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Exhibit 4.26




      




AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION

OF TRUST




by and among



WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Delaware Trustee,



WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Institutional Trustee,



EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP,

as Sponsor,



and



ROBERT M. CLEMENTS, W. BLAKE WILSON and

THOMAS A. HAJDA,

as Administrators,



Dated as of June 21, 2007



      



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TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.1. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.1. Name
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.2. Office
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.3. Purpose
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.4. Authority
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.5. Title to Property of the Trust
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.6. Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the Administrators
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.7. Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Institutional Trustee
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.8. Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.9. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees and Administrators
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.10. Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee
	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.11. Delaware Trustee
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.12. Execution of Documents
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.13. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.14. Duration of Trust
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.15. Mergers
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III SPONSOR
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.1. Sponsor’s Purchase of Common Securities
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.2. Responsibilities of the Sponsor
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.3. Expenses
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.4. Right to Proceed
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND ADMINISTRATORS
	 	 	20	 
	Section 4.1. Number of Trustees
	 	 	20	 
	Section 4.2. Delaware Trustee; Eligibility
	 	 	20	 
	Section 4.3. Institutional Trustee; Eligibility
	 	 	20	 
	Section 4.4. Administrators
	 	 	21	 
	Section 4.5. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees and Administrators
	 	 	21	 
	Section 4.6. Vacancies Among Trustees
	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.7. Effect of Vacancies
	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.8. Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators
	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.9. Delegation of Power
	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.10. Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS
	 	 	24	 
	Section 5.1. Distributions
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
	 	 	24	 
	Section 6.1. General Provisions Regarding Securities
	 	 	24	 
	Section 6.2. Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar
	 	 	25	 
	Section 6.3. Form and Dating
	 	 	25	 
	Section 6.4. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates
	 	 	25	 
	Section 6.5. Temporary Securities
	 	 	26	 






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	Section 6.6. Cancellation
	 	 	26	 
	Section 6.7. Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST
	 	 	28	 
	Section 7.1. Dissolution and Termination of Trust
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
	 	 	28	 
	Section 8.1. General
	 	 	28	 
	Section 8.2. Transfer Procedures and Restrictions
	 	 	29	 
	Section 8.3. Deemed Security Holders
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES,
INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE OR OTHERS
	 	 	31	 
	Section 9.1. Liability
	 	 	31	 
	Section 9.2. Exculpation
	 	 	32	 
	Section 9.3. Fiduciary Duty
	 	 	32	 
	Section 9.4. Indemnification
	 	 	33	 
	Section 9.5. Outside Businesses
	 	 	35	 
	Section 9.6. Compensation; Fee
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X ACCOUNTING
	 	 	35	 
	Section 10.1. Fiscal Year
	 	 	35	 
	Section 10.2. Certain Accounting Matters
	 	 	36	 
	Section 10.3. Banking
	 	 	36	 
	Section 10.4. Withholding
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
	 	 	37	 
	Section 11.1. Amendments
	 	 	37	 
	Section 11.2. Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND THE
DELAWARE TRUSTEE
	 	 	39	 
	Section 12.1. Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee
	 	 	39	 
	Section 12.2. Representations of the Delaware Trustee
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	40	 
	Section 13.1. Notices
	 	 	40	 
	Section 13.2. Governing Law
	 	 	41	 
	Section 13.3. Intention of the Parties
	 	 	42	 
	Section 13.4. Headings
	 	 	42	 
	Section 13.5. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	42	 
	Section 13.6. Partial Enforceability
	 	 	42	 
	Section 13.7. Counterparts
	 	 	42	 






	 	 	 

	Annex I

	 	Terms of Securities
	Exhibit A-1

	 	Form of Capital Security Certificate
	Exhibit A-2

	 	Form of Common Security Certificate
	Exhibit B

	 	Specimen of Initial Debenture
	Exhibit C

	 	Placement Agreement






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AMENDED AND RESTATED




DECLARATION OF TRUST



OF



EVERBANK FINANCIAL PREFERRED TRUST IX



June 21, 2007



     AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST (“Declaration”) dated and effective as of June 21,
2007, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the Administrators (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as
defined herein) and by the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the
Trust (as defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this Declaration;



     WHEREAS, the Trustees, the Administrators and the Sponsor established EverBank Financial
Preferred Trust IX (the “Trust”), a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act (as
defined herein) pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated as of June 14, 2007 (the “Original
Declaration”), and a Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on June 14, 2007, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and investing the proceeds
thereof in certain debentures of the Debenture Issuer (as defined herein);



     WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the Trust have been issued; and



     WHEREAS, the Trustees, the Administrators and the Sponsor, by this Declaration, amend and
restate each and every term and provision of the Original Declaration;



     NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to continue the Trust as a
statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that this Declaration constitutes the governing
instrument of such statutory trust, the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust
will be held in trust for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued hereunder, subject to
the provisions of this Declaration. The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:



ARTICLE I




INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS



     Section 1.1. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires:



     (a) Capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined in the preamble above have the
respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;



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



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



     (d) all references in this Declaration to Articles and Sections and Annexes and Exhibits are
to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits to this Declaration unless otherwise
specified; and



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     (e) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa. “Acceleration
Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.



     “Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.



     “Administrative Action” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Administrators” means each of Robert M. Clements, W. Blake Wilson and Thomas A.
Hajda, solely in such Person’s capacity as Administrator of the Trust created and continued
hereunder and not in such Person’s individual capacity, or such Administrator’s successor in
interest in such capacity, or any successor appointed as herein provided.



     “Affiliate” has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act or any successor rule thereunder.



     “Authorized Officer” of a Person means any Person that is authorized to bind such
Person.



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



     (a) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in
respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order shall
remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or



     (b) such Person shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in
an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession
by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official)
of such Person of any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.



     “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
banking institutions in New York City or Wilmington, Delaware are permitted or required by any
applicable law or executive order to close.



     “Capital Securities” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1(a) of Annex I.



     “Capital Security Certificate” means a definitive Certificate in fully registered form
representing a Capital Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.



     “Capital Treatment Event” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Certificate” means any certificate evidencing Securities.



     “Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Placement Agreement.



     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any
successor legislation.



     “Common Securities” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1(b) of Annex I.



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     “Common Security Certificate” means a definitive Certificate in fully registered form
representing a Common Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.



     “Company Indemnified Person” means (a) any Administrator; (b) any Affiliate of any
Administrator; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees,
representatives or agents of any Administrator; or (d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust
or its Affiliates.



     “Comparable Treasury Issue” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Comparable Treasury Price” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Institutional Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Declaration is located at Rodney Square
North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, Attn: Corporate Trust
Administration.



     “Coupon Rate” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I.



     “Covered Person” means: (a) any Administrator, officer, director, shareholder,
partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust or (ii) any of the Trust’s
Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.



     “Creditor” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.



     “Debenture Issuer” means EverBank Financial Corp, a Florida corporation, in its
capacity as issuer of the Debentures under the Indenture.



     “Debenture Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee under the Indenture
until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee.



     “Debentures” means the Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures due 2037 to be issued by the Debenture Issuer under the Indenture.



     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.



     “Delaware Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.



     “Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Direct Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(d).



     “Distribution” means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities in accordance
with Section 5.1.



     “Distribution Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(b) of Annex I.



     “Distribution Period” means (i) with respect to the Distribution paid on the first
Distribution Payment Date, the period beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance
and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment Date in September 2007 and (ii) thereafter,
with respect to a Distribution paid on each successive Distribution Payment Date, the period
beginning on (and including) the preceding Distribution Payment Date and ending on (but excluding)
such current Distribution Payment Date.



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     “Distribution Rate” means, for the Distribution Period beginning on (and including)
the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment Date in June
2012, the rate per annum of 7.38%, and for each Distribution Period beginning on or after the
Distribution Payment Date in June 2012, the Coupon Rate for such Distribution Period.



     “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 an Indenture Event of Default; or



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



     (c) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or
warranty of the Institutional Trustee in this Declaration (other than those specified in clause (a)
or (b) above) and continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail to the Institutional Trustee and to the Sponsor by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities, a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or



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



     “Extension Period” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(b) of Annex I.



     “Federal Reserve” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of Annex I.



     “Fiduciary Indemnified Person” shall mean each of the Institutional Trustee (including
in its individual capacity), the Delaware Trustee (including in its individual capacity), any
Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee and any officers, directors,
shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the
Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee.



     “Fiscal Year” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.



     “Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I.



     “Guarantee” means the guarantee agreement to be dated as of the Closing Date, of the
Sponsor in respect of the Capital Securities.



     “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a Security is
registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Statutory Trust Act.



     “Indemnified Person” means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary Indemnified
Person.



     “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Closing Date, between the Debenture
Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the
Debentures are to be issued, as such Indenture and any supplemental indenture may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.



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     “Indenture Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” as defined in the Indenture.



     “Institutional Trustee” means the Trustee meeting the eligibility requirements set
forth in Section 4.3.



     “Interest” means any interest due on the Debentures including any Additional Interest
and Defaulted Interest.



     “Investment Company” means an investment company as defined in the Investment Company
Act.



     “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from
time to time, or any successor legislation.



     “Investment Company Event” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Liquidation” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of Annex I.



     “Liquidation Distribution” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of Annex I.



