be executed and delivered in lieu of or in exchange for any Preferred
Securities Certificates canceled as provided in this Section 5.10, except as expressly
permitted by this Trust Agreement. All canceled Preferred Securities Certificates shall be
retained by the Property Trustee in accordance with its customary practices.



     SECTION 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.



     (a) On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire, and thereafter shall 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 or any
such 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 (in which
event such Common Securities will be transferred to such surviving entity, transferee or lessee, as
the case may be), pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture or (ii) to the Depositor or an Affiliate
of the Depositor, in each such case 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 immediately
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 APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT.”



     (b) Any Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for the debts and obligations of the
Trust in the manner and to the extent set forth with respect to the Depositor and agrees that it
shall be subject to all liabilities to which the Depositor may be subject and, prior to becoming
such a Holder, shall deliver to the Administrative Trustees an instrument of assumption
satisfactory to such Trustees.



     SECTION 5.12. Restricted Legends.



     (a) Each Preferred Security Certificate shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:




“[IF THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY INSERT: THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE TRUST



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AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY
(OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR
BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.



UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO PMC
PREFERRED CAPITAL TRUST-A OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]



THE PREFERRED SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY PREFERRED SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.



THE HOLDER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AGREES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE TRUST AND THE DEPOSITOR THAT (A) SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED,
RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE TRUST OR (II) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED PURCHASER” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2(a)(51) OF THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED), AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF
ANY PREFERRED SECURITIES FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.



THE PREFERRED SECURITIES WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN
AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF NOT



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LESS THAN $100,000. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF
PREFERRED SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION
AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE
VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY SUCH
PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES FOR
ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF PRINCIPAL OF OR INTEREST ON SUCH
PREFERRED SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED
TO HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES.



THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR THEREOF
ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT 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”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE
UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY,
AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS PREFERRED
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT
IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO
WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE.”



     (b) The above legend shall not be removed from any of the Preferred Securities Certificates
unless there is delivered to the Property Trustee and the Depositor satisfactory evidence, which
may include an opinion of counsel, as may be reasonably required to ensure that any future
transfers thereof may be made without restriction under the provisions of the Securities Act and
other applicable law. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, one or more of the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall execute and deliver to the Property Trustee,
and the Property Trustee shall deliver, at the written direction of the Administrative Trustees and
the Depositor, Preferred Securities Certificates that do not bear the legend.



SECTION 5.13. Form of Certificate of Authentication.





     The Property Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:



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     This is one of the Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:	 	 	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Property Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	___________________
	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 	 	 






ARTICLE VI.




Meetings; Voting; Acts of Holders




     SECTION 6.1. Notice of Meetings.



     Notice of all meetings of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, stating the time, place and
purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.8 to
each Holder of Preferred Securities, at such Holder’s registered address, at least fifteen (15)
days and not more than ninety (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 6.2. Meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities.



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



     (b) The Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities,
present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities.



     (c) If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders present, in person
or by proxy, holding Preferred Securities representing at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities held by the Holders present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting
shall constitute the action of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, unless this Trust Agreement
requires a lesser or greater number of affirmative votes.



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     SECTION 6.3. Voting Rights.



     Holders shall be entitled to one vote for each $10,000 of Liquidation Amount represented by
their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any matter as to which such Holders are entitled
to vote.



SECTION 6.4. 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
Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative
Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. 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 6.5. Holder Action by Written Consent.



     Any action that may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting and
without prior notice if Holders holding at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of all Preferred
Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such lesser or greater proportion thereof
as shall be required by any other provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in
writing; provided, that notice of such action is promptly provided to the Holders of Preferred
Securities that did not consent to such action. Any action that may be taken by the Holders of all
the Common Securities may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if such Holders shall
consent to the action in writing.



     SECTION 6.6. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.



     Except as provided in Section 6.10(a), for the purposes 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 may from time to time fix a date, not more than ninety (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 6.7. Acts of Holders.



     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by Holders may



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be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed
by such Holders in person or by an agent thereof duly appointed in writing; and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and
conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section 6.7.