     “Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities” means Holder(s) of outstanding
Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding
Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who
are the record owners of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated
amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding
Securities of the relevant class.



     “Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Officers’ Certificates” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by
two Authorized Officers of such Person. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant providing for it in this Declaration shall include:



     (a) a statement that each officer signing the Certificate has read the covenant or condition
and the definitions relating thereto;



     (b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken
by each officer in rendering the Certificate;



     (c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such
officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and



     (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such condition or covenant
has been complied with.



     “OTS” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of Annex I.



     “Paying Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.2.



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



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     “Placement Agreement” means the Placement Agreement relating to the offering and sale
of Capital Securities in the form of Exhibit C.



     “Primary Treasury Dealer” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Property Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).



     “Pro Rata” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 8 of Annex I.



     “Quorum” means a majority of the Administrators or, if there are only two
Administrators, both of them.



     “Quotation Agent” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Redemption/Distribution Notice” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(e) of Annex
I.



     “Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I.



     “Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.



     “Relevant Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).



     “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Institutional Trustee, any officer
within the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee, including any vice-president, any
assistant vice-president, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any
trust officer or other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.



     “Restricted Securities Legend” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(b). “Rule
3a-5” means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act. “Rule 3a-7” means Rule
3a-7 under the Investment Company Act. “Securities” means the Common
Securities and the Capital Securities.



     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or
any successor legislation.



     “Special Event” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Special Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Special Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



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     “Sponsor” means EverBank Financial Corp, a Florida corporation, or any successor
entity in a merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust.



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



     “Successor Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(b).



     “Successor Delaware Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(e).
“Successor Institutional Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).



     “Successor
Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(b).



     “Super Majority” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(b) of Annex I.



     “Tax Event” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “10% in liquidation amount of the Securities” means Holder(s) of outstanding
Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding
Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who
are the record owners of 10% or more of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated
amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding
Securities of the relevant class.



     “3-Month LIBOR” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Transfer Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.



     “Treasury Rate” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.



     “Treasury Regulations” means the income tax regulations, including temporary and
proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United States Treasury, as such regulations
may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).



     “Trust Property” means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to,
the Property 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 Institutional Trustee
pursuant to the trusts of this Declaration.



     “Trustee” or “Trustees” means each Person who has signed this Declaration as a
trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in accordance with the terms hereof, and
all other Persons who may from time to time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in
accordance with the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall
refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.



     “U.S. Person” means a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code.



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ARTICLE II




ORGANIZATION



     Section 2.1. Name. The Trust is named “EverBank Financial Preferred Trust IX,” as such
name may be modified from time to time by the Administrators following written notice to the
Holders of the Securities. The Trust’s activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or
any other name deemed advisable by the Administrators.



     Section 2.2. Office. The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o
Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
19890-1600. On at least 10 Business Days written notice to the Holders of the Securities, the
Administrators may designate another principal office, which shall be in a state of the United
States or in the District of Columbia.



     Section 2.3. Purpose. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to
issue and sell the Securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust, (b) to invest the gross proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures, (c) to facilitate
direct investment in the assets of the Trust through issuance of the Common Securities and the
Capital Securities and (d) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those other
activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or
reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its assets, or otherwise undertake (or
permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for United
States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust.



     Section 2.4. Authority. Except as specifically provided in this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the
Trust. An action taken by a Trustee in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of and
serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person
shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing
with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set
forth in this Declaration. The Administrators shall have only those ministerial duties set forth
herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust and are not intended to be trustees
or fiduciaries with respect to the Trust or the Holders. The Institutional Trustee shall have the
right, but shall not be obligated except as provided in Section 2.6, to perform those duties
assigned to the Administrators.



     Section 2.5. Title to Property of the Trust. Except as provided in Section 2.8 with
respect to the Debentures and the Property Account or as otherwise provided in this Declaration,
legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not have
legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest
in the assets of the Trust.



     Section 2.6. Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the Administrators.



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




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



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     (A) the issuance and sale of the Securities;




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




     (C) ensuring compliance with the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky
laws;




     (D) the sending of notices (other than notices of default), and other information
regarding the Securities and the Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this
Declaration;




     (E) the consent to the appointment of a Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar in
accordance with this Declaration, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed;




     (F) execution and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Declaration;




     (G) execution and delivery of closing certificates pursuant to the Placement Agreement
and the application for a taxpayer identification number;




     (H) unless otherwise determined by the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of
the Securities or as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act, to execute on behalf of
the Trust (either acting alone or together with any or all of the Administrators) any
documents that the Administrators have the power to execute pursuant to this Declaration;




     (I) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Institutional Trustee
may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this
Declaration for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such
action on any particular Holder);




     (J) to establish a record date with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that
require a record date be established, including Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and
exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the Holders of Capital Securities and Holders of
Common Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates; and




     (K) to duly prepare and file all applicable tax returns and tax information reports that
are required to be filed with respect to the Trust on behalf of the Trust.




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




     (A) the establishment of the Property Account;




     (B) the receipt of the Debentures;




     (C) the collection of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the
Debentures in the Property Account;



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




     (E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the
Debentures;




     (F) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the
Securities and the Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this Declaration;




     (G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this
Declaration;




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




     (I) after any Event of Default (provided that such Event of Default is not by or
with respect to the Institutional Trustee) the taking of any action incidental to the
foregoing as the Institutional Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or
advisable to give effect to the terms of this Declaration and protect and conserve the
Trust Property for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of
any such action on any particular Holder); and




     (J) to take all action that may be necessary for the preservation and the
continuation of the Trust’s valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a
statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware.




     (iii) The Institutional Trustee shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of
the Trust with respect to any of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the
Administrators set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i)(D), (E) and (F) herein but shall not have a
duty to do any such act unless specifically requested to do so in writing by the Sponsor, and
shall then be fully protected in acting pursuant to such written request; and in the event of
a conflict between the action of the Administrators and the action of the Institutional
Trustee, the action of the Institutional Trustee shall prevail.



     (b) So long as this Declaration remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees or
Administrators acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or
transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the
Trustees nor the Administrators may cause the Trust to (i) acquire any investments or engage in any
activities not authorized by this Declaration, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage,
pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including
to Holders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would reasonably be
expected (x) to cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a “grantor trust” for United States
federal income tax purposes or (y) to require the trust to register as an Investment Company under
the Investment Company Act, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt
or (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a lien on any of the
Trust Property. The Institutional Trustee shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Trust, defend
all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any lien on any of the Trust Property
adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Holders in their capacity as Holders.



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





     (i) the taking of any action necessary to obtain an exemption from the Securities Act;




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




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




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



     (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrators and the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized and directed to conduct the
affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not (i) be deemed to be an
Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, and (ii) fail to be
classified as a “grantor trust” for United States federal income tax purposes. The Administrators
and the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities shall not take any
action inconsistent with the treatment of the Debentures as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer
for United States federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the Administrators and the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized to take any
action, not inconsistent with applicable laws, the Certificate of Trust or this Declaration, as
amended from time to time, that each of the Administrators and the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities determines in their discretion to be necessary or
desirable for such purposes.



     (e) All expenses incurred by the Administrators or the Trustees pursuant to this Section 2.6
shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor, and the Trustees and the Administrators shall have no
obligations with respect to such expenses.



     (f) The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.



     (g) Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Institutional
Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by the Institutional Trustee
and the Administrators for the benefit of the Trust in accordance with this Declaration.



     (h) If the Institutional Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Declaration and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Institutional Trustee or to such Holder, then
and in every such case the Sponsor, the Institutional Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Institutional Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.



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     Section 2.7. Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Institutional Trustee.



     (a) The Trust shall not, and the Institutional Trustee shall cause the Trust not to, engage in
any activity other than as required or authorized by this Declaration. In particular, the Trust
shall not and the Institutional Trustee shall cause the Trust not to:




     (i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the Debentures, but shall
distribute all such proceeds to Holders of the Securities pursuant to the terms of this
Declaration and of the Securities;




     (ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided herein;




     (iii) possess Trust Property for other than a Trust purpose;




     (iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than loans represented by the Debentures;




     (v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the Trust assets or the
terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever other than as expressly provided herein;




     (vi) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial
interest in, the Trust other than the Securities;




     (vii) carry on any “trade or business” as that phrase is used in the Code; or




     (viii) other than as provided in this Declaration (including Annex I), (A) direct the
time, method and place of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee
with respect to the Debentures, (B) waive any past default that is waivable under the
Indenture, (C) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of
all the Debentures shall be due and payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be required unless
the Trust shall have received a written opinion of counsel to the effect that such
modification will not cause the Trust to cease to be classified as a “grantor trust” for
United States federal income tax purposes.



     Section 2.8. Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee.



     (a) The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by and held of record in the name of the
Institutional Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Trust and the Holders of the Securities. The
right, title and interest of the Institutional Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically
in each Person who may hereafter be appointed as Institutional Trustee in accordance with Section
4.5. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents
with regard to the Debentures have been executed and delivered.



     (b) The Institutional Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and interest in the
Debentures to the Administrators or to the Delaware Trustee.