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



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



     (d) 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
Trustees, the Administrative Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Trust Security.



     (e) Without limiting the foregoing, a 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.



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



     SECTION 6.8. Inspection of Records.



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



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     SECTION 6.9. 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 Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner
otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of
the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the
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 Notes are held by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the Property
Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Note Trustee, or exercise any trust or power conferred on the Property Trustee
with respect to the Notes, (ii) waive any past default that may be waived under Section 5.13 of the
Indenture or waive compliance with any covenant or condition under Section 10.7 of the Indenture,
(iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Notes
shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the
Indenture or the Notes, 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 the Preferred
Securities; provided, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each
holder of Notes (or each Holder of Preferred Securities) affected thereby, no such consent shall be
given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred
Securities. The Property Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a
vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the
Preferred 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 Trust to be taxable as a corporation or classified 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 Trustees otherwise
propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect in any material respect the powers,
preferences or special rights of the Preferred Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust
Agreement or otherwise or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than
pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities
as a class 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 Preferred 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 Trust to be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust
for United States federal income tax purposes.



     SECTION 6.10. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission of Annulment; Waivers of Past Defaults.



     (a) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a Note Event of
Default, the Note Trustee fails or the holders of not less than twenty five percent (25%) in



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principal amount of the outstanding Notes fail to declare the principal of all of the Notes to
be immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in Liquidation
Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall have the right to make such declaration
by a notice in writing to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Note Trustee. At any time
after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes has been made and before a judgment
or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Note Trustee as provided in the
Indenture, the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, by
written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Note Trustee, may rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences if:





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




     (A) all overdue installments of interest on all of the Notes;




     (B) any accrued Additional Interest on all of the Notes;




     (C) the principal of and any premium, if any, on any Notes that have become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional
Interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes; and




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




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



     Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice requesting such an acceleration, or
rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of any part of the Preferred Securities, a record date
shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Preferred 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 that is ninety (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 ninety (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 that
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 6.10(a).



     (b) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, to the fullest extent
permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement and the Indenture, upon a Note



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Event of Default specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 5.1 of the Indenture, any Holder
of Preferred 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
any amounts payable in respect of Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such Holder. Except as set forth in Section
6.10(a) and this Section 6.10(b), the Holders of Preferred Securities shall have no
right to exercise directly any right or remedy available to the holders of, or in respect of, the
Notes.




     (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.10, the Holders of at
least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of
all the Preferred Securities, waive any Note Event of Default, except any Note Event of Default
arising from the failure to pay any principal of or any premium, if any, or interest on (including
any Additional Interest) the Notes (unless such Note Event of Default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and all principal and premium, if any, on
all Notes due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Note Trustee) or a Note
Event of Default in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note. Upon any such waiver, such
Note Event of Default shall cease to exist and any Note Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured for every purpose of the Indenture; but no such waiver shall affect any
subsequent Note Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.



     (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.10, the Holders of at
least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of
all the Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such
waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom
shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.



     (e) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Property Trustee in respect of this Trust Agreement or the Notes or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement; provided, that, subject to
Sections 8.5 and 8.7, the Property Trustee shall have the right to decline to
follow any such direction if the Property Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the
action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Property Trustee in good faith shall, by an
officer or officers of the Property Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would be
illegal or involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not
party to such direction, and provided, further, that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair
the right of the Property Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Property Trustee and
which is not inconsistent with such direction.