     (c) The Institutional Trustee shall:




     (i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing trust account (the
“Property Account”) in the name of and under the exclusive control of the
Institutional Trustee, and maintained in the Institutional Trustee’s trust department, on
behalf of the Holders of the Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in
respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee, deposit such funds into the
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cause the Paying Agent to make payments, to the Holders of the Capital Securities and Holders
of the Common Securities from the Property Account in accordance with Section 5.1. Funds in
the Property Account shall be held uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this
Declaration;




     (ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to
effect the redemption of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities to the extent the
Debentures are redeemed or mature; and




     (iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by the Administrators in accordance
with the terms of the Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary
or appropriate to effect the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities upon the
occurrence of certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of the Securities.



     (d) The Institutional Trustee may bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort
to legal action with respect to, or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against, the Trust
which arises out of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the
Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or arises out of the Institutional Trustee’s duties and
obligations under this Declaration; provided, however, that if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture
Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest or principal is
otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of the
Capital Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of
the principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a “Direct Action”) on or after
the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Direct Action, the
rights of the Holders of the Common Securities will be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of
the Capital Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of
the Capital Securities in such Direct Action; provided, however, that no Holder of
the Common Securities may exercise such right of subrogation so long as an Event of Default with
respect to the Capital Securities has occurred and is continuing.



     (e) The Institutional Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee until either:




     (i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds of the liquidation
distributed to the Holders of the Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities and this
Declaration; or




     (ii) a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed and has accepted that
appointment in accordance with Section 4.5.



     (f) The Institutional Trustee shall have the legal power to exercise all of the rights, powers
and privileges of a Holder of the Debentures under the Indenture and, if an Event of Default occurs
and is continuing, the Institutional Trustee may, for the benefit of Holders of the Securities,
enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to
this Declaration (including Annex I) and the terms of the Securities.



     The Institutional Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 2.8 in a manner
that is consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 2.3, and the
Institutional Trustee shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 2.3.



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     Section 2.9. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees and Administrators.



     (a) The Institutional Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Declaration and no implied covenants shall
be read into this Declaration against the Institutional Trustee. In case an Event of Default has
occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 6.7), the Institutional Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.



     (b) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Administrators shall be as
provided by this Declaration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Declaration
shall require any Trustee or Administrator to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any
of their rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such
funds or adequate protection against such risk of liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Declaration relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees or Administrators
shall be subject to the provisions of this Article. Nothing in this Declaration shall be construed
to relieve an Administrator or a Trustee from liability for its own negligent act, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a
Trustee or an Administrator has duties and liabilities relating to the Trust or to the Holders,
such Trustee or such Administrator shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Holder for such
Trustee’s or such Administrator’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The
provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the
Administrators or the Trustee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Sponsor and
the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Administrators or the Trustees.



     (c) All payments made by the Institutional Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the
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
Institutional Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each
Holder, by its acceptance of a 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 and the Administrators are not personally liable to it for any
amount distributable in respect of any Security or for any other liability in respect of any
Security. This Section 2.9(c) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth
elsewhere in this Declaration.



     (d) The Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for its own acts or omissions hereunder
except as a result of its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own
willful misconduct, except that:




     (i) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by an Authorized Officer of the Institutional Trustee, unless it shall be proved that
the Institutional Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;




     (ii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of
not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities or the Common
Securities, as applicable, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or
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     (iii) the Institutional Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and
physical preservation of the Debentures and the Property Account shall be to deal with such
property in a similar manner as the Institutional Trustee deals with similar property for its
fiduciary accounts generally, subject to the protections and limitations on liability
afforded to the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration;




     (iv) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money
received by it except as it may otherwise agree in writing with the Sponsor; and money held
by the Institutional Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in
relation to the Property Account maintained by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to Section
2.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and




     (v) the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by
the Administrators or the Sponsor with their respective duties under this Declaration, nor
shall the Institutional Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the Administrators
or the Sponsor.



     Section 2.10. Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.9:



     (a) the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely and shall fully be protected in acting or
refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, opinion of counsel, certificate, written
representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, 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, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;



     (b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee is
required to decide between alternative courses of action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions
of this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any
other provisions contained herein, or (iii) the Institutional Trustee is unsure of the application
of any provision of this Declaration, then, except as to any matter as to which the Holders of
Capital Securities are entitled to vote under the terms of this Declaration, the Institutional
Trustee may deliver a notice to the Sponsor requesting the Sponsor’s written instructions as to the
course of action to be taken and the Institutional Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, as the Institutional Trustee shall be instructed in writing, in which event the
Institutional Trustee shall have no liability except for its own negligence or willful misconduct;



     (c) any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Administrators contemplated by this Declaration
shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;



     (d) whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall deem
it desirable that a matter be proved or established before undertaking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Institutional Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may request and conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate as to factual matters
which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or the
Administrators;



     (e) the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or
registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any filing
under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;



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     (f) the Institutional Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection (which counsel may be
counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice; the
Institutional Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the
administration of this Declaration from any court of competent jurisdiction;



     (g) the Institutional Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it by this Declaration at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant
to this Declaration, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Institutional Trustee security
or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might
be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; provided, that nothing
contained in this Section 2.10(g) shall be taken to relieve the Institutional Trustee, subject to
Section 2.9(b), upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured or waived
pursuant to Section 6.7), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs;



     (h) the Institutional Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, 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
Institutional Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as
it may see fit;



     (i) the Institutional Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents or attorneys and the Institutional
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of or for the
supervision of, any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;



     (j) whenever in the administration of this Declaration the Institutional Trustee shall deem it
desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other
action hereunder the Institutional Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the
Capital Securities which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities as would be entitled to direct the Institutional
Trustee under the terms of the Capital Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii)
may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions
are received, and (iii) shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with such instructions;



     (k) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee
shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of
this Declaration;



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



     (m) the Institutional Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such event or
the Institutional Trustee receives written notice of such event from any Holder, the Sponsor or the
Debenture Trustee;



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     (n) any action taken by the Institutional Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Trust
and the Holders of the Securities, and the signature of the Institutional Trustee or its agents
alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action and no third party shall be
required to inquire as to the authority of the Institutional Trustee to so act or as to its
compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Declaration, both of which shall be
conclusively evidenced by the Institutional Trustee’s or its agent’s taking such action; and



     (o) no provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the
Institutional Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation
conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the
Institutional Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No
permissive power or authority available to the Institutional Trustee shall be construed to be a
duty.



     Section 2.11. Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Declaration other than Section 4.1, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any
powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of any of the
Trustees or the Administrators described in this Declaration (except as may be required under the
Statutory Trust Act). Except as set forth in Section 4.1, the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee
for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of § 3807 of the Statutory Trust
Act.



     Section 2.12. Execution of Documents. Unless otherwise determined in writing by the
Institutional Trustee, and except as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act, the
Institutional Trustee, or any one or more of the Administrators, as the case may be, is authorized
to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents that the Trustees or the Administrators, as the
case may be, have the power and authority to execute pursuant to Section 2.6.



     Section 2.13. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals
contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor,
and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no
representations as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof. The
Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Declaration, the
Debentures or the Securities.



     Section 2.14. Duration of Trust. The Trust, unless earlier dissolved pursuant to the
provisions of Article VII hereof, shall be in existence for 35 years from the Closing Date.



     Section 2.15. Mergers.



     (a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation
or other body, except as described in Section 2.15(b) and (c) and except in connection with the
liquidation of the Trust and the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities pursuant
to Section 7.1(a)(iv) of the Declaration or Section 4 of Annex I.



     (b) The Trust may, with the consent of the Institutional Trustee and without the consent of
the Holders of the Capital Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced
by a trust organized as such under the laws of any state; provided that:




     (i) if the Trust is not the surviving entity, such successor entity (the “Successor
Entity”) either:




     (A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under the Securities;
or



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     (B) substitutes for the Securities other securities having substantially the same
terms as the Securities (the “Successor Securities”) so that the Successor
Securities rank the same as the Securities rank with respect to Distributions and
payments upon Liquidation, redemption and otherwise;




     (ii) the Sponsor expressly appoints a trustee of the Successor Entity that possesses
substantially the same powers and duties as the Institutional Trustee as the Holder of the
Debentures;




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




     (iv) the Institutional Trustee receives written confirmation from Moody’s Investor
Services, Inc. and any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization that rates
securities issued by the initial purchaser of the Capital Securities that it will not reduce
or withdraw the rating of any such securities because of such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation or replacement;




     (v) such Successor Entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust;




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




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




     (B) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, neither the
Trust nor the Successor Entity will be required to register as an Investment Company;
and




     (C) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust
(or the Successor Entity) will continue to be classified as a “grantor trust” for
United States federal income tax purposes;




     (vii) the Sponsor guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity under the
Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee;




     (viii) the Sponsor owns 100% of the common securities of any Successor Entity; and




     (ix) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Institutional
Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate of the Administrators and an opinion of
counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent under this Section 2.15(b) to such
transaction have been satisfied.



     (c) Notwithstanding Section 2.15(b), the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders
of 100% in aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or
into, or be replaced by any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate,
merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or replacement would
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Successor Entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income
tax purposes.




ARTICLE III




SPONSOR



     Section 3.1. Sponsor’s Purchase of Common Securities. On the Closing Date, the Sponsor
will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust in an amount at least equal to 3% of
the capital of the Trust, at the same time as the Capital Securities are sold.



     Section 3.2. Responsibilities of the Sponsor. In connection with the issue and sale of
the Capital Securities, the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in,
or direct the Administrators to engage in, the following activities:



     (a) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify the Trust or to
qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital Securities and to do any and all such acts,
other than actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must take,
and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the
Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such
States, to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Capital Securities or to enable the
Trust to effect the purposes for which it was created; and



     (b) to negotiate the terms of and/or execute on behalf of the Trust, the Placement Agreement
and other related agreements providing for the sale of the Capital Securities.



     Section 3.3. Expenses. In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the
Debentures to the Trust and in connection with the sale of the Securities by the Trust, the
Sponsor, in its capacity as Debenture Issuer, shall:



     (a) pay all reasonable costs and expenses owing to the Debenture Trustee pursuant to Section
6.6 of the Indenture;



     (b) be responsible for and shall pay all debts and obligations (other than with respect to the
Securities) and all costs and expenses of the Trust, the offering, sale and issuance of the
Securities (including fees to the placement agents in connection therewith), the costs and expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) of the Institutional Trustee and the
Administrators, the costs and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust, including, without
limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services,
expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, Paying Agents,
Registrars, Transfer Agents, duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications
expenses and costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing, and
disposition of Trust assets and the enforcement by the Institutional Trustee of the rights of the
Holders; and



     (c) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes attributable to the
Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such taxes of the
Trust.



     The Sponsor’s obligations under this Section 3.3 shall be for the benefit of, and shall be
enforceable by, any Person to whom such debts, obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a
“Creditor”) whether or not such Creditor has received notice hereof. Any such Creditor may
enforce the Sponsor’s obligations under this Section 3.3 directly against the Sponsor and the
Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such Creditor take any action
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Person before proceeding against the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees to execute such additional
agreements as may be necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the provisions of this
Section 3.3.




     Section 3.4. Right to Proceed. The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of Holders to
institute a Direct Action as set forth in Section 2.8(d) hereto.



ARTICLE IV




INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND ADMINISTRATORS



     Section 4.1. Number of Trustees. The number of Trustees shall initially be two, and;



     (a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor may, by written instrument,
increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and



     (b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may be increased or decreased
by vote of the Holder of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a
class at a meeting of the Holder of the Common Securities; provided, however, that
there shall be a Delaware Trustee if required by Section 4.2; and there shall always be one Trustee
who shall be the Institutional Trustee, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee if it
meets the applicable requirements, in which case Section 2.11 shall have no application to such
entity in its capacity as Institutional Trustee.



     Section 4.2. Delaware Trustee; Eligibility.



     (a) If required by the Statutory Trust Act, one Trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”) shall be:




     (i) a natural person at least 21 years of age who is a resident of the State of
Delaware; or




     (ii) if not a natural person, an entity which is organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, has its principal place of business
in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law, including §
3807 of the Statutory Trust Act.



     (b) The initial Delaware Trustee shall be Wilmington Trust Company.



     Section 4.3. Institutional Trustee; Eligibility.



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




     (i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;




     (ii) not offer or provide credit or credit enhancement to the Trust; and




     (iii) be a banking corporation or trust company organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000.00), and subject to supervision or
examination by Federal, state, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this
Section 4.3(a)(iii), the



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combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.



     (b) If at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under
Section 4.3(a), the Institutional Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the
effect set forth in Section 4.5.



     (c) If the Institutional Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the
meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Institutional Trustee
shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and
subject to this Declaration.



     (d) The initial Institutional Trustee shall be Wilmington Trust Company.



     Section 4.4. Administrators. Each Administrator shall be a U.S. Person, 21 years of
age or older and authorized to bind the Sponsor. The initial Administrators shall be Robert M.
Clements, W. Blake Wilson and Thomas A. Hajda. There shall at all times be at least one
Administrator. Except where a requirement for action by a specific number of Administrators is
expressly set forth in this Declaration and except with respect to any action the taking of which
is the subject of a meeting of the Administrators, any action required or permitted to be taken by
the Administrators may be taken by, and any power of the Administrators may be exercised by, or
with the consent of, any one such Administrator.



     Section 4.5. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees and Administrators.



     (a) No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the “Relevant Trustee”) and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements
of this Section 4.5.



     (b) Subject to Section 4.5(a), a Relevant Trustee may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Holders of the Securities and by appointing a successor Relevant Trustee.
Upon the resignation of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall appoint a
successor by requesting from at least three Persons meeting the eligibility requirements their
expenses and charges to serve as the successor Institutional Trustee on a form provided by the
Administrators, and selecting the Person who agrees to the lowest expense and charges (the
“Successor Institutional Trustee”). If the instrument of acceptance by the successor
Relevant Trustee required by this Section 4.5 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee
within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation or delivery of the instrument of
removal, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Trust, any federal, state or
District of Columbia court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant
Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper,
appoint a Relevant Trustee. The Institutional Trustee shall have no liability for the selection of
such successor pursuant to this Section 4.5.



     (c) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Trustee may be
removed at any time by an act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities. If any Trustee shall be so removed, the Holders of the Common Securities, by act of
the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities delivered to the Relevant
Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee, and such successor Trustee shall
comply with the applicable requirements of this Section 4.5. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may
be removed by the act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities,
delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). If any
Trustee shall be so removed, the Holders of Capital Securities, by act of the Holders of a Majority
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outstanding delivered to the Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee
or Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of this
Section 4.5. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities and accepted appointment in the manner
required by this Section 4.5 within 30 days after delivery of an instrument of removal, the
Relevant Trustee or any Holder who has been a Holder of the Securities for at least six months may,
on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any federal, state or District of
Columbia court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a
successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees.




     (d) The Institutional Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a
Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders and to the Sponsor. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office if it is the Institutional Trustee.



     (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Declaration, in the event a
Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or is adjudged by a court to have become incompetent
or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by
the Institutional Trustee following the procedures in this Section 4.5 (with the successor being a
Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for a Delaware Trustee set forth in this
Declaration) (the “Successor Delaware Trustee”).



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



     (g) No Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to
act of any Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.



     (h) The Holders of the Capital Securities will have no right to vote to appoint, remove or
replace the Administrators, which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Holders of the Common
Securities.



     (i) Any successor Delaware Trustee shall file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware identifying the name and principal place of
business of such Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware.



     Section 4.6. Vacancies Among Trustees. If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any
reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 4.1, a vacancy shall occur. A
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certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority
of the Trustees, shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall
be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 4.5.




     Section 4.7. Effect of Vacancies. The death, resignation, retirement, removal,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee
shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust or terminate this Declaration. Whenever
a vacancy in the number of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of
a Trustee in accordance with Section 4.5, the Institutional Trustee shall have all the powers
granted to the Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Trustees by this
Declaration.



     Section 4.8. Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators. Meetings of the
Administrators shall be held from time to time upon the call of an Administrator. Regular meetings
of the Administrators may be held in person in the United States or by telephone, at a place (if
applicable) and time fixed by resolution of the Administrators. Notice of any in-person meetings of
the Trustees with the Administrators or meetings of the Administrators shall be hand delivered or
otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not
less than 48 hours before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Trustees with the
Administrators or meetings of the Administrators or any committee thereof shall be hand delivered
or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier)
not less than 24 hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place
and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by telephone) of a
Trustee or an Administrator, as the case may be, at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting except where the Trustee or an Administrator, as the case may be, attends a meeting
for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the grounds that the
meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this Declaration,
any action of the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, may be taken at a meeting by
vote of a majority of the Trustees or the Administrators present (whether in person or by
telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter, provided that a Quorum is present, or
without a meeting by the unanimous written consent of the Trustees or the Administrators. Meetings
of the Trustees and the Administrators together shall be held from time to time upon the call of
any Trustee or an Administrator.



     Section 4.9. Delegation of Power.



     (a) Any Administrator may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to
any other natural person over the age of 21 that is a U.S. Person his or her power for the purpose
of executing any documents contemplated in Section 2.6; and



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



     Section 4.10. Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any Person into
which the Institutional 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
the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all
or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee shall be the successor of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee hereunder,
provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article and,
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amendment to the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as
contemplated in Section 4.5(i).




ARTICLE V




DISTRIBUTIONS



     Section 5.1. Distributions. Holders shall receive Distributions in accordance with the
applicable terms of the relevant Holder’s Securities. Distributions shall be made on the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with the preferences set forth in their
respective terms. If and to the extent that the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of Interest or any
principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall and
is directed, to the extent funds are available for that purpose, to make a distribution (a
“Distribution”) of such amounts to Holders.



ARTICLE VI




ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES



     Section 6.1. General Provisions Regarding Securities.



     (a) The Administrators shall, on behalf of the Trust, issue one series of capital securities
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I and one series of common securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set
forth in Annex I. The Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust
other than the Capital Securities and the Common Securities. The Capital Securities rank pari
passu to, and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with, the Common Securities except that, where
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities
to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are
subordinated to the rights to payment of the Holders of the Capital Securities as set forth in
Annex I.