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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:




     (a) the Property Trustee is a national banking association, duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States;




     (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 national banking association, duly formed and validly
existing under the laws of the United States;




     (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 legal, valid and binding
agreement of each of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee enforceable against each
of them in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity;




     (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 do not require any approval of shareholders of the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and such execution, delivery and performance will not (i)
violate the respective Articles of Association or By-laws of the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, (ii) violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or
lapse of time, a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien on any properties
included in the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions 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, or (iii) violate any applicable law,
governmental rule or regulation of the United States 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 or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee;



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     (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 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 law of the
United States or the State of Delaware governing the banking, trust or general powers of the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be; and




     (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 that, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Trust or would question 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 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 and the Trustees
that:




     (a) the Depositor is a real estate investment trust duly organized, validly existing
under the laws of its state of organization;




     (b) the Depositor has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;




     (c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Depositor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Depositor
enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general
principles of equity;




     (d) the Securities Certificates issued at the Closing Date on behalf of the Trust have
been duly authorized and will have been duly and validly executed, issued and delivered by
the applicable 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 such date, entitled to
the benefits of this Trust Agreement;




     (e) 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 Depositor and do
not require any approval of shareholders of the Depositor and such execution, delivery and
performance will not (i) violate the declaration of trust or by-laws (or other
organizational documents) of the Depositor or (ii) violate any applicable law, governmental
rule or regulation governing the Depositor or any material portion of its



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property or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Depositor or any material
portion of its property;




     (f) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Depositor of this Trust
Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Depositor contemplated
herein 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 law governing the Depositor or any material portion of its property; and




     (g) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge,
threatened against or affecting the Depositor or any material portion of its property in any
court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal that,
individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the Trust or would
question the right, power and authority of the Depositor, as the case may be, to enter into
or perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement.



ARTICLE VIII.




The Trustees




     SECTION 8.1. Number of Trustees.



     The number of Trustees shall be five (5); provided, that the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee may be the same Person, in which case the number of Trustees shall be four (4). The number
of Trustees may be increased or decreased by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities subject to
Sections 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4. The death, resignation, retirement, removal,
bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to
annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust.



     SECTION 8.2. Property Trustee Required.



     There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities.
The Property Trustee shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States or of any state thereof, authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority and having an office within the United
States. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or to
the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 8.2, 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 shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 8.2, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter
specified in this Article VIII.



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     SECTION 8.3. Delaware Trustee Required.



     (a) If required by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 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 that has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, otherwise meets the
requirements of applicable Delaware law and shall act through one or more persons authorized to
bind such entity. If at any time the Delaware Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 8.3, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VIII. The Delaware Trustee shall have the
same rights, privileges and immunities as the Property Trustee.



     (b) The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware
Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the Property Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the trustees of the Trust for the
sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Statutory
Trust Act and for taking such actions as are required to be taken by a Delaware trustee under the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The duties (including fiduciary duties), liabilities and obligations
of the Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (a) accepting legal process served on the Trust in the
State of Delaware and (b) the execution of any certificates required to be filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware that the Delaware Trustee is required to execute under Section
3811 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and there shall be no other duties (including fiduciary
duties) or obligations, express or implied, at law or in equity, of the Delaware Trustee.



     SECTION 8.4. Appointment of Administrative Trustees.



     (a) 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. Each of the individuals identified as an “Administrative Trustee” in the preamble of
this Trust Agreement hereby accepts his or her appointment as such.




     (b) Except where a requirement for action by a specific number of Administrative Trustees is
expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement, any act required or permitted to be taken by, and any
power of the Administrative Trustees may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such
Administrative Trustee. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur,
until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with
Section 8.11, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to
the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative
Trustees by this Trust Agreement.



     SECTION 8.5. Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees.



     (a) The rights, immunities, duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as provided
by this Trust Agreement and there shall be no other duties (including fiduciary duties)



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or obligations, express or implied, at law or in equity, of the Trustees; provided, however,
that if an Event of Default known to the Property Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee shall, prior to the receipt of directions, if any, from the Holders of at least a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Trust Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as
a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own
affairs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require any of
the Trustees to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its or their rights or
powers, if it or they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not
herein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section 8.5. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to
release any Administrative Trustee from liability for his or her own grossly negligent action,
grossly negligent failure to act; or his or her own willful misconduct. The Administrative
Trustees shall not be liable for any error or judgment made in good faith. To the extent that, at
law or in equity, a Trustee has duties and liabilities relating to the Trust or to the Holders,
such Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Holder for such Trustee’s good faith
reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the
extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the 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 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 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 8.5(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere
in this Trust Agreement.



     (c) No provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee
from liability with respect to matters that are within the authority of the Property Trustee under
this Trust Agreement for its own negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful misconduct,
except that:




     (i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error or 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
at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property


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Trustee hereunder or under the Indenture, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;




     (iii) the Property Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and
physical preservation of the Notes and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such
Property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own
account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Property
Trustee under this Trust Agreement;




     (iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by
it except as it may otherwise agree in writing with the Depositor; and money held by the
Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to
the Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 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 any
other Trustee or the Depositor.



     SECTION 8.6. Notices of Defaults and Extensions.



     (a) Within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of a default actually known to the Property
Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit notice of such default to the Holders, the
Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless such default shall have been cured or waived.
For the purpose of this Section 8.6, the term “default” means any event that is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.



     (b) Within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of notice of the Depositor’s exercise of
its right to defer the payment of interest on the Notes 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 and the Administrative Trustees, unless such exercise shall have been
revoked.



     (c) The Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default unless
either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee shall have actual knowledge or (ii) the
Property Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Depositor, an Administrative
Trustee or a Holder.



     (d) The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Securities of any notice of
default received with respect to the Notes.



     SECTION 8.7. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.



     Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5:




     (a) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or
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resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or
transferee, certificate of auditors or any other resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, 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, (ii) in construing any of the
provisions of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds a provision ambiguous or
inconsistent with any other provisions contained herein or (iii) the Property Trustee is
unsure of the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any
matter as to which the Holders of the Preferred Securities are entitled to vote under the
terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor
requesting the Depositor’s written instruction as to the course of action to be taken and
the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the
Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the
Depositor; provided, that if the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the
Depositor within ten (10) Business Days after it has delivered such notice or such
reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice, the Property Trustee may, but
shall be under no duty to, 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 negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct;




     (c) any direction or act of the Depositor contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate unless otherwise expressly provided
herein;




     (d) any direction or act of an Administrative Trustee contemplated by this Trust
Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by a certificate executed by such Administrative
Trustee and setting forth such direction or act;




     (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 re-recording, re-filing or re-registration
thereof;




     (f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the
Property Trustee, 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
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the Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction, including reasonable advances as may be
requested by the Property Trustee; provided, however, that nothing contained in this
Section 8.7(g) shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers in it
vested by this Trust Agreement; provided, further, that nothing contained in this
Section 8.7(g) shall prevent the Property Trustee from exercising its rights under
Section 8.11 hereof;




     (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, direction, 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, and, if the Property Trustee shall determine
to make such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records
and premises of the Depositor, personally or by agent or attorney upon reasonable prior
written notice and during normal business hours;




     (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, attorneys, custodians or
nominees and the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for any negligence or misconduct
on the part of any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee 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
hereunder, the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders (which
instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount
of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under this Trust
Agreement in respect of such remedy, right or action), (ii) may refrain from enforcing such
remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received and (iii)
shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions;




     (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) without prejudice to any other rights available to the Property Trustee under
applicable law, when the Property Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of its
agents and 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



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



     No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on any
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 such Person 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.



SECTION 8.8. Delegation of Power.




     Any Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other
natural person over the age of 21 its, his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents
contemplated in Section 2.5. The Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time
to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and the execution of such
instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Trustees or otherwise as the
Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or
contrary to the provisions of this Trust Agreement.



SECTION 8.9. May Hold Securities.




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



SECTION 8.10. Compensation; Reimbursement; Indemnity.




     The Depositor agrees:




     (a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by them hereunder as may be agreed by the Depositor and the Trustees from
time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);




     (b) to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust
Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable
to their gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and




     (c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and hold harmless
(i) each Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of any Trustee, (iii) any officer, director,



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shareholder, employee, representative or agent of any Trustee or any Affiliate of any
Trustee and (iv) any employee or agent of the Trust (referred to herein as an “Indemnified
Person”) from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax (other than income, franchise or
other taxes imposed on amounts paid pursuant to Section 8.10(a) or (b)
hereof), penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred without
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of the Trust hereunder, including the advancement of
funds to cover 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 Trust shall have no payment, reimbursement or indemnity obligations to the Trustees under
this Section 8.10. The provisions of this Section 8.10 shall survive the
termination of this Trust Agreement and the earlier removal or resignation of any Trustee.