     (b) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by one or more Administrators.
Such signature shall be the facsimile or manual signature of any Administrator. In case any
Administrator of the Trust who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such
Administrator before the Certificates so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates
nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates had not ceased to
be such Administrator, and any Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such persons
who, at the actual date of execution of such Security, shall be an Administrator of the Trust,
although at the date of the execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such
an Administrator. A Capital Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the facsimile or
manual signature of an Authorized Officer of the Institutional Trustee. Such signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Capital Security has been authenticated under this Declaration. Upon
written order of the Trust signed by one Administrator, the Institutional Trustee shall
authenticate the Capital Securities for original issue. The Institutional Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent that is a U.S. Person acceptable to the Trust to authenticate the Capital
Securities. A Common Security need not be so authenticated.



     (c) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the Securities shall
constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.



     (d) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration, the Securities so issued
shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and, except as provided in Section 9.1(b) with
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     (e) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder in accordance with the terms of this
Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be
bound by, this Declaration and the Guarantee.



     Section 6.2. Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Trust shall maintain in
Wilmington, Delaware, an office or agency where the Capital Securities may be presented for payment
(“Paying Agent”), and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or exchange (the “Transfer Agent”). The Trust shall keep or cause
to be kept at such office or agency a register for the purpose of registering Securities, transfers
and exchanges of Securities, such register to be held by a registrar (the “Registrar”). The
Administrators may appoint the Paying Agent, the Registrar and the Transfer Agent and may appoint
one or more additional Paying Agents or one or more co-Registrars, or one or more co Transfer
Agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The term “Paying Agent” includes any
additional paying agent, the term “Registrar” includes any additional registrar or co Registrar and
the term “Transfer Agent” includes any additional transfer agent. The Administrators may change any
Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar at any time without prior notice to any Holder. The
Administrators shall notify the Institutional Trustee of the name and address of any Paying Agent,
Transfer Agent and Registrar not a party to this Declaration. The Administrators hereby initially
appoint the Institutional Trustee to act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar for the
Capital Securities and the Common Securities. The Institutional Trustee or any of its Affiliates in
the United States may act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar.



     Section 6.3. Form and Dating. The Capital Securities and the Institutional Trustee’s
certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, and the
Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of which is hereby
incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Declaration. Certificates may be typed, printed,
lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the
Administrators, as conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof. The Securities may have
letters, numbers, notations or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject if any,
or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the
Sponsor). The Trust at the direction of the Sponsor shall furnish any such legend not contained in
Exhibit A-1 to the Institutional Trustee in writing. Each Capital Security shall be dated on or
before the date of its authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in
Annex I and the forms of Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part of the terms of this
Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Institutional Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the
Administrators and the Sponsor, by their execution and delivery of this Declaration, expressly
agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Capital Securities will be issued only
in blocks having a stated liquidation amount of not less than $100,000.00 and any multiple of
$1,000.00 in excess thereof.



     The Capital Securities are being offered and sold by the Trust pursuant to the Placement
Agreement in definitive, registered form without coupons and with the Restricted Securities Legend.



     Section 6.4. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.



     If:



     (a) any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the Registrar, or if the Registrar
shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate;
and



     (b) there shall be delivered to the Registrar, the Administrators and the Institutional
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then, in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a protected
purchaser, an Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall execute (and in the case of a Capital
Security Certificate, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate) and deliver, in exchange for or
in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 6.4, the
Registrar or the Administrators may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in
the relevant Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.




     Section 6.5. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery,
the Administrators may prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the Institutional
Trustee shall authenticate, temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in
the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Administrators consider
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Administrators shall prepare
and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate,
definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.



     Section 6.6. Cancellation. The Administrators at any time may deliver Securities to
the Institutional Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar shall forward to the Institutional
Trustee any Securities surrendered to it for registration of transfer, redemption or payment. The
Institutional Trustee shall promptly cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of
transfer, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Securities as the
Administrators direct. The Administrators may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that
have been paid or that have been delivered to the Institutional Trustee for cancellation.



     Section 6.7. Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults.



     (a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the Institutional Trustee
(in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.5, and the Holders shall not have any right
or title therein other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred
by their 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 Securities shall be personal property
giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Declaration. The Securities shall
have no preemptive or similar rights.



     (b) For so long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, if upon an Acceleration Event of
Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the Debentures to be immediately due
and payable, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities then
outstanding shall have the right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the
Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee.



     At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Debentures has been made
and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Debenture
Trustee as provided in the Indenture, if the Institutional Trustee, subject to the provisions
hereof, fails to annul any such declaration and waive such default, the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, by written notice to the Institutional Trustee, the
Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:




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




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     (B) any accrued Additional Interest on all of the Debentures,




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




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




     (ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures, other than the non-payment of
the principal of the Debentures that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 5.7 of the Indenture.



     The Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive any past default under the Indenture or
any Indenture Event of Default, except a default or Indenture Event of Default in the payment of
principal or interest on the Debentures (unless such default or Indenture Event of Default has been
cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise
than by acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default under the
Indenture or an Indenture 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
Debenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.



     Upon receipt by the Institutional Trustee of written notice declaring such an acceleration, or
rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of any part of the Capital Securities, a record date
shall be established for determining Holders of outstanding Capital Securities entitled to join in
such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Institutional
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 90 days after such
record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case
may be, shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further
effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving,
after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice 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 6.7.



     (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.7, the Holders of
at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Capital Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default and its consequences.
Upon such waiver, any such default or Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any default or
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default
or impair any right consequent thereon.



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ARTICLE VII




DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST



     Section 7.1. Dissolution and Termination of Trust.



     (a) The Trust shall dissolve on the first to occur of:




     (i) unless earlier dissolved, on September 15, 2042, the expiration of the term of the
Trust;




     (ii) upon a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Sponsor, the Trust or the Debenture
Issuer;




     (iii) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to
the Sponsor (other than in connection with a merger, consolidation or similar transaction not
prohibited by the Indenture, this Declaration or the Guarantee, as the case may be) or upon
the revocation of the charter of the Sponsor and the expiration of 90 days after the date of
revocation without a reinstatement thereof;




     (iv) upon the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of the Securities, upon
exercise of the right of the Holder of all of the outstanding Common Securities to dissolve
the Trust as provided in Annex I hereto;




     (v) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Holder of the Common
Securities, the Sponsor, the Trust or the Debenture Issuer;




     (vi) when all of the Securities shall have been called for redemption and the amounts
necessary for redemption thereof shall have been paid to the Holders in accordance with the
terms of the Securities; or




     (vii) before the issuance of any Securities, with the consent of all of the Trustees and
the Sponsor.



     (b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to in Section 7.1(a),
and after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as required by applicable law,
including of the Statutory Trust Act, and subject to the terms set forth in Annex I, the
Institutional Trustee shall terminate the Trust by filing a certificate of cancellation with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.



     (c) The provisions of Section 2.9 and Article IX shall survive the termination of the Trust.



ARTICLE VIII




TRANSFER OF INTERESTS



     Section 8.1. General.



     (a) Subject to Section 8.1(c), where Capital Securities are presented to the Registrar or a
co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal number of
Capital Securities represented by different certificates, the Registrar shall register the transfer
or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of
transfer and exchanges, the Trust shall issue and the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate
Capital Securities at the Registrar’s request.



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     (b) Upon issuance of the Common Securities, the Sponsor shall acquire and retain beneficial
and record ownership of the Common Securities and for so long as the Securities remain outstanding,
and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Sponsor shall maintain 100% ownership of
the Common Securities; provided, however, that any permitted successor of the
Sponsor, in its capacity as Debenture Issuer, under the Indenture that is a U.S. Person may succeed
to the Sponsor’s ownership of the Common Securities.



     (c) Capital Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration and in the terms of the Securities. To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any transfer or purported transfer of any Security not
made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void and will be deemed to be of no
legal effect whatsoever and any such transferee shall be deemed not to be the holder of such
Capital Securities for any purpose, including but not limited to the receipt of Distributions on
such Capital Securities, and such transferee shall be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such
Capital Securities.



     (d) The Registrar shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities, which will be effected without charge but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the
Registrar may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in
relation to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Securities, the Registrar shall
cause one or more new Securities of the same tenor to be issued in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees. Every Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed
by the Holder or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Security surrendered for
registration of transfer shall be canceled by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6. A
transferee of a Security shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder
hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of a Security. By acceptance of a Security, each
transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Declaration.



     (e) The Trust shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days before the day of any
selection of Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on
which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of the
Securities to be redeemed, or (ii) to register the transfer or exchange of any Security so selected
for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part.



     Section 8.2. Transfer Procedures and Restrictions.



     (a) The Capital Securities shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend, which shall not be
removed unless there is delivered to the Trust such satisfactory evidence, which may include an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Institutional Trustee, as may be reasonably required by the
Trust, that neither the legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to
ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of the Securities Act. Upon provision of
such satisfactory evidence, the Institutional Trustee, at the written direction of the Trust, shall
authenticate and deliver Capital Securities that do not bear the legend.



     (b) Except as permitted by Section 8.2(a), each Capital Security shall bear a legend (the
“Restricted Securities Legend”) in substantially the following form and a Capital Security
shall not be transferred except in compliance with such legend, unless otherwise determined by the
Sponsor, upon the advice of counsel expert in securities law, in accordance with applicable law:




     THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW.



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NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS
SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT
HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE
144A IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF
RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS CAPITAL SECURITY FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN
VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE SPONSOR’S AND THE TRUST’S
RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE DECLARATION OF TRUST, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST.
HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE SECURITIES ACT.




     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF 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 THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS
ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS
PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE
SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND
HOLDING THEREOF THAT



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EITHER (i) 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, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT
RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR
WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.




     THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING A LIQUIDATION
AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000.00 (100 SECURITIES) AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN EXCESS
THEREOF. ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF SECURITIES IN A BLOCK HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF LESS
THAN $100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.




     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.



     (c) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trust shall execute and the
Institutional Trustee shall authenticate Capital Securities at the Registrar’s request.



     (d) Registrations of transfers or exchanges will be effected without charge, but only upon
payment (with such indemnity as the Registrar or the Sponsor may require) in respect of any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to it.



     (e) All Capital Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to
the terms of this Declaration shall evidence the same security and shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Declaration as the Capital Securities surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.



     Section 8.3. Deemed Security Holders. The Trust, the Administrators, the Trustees, the
Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any
Certificate shall be registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such
Certificate and of the Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving
Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Certificate or in the Securities
represented by such Certificate on the part of any Person, whether or not the Trust, the
Administrators, the Trustees, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar shall have
actual or other notice thereof.



ARTICLE IX




LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF

HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE OR OTHERS



     Section 9.1. Liability.



     (a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration, the Guarantee and the terms of the
Securities, the Sponsor shall not be:



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     (i) personally liable for the return of any portion of the capital contributions (or any
return thereon) of the Holders of the Securities which shall be made solely from assets of
the Trust; or




     (ii) required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder of the Securities any deficit upon
dissolution of the Trust or otherwise.



     (b) The Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for all of the debts and obligations
of the Trust (other than with respect to the Securities) to the extent not satisfied out of the
Trust’s assets.



     (c) Pursuant to the Statutory Trust Act, the Holders of the Capital Securities shall be
entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private
corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.



     Section 9.2. Exculpation.



     (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise
to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or
omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and
in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified
Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified
Person’s negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.



     (b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records
of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by
any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s
professional or expert competence and, if selected by such Indemnified Person, has been selected by
such Indemnified Person with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information,
opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions
to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.



     Section 9.3. Fiduciary Duty.



     (a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including
fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an
Indemnified Person acting under this Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other
Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions
of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified
Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such
other duties and liabilities of the Indemnified Person.



     (b) Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is permitted or required to make a
decision:




     (i) in its “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority, the Indemnified Person
shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it desires, including its own
interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of
or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or



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     (ii) in its “good faith” or under another express standard, the Indemnified Person shall
act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard
imposed by this Declaration or by applicable law.



     Section 9.4. Indemnification.



     (a) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Indemnified Person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
action by or in the right of the Trust) arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this Declaration by reason of the fact that he is or was an Indemnified Person
against expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnified Person did not act in
good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.



     (b) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Indemnified Person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in its favor arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Declaration by reason of the fact that
he is or was an Indemnified Person against expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Trust; provided, however, that no such
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Indemnified
Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.



     (c) To the extent that an Indemnified Person shall be successful on the merits or otherwise
(including dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of an action without
admission of liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this Section 9.4, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be
indemnified, to the full extent permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees and
expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.



     (d) Any indemnification of an Administrator under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.4
(unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor only as authorized in the specific case
upon a determination that indemnification of the Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances
because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b). Such
determination shall be made (i) by the Administrators by a majority vote of a Quorum consisting of
such Administrators who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (ii) if such a Quorum
is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested Administrators so directs,
by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the Common Security Holder of the
Trust.



     (e) To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
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investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.4
shall be paid by the Sponsor in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amount if
it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor as
authorized in this Section 9.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the
Sponsor if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Administrators by a majority
vote of a Quorum of disinterested Administrators, (ii) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even
if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Administrators so directs, by independent legal counsel
in a written opinion or (iii) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the
facts known to the Administrators, counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time such
determination is made, such Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such
Indemnified Person did not believe to be in the best interests of the Trust, or, with respect to
any criminal proceeding, that such Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the
Administrators, independent legal counsel or the Common Security Holder reasonably determine that
such Indemnified Person deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital
Security Holders.




     (f) The Trustees, at the sole cost and expense of the Sponsor, retain the right to
representation by counsel of their own choosing in any action, suit or any other proceeding for
which they are indemnified under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.4, without affecting
their right to indemnification hereunder or waiving any rights afforded to it under this
Declaration or applicable law.



     (g) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the
other paragraphs of this Section 9.4 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors of the Sponsor or Capital Security Holders of the Trust
or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office. All rights to indemnification under this Section 9.4 shall be deemed to be
provided by a contract between the Sponsor and each Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity
at any time while this Section 9.4 is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section 9.4
shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.



     (h) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who
is or was an Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Sponsor would have the
power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section 9.4.



     (i) For purposes of this Section 9.4, references to “the Trust” shall include, in addition to
the resulting or surviving entity, any constituent entity (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger, so that any Person who is or was a director,
trustee, officer or employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of
such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall
stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 9.4 with respect to the resulting
or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate
existence had continued.



     (j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this
Section 9.4 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, (i) continue as to a
Person who has ceased to be an Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such a Person; and (ii) survive the termination or expiration of
this Declaration or the earlier removal or resignation of an Indemnified Person.



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     Section 9.5. Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee
and the Institutional Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of
any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of
the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this
Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the
pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be
deemed wrongful or improper. None of any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or the
Institutional Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity
to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be
taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional
Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or
fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any
Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee may engage or be interested in
any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as
depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or
other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.



     Section 9.6. Compensation; Fee. The Sponsor agrees:



     (a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by
them hereunder as the parties shall agree 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);
and



     (b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for
all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance
with any provision of this Declaration (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of their respective agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.



     The provisions of this Section 9.6 shall survive the dissolution of the Trust and the
termination of this Declaration and the removal or resignation of any Trustee.



     No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any property of the Trust as a result of any amount
due pursuant to this Section 9.6.



ARTICLE X




ACCOUNTING



     Section 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year (“Fiscal Year”) of the Trust shall
be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code.




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     Section 10.2. Certain Accounting Matters.



     (a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrators 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 supporting
documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of
account shall be maintained, at the Sponsor’s expense, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied. The books of account and the records of the Trust
shall be examined by and reported upon (either separately or as part of the Sponsor’s regularly
prepared consolidated financial report) as of the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust by a firm of
independent certified public accountants selected by the Administrators.



     (b) The Administrators shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered to each of the
Holders of Securities Form 1099 or such other annual United States federal income tax information
statement required by the Code, containing such information with regard to the Securities held by
each Holder as is required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right
under the Code to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrators shall endeavor to
deliver all such statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.



     (c) The Administrators, at the Sponsor’s expense, shall cause to be duly prepared at the
principal office of the Sponsor in the United States, as ‘United States’ is defined in Section
7701(a)(9) of the Code (or at the principal office of the Trust if the Sponsor has no such
principal office in the United States), and filed an annual United States federal income tax return
on a Form 1041 or such other form required by United States federal income tax law, and any other
annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Administrators on behalf of the Trust with
any state or local taxing authority.



     Section 10.3. Banking. The Trust shall maintain in the United States, as defined for
purposes of Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7, one or more bank accounts in the name and for
the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in
respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee shall be made directly to the Property
Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Account. The sole
signatories for such accounts (including the Property Account) shall be designated by the
Institutional Trustee.



     Section 10.4. Withholding. The Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent and the
Administrators shall comply with all withholding requirements under United States federal, state
and local law. The Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent shall request, and each Holder shall
provide to the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent, such forms or certificates as are
necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to the Holder, and any
representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the Institutional Trustee or any
Paying Agent to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding
obligations. The Administrators shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless
an exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld
with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Institutional
Trustee or any Paying Agent is required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with
respect to distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a
Distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed
overwithholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the
amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made, the Institutional
Trustee or any Paying Agent may reduce subsequent Distributions by the amount of such withholding.


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ARTICLE XI



AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS



     Section 11.1. Amendments.



     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or by any applicable terms of the
Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a written instrument approved and executed (i)
by the Institutional Trustee, or (ii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties,
obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, by the Delaware Trustee.



     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article XI, an amendment may be made, and
any such purported amendment shall be valid and effective only if:




     (i) the Institutional Trustee shall have first received




     (A) an Officers’ Certificate from each of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is
permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the
Securities); and




     (B) an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Sponsor or the Trust) that such amendment is
permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the
Securities); and




     (ii) the result of such amendment would not be to




     (A) cause the Trust to cease to be classified for purposes of United States federal income
taxation as a grantor trust; or




     (B) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment Company required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act.



     (c) Except as provided in Section 11.1(d), (e) or (h), no amendment shall be made, and
any such purported amendment shall be void and ineffective, unless the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities shall have consented to such amendment.



     (d) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Declaration, without
the consent of each affected Holder, this Declaration may not be amended to (i) change the amount
or timing of any Distribution on the Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any
Distribution required to be made in respect of the Securities as of a specified date or change any
conversion or exchange provisions or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.



     (e) Sections 9.1(b) and 9.1(c) and this Section 11.1 shall not be amended without the
consent of all of the Holders of the Securities.



     (f) Article III shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities.



     (g) The rights of the Holders of the Capital Securities under Article IV to appoint and
remove Trustees shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities.