     No Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property whether before or after termination of the
Trust as a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.10.



     To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall any Trustee be liable for any
indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but
not limited to, lost profits, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss
or damage and regardless of the form of action.



     In no event shall any Trustee be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to,
acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot, embargo,
government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental action or the like
which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Trust
Agreement.



     SECTION 8.11. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.



     (a) No resignation or removal of any Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article VIII shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by
the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.12.



     (b) A Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor and, in
the case of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, to the Holders.



     (c) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed (with or without cause) at any time by Act of
the Holder of Common Securities. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed (with or without cause)
at such time by Act of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities, delivered to the removed Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the
Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be removed (with or without cause) only by Act of the Holder
of the Common Securities at any time.



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     (d) If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Trustee, or if a
vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any reason, at a time when no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities, by Act of the Holder of
the Common Securities, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees, and such successor
Trustee and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
8.12. 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 an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holders of the
Preferred Securities, by Act of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities, shall promptly appoint a successor Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee, and such
successor Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee and the retiring Property Trustee or Delaware
Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.12. If an
Administrative Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative
Trustee, at a time when an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder of
the Common Securities by Act of the Holder of Common Securities shall promptly appoint a successor
Administrative Trustee and such successor Administrative Trustee and the retiring Administrative
Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.12. If no successor
Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holder of the Common Securities or Holders of the
Preferred Securities, as the case may be, and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 8.12 within thirty (30) days after the giving of a notice of resignation by a
Trustee, the removal of a Trustee, or a Trustee becoming incapable of acting as such Trustee, any
Holder who has been a Holder of Preferred Securities for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, and any resigning Trustee may, in each case, at the
expense of the Depositor, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.



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



     (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event
any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes, in the
opinion of the Holder of Common Securities, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by
such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by (i) the unanimous act of the remaining
Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (ii) otherwise by the Holder of the
Common Securities (with the successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility
requirement for Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in
Sections 8.3 and 8.4).



     (g) Upon the appointment of a successor Delaware Trustee, such successor Delaware Trustee
shall file a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3810
of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.



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     SECTION 8.12. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.



     (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, each successor Trustee shall
execute and deliver to the Depositor and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on
request of the Trust or any successor Trustee such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its
charges, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all Trust Property, all
proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust
Securities and the Trust.



     (b) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Trust (or the retiring Trustee if
requested by the Depositor) shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to
in the preceding paragraph.



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



SECTION 8.13. 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 Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate trust business of such Trustee, shall be the successor of such
Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto, provided, that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible
under this Article VIII.



SECTION 8.14. Not Responsible for Recitals, Issuance of Securities or Representations.




     The recitals contained herein and in the Securities Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Trust and the Depositor, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the title to, or value or condition
of, the property of the Trust or any part thereof, nor as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Trust Agreement, the Notes or the Trust Securities. The Trustees shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Notes. It is expressly understood and
agreed by the parties hereto that insofar as any document, agreement or certificate is executed on
behalf of the Trust by any Trustee (i) such document, agreement or certificate is executed and
delivered by such Trustee, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee under this Trust
Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (ii) each of the
representations, undertakings and agreements made on the part of the Trust is made and intended not
as representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings and agreements by any Trustee in its
individual capacity but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust and (iii)
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payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach or failure of
any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Trust under this
Trust Agreement or any other document, agreement or certificate.




     SECTION 8.15. Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.



     (a) In case of any Bankruptcy Event (or event that with the passage of time would become a
Bankruptcy Event) relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon the Trust Securities or the
property of the Trust or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Property Trustee
(irrespective of whether any Distributions on the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable
and irrespective of whether the Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the Trust for the
payment of any past due Distributions) shall be entitled and empowered, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:




     (i) 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




     (ii) to collect and receive any monies 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 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 first 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.



     (b) 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.



     SECTION 8.16. Reports to the Property Trustee.



     (a) The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall deliver to the Property Trustee, not
later than forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of the
Depositor and not later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust ending
after the date of this Trust Agreement, an Officers’ Certificate covering the preceding fiscal
year, stating whether or not to the knowledge of the signers thereof the Depositor and the Trust
are in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of
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notice provided hereunder) and, if the Depositor or the Trust shall be in default, specifying
all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they have knowledge.




     (b) The Depositor shall furnish (i) to the Property Trustee; (ii) Cohen Bros. & Company, c/o
Cohen Bros. & Company, 450 Park, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10022 or such other address as
designated by Cohen Bros. & Company); and (iii) any Owner of the Preferred Securities reasonably
identified to the Depositor and the Trust (which identification may be made either by such Owner or
by Cohen Bros. & Company) a duly completed and executed certificate substantively and substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, including the financial statements referenced in
such Exhibit, which certificate and financial statements shall be so furnished by the Depositor not
later than forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of the Depositor and not later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year
of the Depositor.



     The Property Trustee shall obtain all reports, certificate and information, which it is
entitled to obtain under each of the Operative Documents.



ARTICLE IX.




Termination, Liquidation and Merger




     SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.



     Unless earlier dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on March 30, 2040 (the
“Expiration Date”), and the Trust Property shall be liquidated in accordance with Section
9.4.



     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 Trust shall be dissolved:




     (a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or
liquidation of, the Depositor, in its capacity as the Holder of the Common Securities,
unless the Depositor shall have transferred the Common Securities as provided by Section
5.11, in which case this provision shall refer instead to any such successor 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 Trust and, after satisfaction of any liabilities of
the Trust as required by applicable law, to distribute the Notes to Holders in exchange for
the Preferred Securities (which direction is optional and wholly within the discretion of
the Holder of the Common Securities); provided, that the Holder of the Common Securities
shall have received the prior approval of all necessary Applicable Insurance Regulatory
Authorities then required;




     (c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in connection with the payment at
maturity or redemption of all the Notes; and



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



     SECTION 9.3. Termination.



     The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust shall terminate
upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Holders
of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to
Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section
4.2; (b) the satisfaction of any expenses owed by the 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 Trust or the Holders.



     SECTION 9.4. Liquidation.



     (a) If an Early Termination Event specified in Section 9.2(a), (b) or
(d) occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Property
Trustee as expeditiously as the Property Trustee shall determine to be possible by distributing,
after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to each
Holder a Like Amount of Notes, subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be
given by the Property Trustee not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the
Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder’s address appearing in the
Securities Register. All such 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 (subject to Section 9.4(d)) any Securities
Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of
Notes; and




     (iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which Holders may
exchange Securities Certificates for Notes, or if Section 9.4(d) applies, receive a
Liquidation Distribution, as the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.



     (b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect the
liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Notes to Holders, the Property Trustee, either
itself acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall
establish a record date for such distribution (which shall not be more than forty five (45) days
prior to the Liquidation Date nor prior to the date on which notice of such liquidation is given to
the Holders) and establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution
of Notes in exchange for the Outstanding Securities Certificates.



     (c) Except where 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 Notes will be issued to Holders of Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such
Certificates to the exchange agent for exchange, (iii) the Depositor shall use its best efforts to
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quotation system or self-regulatory organization on which the Preferred Securities are then
listed, if any, (iv) Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Notes bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the
accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such 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 Securities Certificates with respect to such Notes) and (v) all rights
of Holders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive Notes
upon surrender of Securities Certificates.




     (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.4, if distribution of the
Notes in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be permitted or
practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be wound up by the Property
Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, Holders will be entitled
to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders, after satisfaction
of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date
of payment (such amount being the “Liquidation Distribution”). If, upon any such winding up the
Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets
available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next
succeeding sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a
pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of the Common Securities will be
entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such winding up pro rata (based upon
Liquidation Amounts) with Holders of all Trust Securities, except that, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities as provided in Section 4.3.