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     (h) This Declaration may be amended by the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities without the consent of the Holders of the
Capital Securities to:




     (i) cure any ambiguity;




     (ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration that may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision of this Declaration;




     (iii) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Sponsor; or




     (iv) modify, eliminate or add to any provision of this Declaration to such extent as may be
necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States federal income tax purposes
at all times as a grantor trust and will not be required to register as an Investment Company
(including without limitation to conform to any change in Rule 3a-5, Rule 3a-7 or any other
applicable rule under the Investment Company Act or written change in interpretation or application
thereof by any legislative body, court, government agency or regulatory authority) which amendment
does not have a material adverse effect on the rights, preferences or privileges of the Holders of
Securities;



     provided, however, that no such modification, elimination or addition referred to
in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) shall adversely affect in any material respect the powers,
preferences or special rights of Holders of Capital Securities.



     Section 11.2. Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent.



     (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the
Administrators (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on
which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration
or the terms of the Securities. The Administrators shall call a meeting of the Holders of such
class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of
Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Administrators one or more calls in
a writing stating that the signing Holders of the Securities wish to call a meeting and indicating
the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders of the
Securities calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Certificates held by the Holders of the
Securities exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities represented by such
Certificates shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth
in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met.



     (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following
provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of the Securities:




     (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders of the Securities
having a right to vote thereat at least 7 days and not more than 60 days before the date of such
meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders of the Securities is permitted or
required under this Declaration, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the
Holders of the Securities. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders of the
Securities may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken
is signed by the Holders of the Securities owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in
liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which
all Holders of the Securities having a right to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice
of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of the Securities entitled
to vote who have not consented in writing. The Administrators may specify


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that any written ballot submitted to the Holders of the Securities for the purpose of taking any
action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the
Administrators;




     (ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all
matters in which a Holder of Securities is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any
meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of
11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be
revocable at the pleasure of the Holder of the Securities executing it. Except as otherwise
provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be
governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial
interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders of the
Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; each meeting of the Holders of the
Securities shall be conducted by the Administrators or by such other Person that the Administrators
may designate; and




     (iii) unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Declaration, or the terms of the Securities otherwise
provides, the Administrators, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions
relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the time, place or purpose of
any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders of the Securities, waiver of any
such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum
requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any
such right to vote; provided, however, that each meeting shall be conducted in the
United States (as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7).



ARTICLE XII




REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE



     Section 12.1. Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee. The initial
Institutional Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this
Declaration, and each Successor Institutional Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Institutional Trustee’s acceptance of its appointment as
Institutional Trustee, that:



     (a) the Institutional Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation with trust powers, duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with trust power and
authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of,
this Declaration;



     (b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Institutional Trustee of this
Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Institutional Trustee. This Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the Institutional
Trustee, and it constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Institutional Trustee,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law);



     (c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Declaration by the Institutional
Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the charter or by-laws of the
Institutional Trustee; and


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     (d) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or notice to, any state or
federal banking authority is required for the execution, delivery or performance by the
Institutional Trustee of this Declaration.



     Section 12.2. Representations of the Delaware Trustee. The Trustee that acts as initial
Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this
Declaration, and each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee’s acceptance of its appointment as Delaware
Trustee that:



     (a) if it is not a natural person, the Delaware Trustee is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;



     (b) if it is not a natural person, the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware
Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of the Delaware Trustee. This Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the Delaware
Trustee, and under Delaware law (excluding any securities laws) constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the
court (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);



     (c) if it is not a natural person, the execution, delivery and performance of this
Declaration by the Delaware Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the charter or
by-laws of the Delaware Trustee;



     (d) it has trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform
its obligations under the terms of, this Declaration;



     (e) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or notice to, any
state or federal banking authority governing the trust powers of the Delaware Trustee is required
for the execution, delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration; and



     (f) the Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware
or, if not a natural person, it is an entity which has its principal place of business in the State
of Delaware and, in either case, a Person that satisfies for the Trust the requirements of Section
3807 of the Statutory Trust Act.



ARTICLE XIII




MISCELLANEOUS



     Section 13.1. Notices. All notices provided for in this Declaration shall be in writing,
duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied (which telecopy
shall be followed by notice delivered or mailed by first class mail) or mailed by first class mail,
as follows:



     (a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Administrators at the Trust’s mailing address
set forth below (or such other address as the Trust may give notice of to the Holders of the
Securities):


EverBank Financial Preferred Trust IX

c/o EverBank Financial Corp

8100 Nations Way

Jacksonville, Florida 32256


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Attention: Jeffrey L. Smiley

Telecopy: 904-281-6145




     (b)



     if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the Delaware Trustee’s mailing address set forth below (or
such other address as the Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):


Wilmington Trust Company

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Telecopy: 302-636-4140




     (c) if given to the Institutional Trustee, at the Institutional Trustee’s mailing address
set forth below (or such other address as the Institutional Trustee may give notice of to the
Holders of the Securities):


Wilmington Trust Company

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Telecopy: 302-636-4140




     (d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing address of the Sponsor
set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of the Common Securities may give notice of to
the Trust):


EverBank Financial Corp

8100 Nations Way

Jacksonville, Florida 32256

Attention: Jeffrey L. Smiley

Telecopy: 904-281-6145




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



     All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with
receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other
document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such
refusal or inability to deliver.



     Section 13.2. Governing Law. This Declaration and the rights of the parties hereunder shall
be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware and all rights
and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to the principles of conflict of laws of
the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction that would call for the application of the law of
any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware; provided, however, that there
shall not be applicable to the Trust, the Trustees or this Declaration any provision of the laws
(statutory or common) of the State of Delaware pertaining to trusts that relate to or regulate, in
a manner inconsistent with the terms hereof (a) the filing


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with any court or governmental body or agency of trustee accounts or schedules of trustee fees and
charges, (b) affirmative requirements to post bonds for trustees, officers, agents or employees of
a trust, (c) the necessity for obtaining court or other governmental approval concerning the
acquisition, holding or disposition of real or personal property, (d) fees or other sums payable to
trustees, officers, agents or employees of a trust, (e) the allocation of receipts and expenditures
to income or principal, or (f) restrictions or limitations on the permissible nature, amount or
concentration of trust investments or requirements relating to the titling, storage or other manner
of holding or investing trust assets.




     Section 13.3. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the
Trust be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The
provisions of this Declaration shall be interpreted to further this intention of the parties.



     Section 13.4. Headings. Headings contained in this Declaration are inserted for convenience
of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Declaration or any provision hereof.



     Section 13.5. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Declaration any of the parties
hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be
included, and all covenants and agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether or not so
expressed.



     Section 13.6. Partial Enforceability. If any provision of this Declaration, or the
application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder
of this Declaration, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than
those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.



     Section 13.7. Counterparts. This Declaration may contain more than one counterpart of the
signature page and this Declaration may be executed by the affixing of the signature of each of the
Trustees and Administrators to any of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart
signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as
though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.



Signatures appear on the following page



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
 the undersigned have caused these presents to be executed as of the day and
year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,	 	 
	 	 	as Delaware Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Christopher J. Monigle	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name: Christopher J. Monigle
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,	 	 
	 	 	as Institutional Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Christopher J. Monigle	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name: Christopher J. Monigle
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP, as Sponsor	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ THOMAS A. HAJDA 

Name: Thomas A. Hajda	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Senior Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ADMINISTRATORS OF EVER
BANK FINANCIAL PREFERRED TRUST IX	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ THOMAS A. HAJDA
 

Administrator Thomas A. Hajda
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ ROBERT M. CLEMENTS
 

Administrator Robert M. Clements
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ W. BLAKE WILSON
 

Administrator W. Blake Wilson
	 	 





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ANNEX I




TERMS OF SECURITIES



          Pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of June 21, 2007
(as amended from time to time, the “Declaration”), the designation, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities are set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning set
forth in the Declaration):




     1. Designation and Number.



          (a) 13,000 Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities of EverBank Financial Preferred Trust IX
(the “Trust”), with an aggregate stated liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust
of thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000.00) and a stated liquidation amount with respect to the
assets of the Trust of $1,000.00 per Capital Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of
identification only as the “Capital Securities”. The Capital Security Certificates
evidencing the Capital Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the
Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by
ordinary usage, custom or practice.




          (b) 403 Fixed/Floating Rate Common Securities of the Trust (the “Common Securities”)
will be evidenced by Common Security Certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the
Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by
ordinary usage, custom or practice.