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



     The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, any Person except
pursuant to this Article IX. At the request of the Holders of the Common Securities,
without the consent of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, the 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:




     (a) such successor entity either (i) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the
Trust under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred Securities or (ii)
substitutes for the Preferred Securities other securities having substantially the same
terms as the Preferred Securities (such other Securities, the “Successor Securities”) so
long as the Successor Securities have the same priority as the Preferred Securities with
respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;




     (b) a trustee of such successor entity possessing substantially the same powers and
duties as the Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Notes;



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     (c) if the Preferred Securities or the Notes are rated, such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred
Securities or the Notes (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any
nationally recognized statistical rating organization that then assigns a rating to the
Preferred Securities or the Notes;




     (d) the Preferred Securities are listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed
upon notice of issuance, on any national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system
on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, if any;




     (e) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or
lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect;




     (f) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust;




     (g) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i)
such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does
not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect; (ii) following such
merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the
Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an “investment company”
under the Investment Company Act and (iii) following such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Trust (or the successor
entity) will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax
purposes; and




     (h) the Depositor or its permitted transferee owns all of the common securities of such
successor entity.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of all of
the Preferred Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person or
permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace, the Trust if
such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause
the Trust or the successor entity to be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or cause the Notes to be treated as
other than indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes.




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ARTICLE X.




Miscellaneous Provisions




     SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders.



     Except as set forth in Section 9.2, the death, bankruptcy, termination, dissolution or
incapacity of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not
operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust nor entitle
the legal representatives 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. Agreed Tax Treatment of Trust and Trust Securities.



     The parties hereto and, by its acceptance or acquisition of a Trust Security or a beneficial
interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, such Trust
Security intend and agree to treat the Trust as a grantor trust for United States federal, state
and local tax purposes, and to treat the Trust Securities (including all payments and proceeds with
respect to such Trust Securities) as undivided beneficial ownership interests in the Trust Property
(and payments and proceeds therefrom, respectively) for United States federal, state and local tax
purposes and to treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal, state
and local tax purposes. The provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be interpreted to further
this intention and agreement of the parties.



     SECTION 10.3. Amendment.



     (a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Property Trustee, the
Administrative Trustees and the Holder of all the Common Securities, without the consent of any
Holder of the Preferred Securities, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision
herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make or amend
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) to modify,
eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to
ensure that the Trust will neither be taxable as a corporation nor be classified as other than a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes at all times that any Trust Securities
are Outstanding or to ensure that the Notes are treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United
States federal income tax purposes, or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as
an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act or (iii) to add to the covenants,
restrictions or obligations of the Depositor; provided, that in the case of clauses (i), (ii) or
(iii), such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder.



     (b) Except as provided in Section 10.3(c), any provision of this Trust Agreement may
be amended by the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Holder of all of the Common
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Amount of the Preferred Securities and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in
accordance with such amendment will not cause the Trust to be taxable as a corporation or
classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or affect
the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax
purposes or affect the Trust’s exemption from status (or from any requirement to register) as an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act.




     (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each
Holder, this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the accrual rate, amount, currency or
timing of any Distribution on or the redemption price of the Trust Securities or otherwise
adversely affect the amount of any Distribution or other payment required to be made in respect of
the Trust Securities as of a specified date, (ii) restrict or impair the right of a Holder to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date, (iii) reduce the
percentage of aggregate Liquidation Amount of Outstanding Preferred Securities, the consent of
whose Holders is required for any such amendment, or the consent of whose Holders is required for
any waiver of compliance with any provision of this Trust Agreement or of defaults hereunder and
their consequences provided for in this Trust Agreement; (iv) impair or adversely affect the rights
and interests of the Holders in the Trust Property, or permit the creation of any Lien on any
portion of the Trust Property; or (v) modify the definition of “Outstanding,” this Section
10.3(c), Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.10(e) or Article IX.



     (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, no Trustee shall enter into
or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement that would cause the Trust to be taxable as a
corporation or to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes or that would cause the Notes to fail or cease to be treated as indebtedness of the
Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes or that would cause the Trust to fail or
cease to qualify for the exemption from status (or from any requirement to register) as an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act.



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



     (f) No Trustee shall be required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement that
affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Trustees 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 and all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such action have been met.



     (g) No amendment or modification to this Trust Agreement that adversely affects in any
material respect the rights, duties, liabilities, indemnities or immunities of the Delaware Trustee
hereunder shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Delaware Trustee.



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     SECTION 10.4. Separability.



     If any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the 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, and there shall be deemed substituted for the
provision at issue a valid, legal and enforceable provision as similar as possible to the provision
at issue.



     SECTION 10.5. Governing Law.



     THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE HOLDERS, THE TRUST, THE
DEPOSITOR AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS.



     SECTION 10.6. Successors.



     This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to
the Depositor, the Trust and any Trustee, including any successor by operation of law. Except in
connection with a transaction involving the Depositor that is permitted under Article VIII
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.



     (a) Any report, notice, demand or other communication that 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 delivered in person, or by reputable, overnight courier, by telecopy
or by deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, addressed, (a) in
the case of a Holder of Preferred 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 all the Common Securities
or the Depositor, to PMC Commercial Trust, 17950 Preston Road, Suite 600, Dallas, Texas 75252,
Attention: General Counsel, or to such other address as may be specified in a written notice by the
Holder of all the Common Securities or the Depositor, as the case may be, to the Property Trustee.
Such report, notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Holder or the Depositor shall be
deemed to have been given when received in person, within one (1) Business Day following delivery
by overnight courier, when telecopied with receipt confirmed, or within three (3) Business Days
following delivery by mail, 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.



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     (b) Any notice, demand or other communication that by any provision of this Trust Agreement is
required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee,
the Administrative Trustees or the Trust shall be given in writing by deposit thereof, first-class
postage prepaid, in the U.S. mail, personal delivery or facsimile transmission, addressed to such
Person as follows: (i) with respect to the Property Trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, 600 Travis, 50th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Institutional
Trust Services—PMC Preferred Capital Trust-A, facsimile no. (713) 216-2101, (ii) with respect to
the Delaware Trustee, to Chase Bank USA, National Association, c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, Building 4 (3rd Floor), Newark, Delaware
19713, Attention: Institutional Trust Services— PMC Preferred Capital Trust-A, facsimile no. (302)
552-6280; (iii) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for
notices to the Depositor, marked “Attention: Administrative Trustees of PMC Preferred Capital
Trust-A”, and (iv) with respect to the Trust, to its principal executive office specified in
Section 2.2, with a copy to the Property Trustee. Such notice, demand or other
communication to or upon the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the
Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees.



     SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition.



     Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the Holders that, until at
least one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article
IX, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any
Bankruptcy Law or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding against the Trust under any
Bankruptcy Law. If 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 applicable bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of
such petition by the Depositor against the 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 estopped and
precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Property Trustee or the
Trust may assert.



     SECTION 10.10. 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 parties hereto have executed this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
as of the day and year first above written.


	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PMC Commercial Trust


as Depositor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Jan F. Salit
 	 
	 
	 	 	Name:  	Jan F. Salit 	 
	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President 	 
	 




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National	 	Chase Bank USA, National Association, as
	Association, as Property Trustee	 	Delaware Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Maria D. Calzado
	 	By:
	 	/s/ Sarika M. Sheth
	

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	

	 	Name: Maria D. Calzado
	 	 	 	Name: Sarika M. Sheth
	 
	

	 	Title: Vice President
	 	 	 	Title: Trust Officer






	 	 	 
	/s/ Jan F. Salit

	 	/s/ Barry N. Berlin
	 

	 	 
	 
	Administrative Trustee

	 	Administrative Trustee
	 
	Name: Jan F. Salit

	 	Name: Barry N. Berlin
	 
	 	 
	/s/ Cheryl T. Murray
	 	 
	


	 	 
	Administrative Trustee
	 	 
	 
	Name: Cheryl T. Murray