     2. Distributions.



          (a) Distributions will be payable on each Security for the Distribution Period beginning on (and
including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment
Date in June 2012 at a rate per annum of 7.38% and shall bear interest for each successive
Distribution Period beginning on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012, and
each succeeding Distribution Payment Date, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding
Distribution Payment Date at a rate per annum equal to the 3-Month LIBOR, determined as described
below, plus 1.70% (the “Coupon Rate”), applied to the stated liquidation amount thereof,
such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional
Trustee. Distributions in arrears will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the applicable
Distribution Rate (to the extent permitted by law). Distributions, as used herein, include cash
distributions and any such compounded distributions unless otherwise noted. A Distribution is
payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. The
amount of the Distribution payable (i) for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date
of original issuance but before the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012 will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and (ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on
the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be
calculated by applying the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount outstanding at the
commencement of the Distribution Period on the basis of the actual number of days in the
Distribution Period concerned divided by 360. All percentages resulting from any calculations on
the Capital Securities will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a
percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545%
(or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting
from such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded
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          (b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original
issuance, and will be payable, subject to extension of distribution payment periods as described
herein, quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, or if
such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each a “Distribution
Payment Date”) (it being understood that interest accrues for any such non-Business Day,
beginning on or after June 15, 2012), commencing on the Distribution Payment Date in September 2007
when, as and if available for payment. The Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to
defer payments of interest on the Debentures, so long as no Acceleration Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, by deferring the payment of interest on the Debentures for up to 20
consecutive quarterly periods (each an “Extension Period”) at any time and from time to
time, subject to the conditions described below, during which Extension Period no interest shall be
due and payable. During any Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures,
and interest on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Distribution Rate
in effect for each such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such interest would
have been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law (such
interest referred to herein as “Additional Interest”). No Extension Period may end on a
date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period, the Debenture
Issuer shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional
Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond
the Maturity Date and provided further, however, that during any such Extension
Period, the Debenture Issuer and its Affiliates shall not (i) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any
of the Debenture Issuer’s or its Affiliates’ capital stock (other than payments of dividends or
distributions to the Debenture Issuer) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the
foregoing, or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Debenture Issuer or any Affiliate that rank pari
passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to
clauses (i) and (ii) above, (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital
stock of the Debenture Issuer in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other
similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or
consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in
connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Debenture Issuer (or securities convertible
into or exercisable for such capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered
into prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any
class or series of the Debenture Issuer’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of
the Debenture Issuer) for any class or series of the Debenture Issuer’s capital stock or of any
class or series of the Debenture Issuer’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Debenture
Issuer’s capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Debenture
Issuer’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (e) any
dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the
stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on
which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock and any cash
payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or (f) payments under the
Capital Securities Guarantee). Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Debenture
Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such period together with all such previous
and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment
of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or Additional Interest 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. During any Extension Period, Distributions on the Securities shall be



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deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. If Distributions are deferred, the
Distributions due shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates to Holders
of the Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date
immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable
(after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds available for
the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust’s funds available
for Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments received from the
Debenture Issuer. The payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the
Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.




          (c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear
on the books and records of the Trust on the relevant record dates. The relevant record dates shall
be fifteen days before the relevant Distribution Payment Date. Distributions payable on any
Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution Payment Date, as a result of the
Debenture Issuer having failed to make a payment under the Debentures, as the case may be, when due
(taking into account any Extension Period), will cease to be payable to the Person in whose name
such Securities are registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted Distribution will
instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the special record
date or other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture.




          (d) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or for the Trust that is
not accounted for hereunder, such property shall be distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among
the Holders of the Securities.




     3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the event of the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust (each a “Liquidation”)
other than in connection with a redemption of the Debentures, the Holders of the Securities will be
entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders of the
Securities, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust (to the extent not
satisfied by the Debenture Issuer), distributions equal to the aggregate of the stated liquidation
amount of $1,000.00 per Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
payment (such amount being the “Liquidation Distribution”), unless in connection with such
Liquidation, the Debentures in an aggregate stated principal amount equal to the aggregate stated
liquidation amount of such Securities, with an interest rate equal to the Distribution Rate of, and
bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on,
and having the same record date as, such Securities, after paying or making reasonable provision to
pay all claims and obligations of the Trust in accordance with the Statutory Trust Act, shall be
distributed on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the Securities in exchange for such Securities.



     The Sponsor, as the Holder of all of the Common Securities, has the right at any time to dissolve
the Trust (including, without limitation, upon the occurrence of a Special Event), subject to the
receipt by the Debenture Issuer of prior approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, or its designated district bank, as applicable, and any successor federal agency
that is primarily responsible for regulating the activities of the Sponsor (the “Federal
Reserve”), if the Sponsor is a bank holding company, or from the Office of Thrift Supervision
and any successor federal agency that is primarily responsible for regulating the activities of
Sponsor, (the “OTS”) if the Sponsor is a savings and loan holding company, in either case
if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve or OTS, as
applicable, and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, cause the Debentures
to be distributed to the Holders of the Securities on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with the
aggregate stated liquidation amount thereof.



     If a Liquidation of the Trust occurs as described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (v) in Section
7.1(a) of the Declaration, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Institutional Trustee as
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to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, to the
Holders of the Securities, the Debentures on a Pro Rata basis to the extent not satisfied by the
Debenture Issuer, unless such distribution is determined by the Institutional Trustee not to be
practical, in which event such Holders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust
available for distribution to the Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors of the
Trust to the extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, an amount equal to the Liquidation
Distribution. An early Liquidation of the Trust pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 7.1(a) of the
Declaration shall occur if the Institutional Trustee determines that such Liquidation is possible
by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, to the Holders of the
Securities on a Pro Rata basis, the Debentures, and such distribution occurs.




     If, upon any such Liquidation the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the
Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then
the amounts payable directly by the Trust on such Capital Securities shall be paid to the Holders
of the Trust Securities on a Pro Rata basis, except that if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a preference over the Common Securities with regard
to such distributions.



     After the date for any distribution of the Debentures upon dissolution of the Trust (i) the
Securities of the Trust will be deemed to be no longer outstanding, (ii) upon surrender of a
Holder’s Securities certificate, such Holder of the Securities will receive a certificate
representing the Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution, (iii) any certificates
representing the Securities still outstanding will be deemed to represent undivided beneficial
interests in such of the Debentures as have an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
stated liquidation amount with an interest rate identical to the Distribution Rate of, and bearing
accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid distributions on, the Securities until such
certificates are presented to the Debenture Issuer or its agent for transfer or reissuance (and
until such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal shall be made to
Holders of Securities in respect of any payments due and payable under the Debentures;
provided, however that such failure to pay shall not be deemed to be an Event of
Default and shall not entitle the Holder to the benefits of the Guarantee), and (iv) all rights of
Holders of Securities under the Declaration shall cease, except the right of such Holders to
receive Debentures upon surrender of certificates representing such Securities.



     4. Redemption and Distribution.



          (a) The Debentures will mature on September 15, 2037. The Debentures may be redeemed by the
Debenture Issuer, in whole or in part, at any Distribution Payment Date on or after the
Distribution Payment Date in June 2012, at the Redemption Price. In addition, the Debentures may be
redeemed by the Debenture Issuer at the Special Redemption Price, in whole but not in part, at any
Distribution Payment Date, upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event within 120 days
following the occurrence of such Special Event at the Special Redemption Price, upon not less than
30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to holders of such Debentures so long as such Special Event is
continuing. In each case, the right of the Debenture Issuer to redeem the Debentures is subject to
the Debenture Issuer having received prior approval from the Federal Reserve (if the Debenture
Issuer is a bank holding company) or prior approval from the OTS (if the Debenture Issuer is a
savings and loan holding company), in each case if then required under applicable capital
guidelines or policies of the applicable federal agency. The Sponsor shall appoint a Quotation
Agent, which shall be a designee of the Institutional Trustee, for the purpose of performing the
services contemplated in or by reference in, the definition of Special Redemption Price. Any error
in the calculation of the Special Redemption Price by the Quotation Agent or the Debenture Trustee
may be corrected at any time by notice delivered to the Sponsor and the holders of the Capital
Securities. Subject to the corrective rights set forth above, all certificates, communications,
opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained
for the purposes of the provisions relating to the payment and calculation of



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the Special Redemption Price on the Debentures or the Capital Securities by the Debenture Trustee,
the Quotation Agent or the Institutional Trustee, as the case may be, shall (in the absence of
willful default, bad faith or manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding on the holders of
the Debentures and the Capital Securities, the Trust and the Sponsor, and no liability shall attach
(except as provided above) to the Debenture Trustee, the Quotation Agent or the Institutional
Trustee in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by any of them of their respective powers,
duties and discretion.




     “3-Month LIBOR” means the London interbank offered interest rate for three-month, U.S.
dollar deposits determined by the Debenture Trustee in the following order of priority:




     (1) the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a
three-month maturity that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
related Determination Date (as defined below). “Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display designated
as “LIBOR01” on Reuters or such other page as may replace Reuters Page LIBOR01 on that service or
such other service or services as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the
information vendor for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar
deposits;




     (2) if such rate cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Debenture
Trustee will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank
market to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to prime
banks in the London interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided,
3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations;




     (3) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (2) above, the
Debenture Trustee will request four major New York City banks to provide such banks’ offered
quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European banks for loans in U.S. dollars
as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two such quotations are
provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; and




     (4) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (3) above,
3-Month LIBOR will be a 3-Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period
immediately preceding such current Distribution Period.



     If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that initially appears on
Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded
on the Reuters Page LIBOR01 by a corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination
Date, then the corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable
3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.



     The Distribution Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the maximum rate
then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law.



     “Capital Treatment Event” means the receipt by the Debenture Issuer and the Trust of an
opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of
any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws, rules or
regulations of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or as the result
of any official or administrative pronouncement or action or decision interpreting or applying such
laws, rules or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement, action
or decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the Debentures, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that the Sponsor will not, within 90 days of the date of such opinion,
be entitled to treat an amount


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equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” (or its
then equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in
effect and applicable to the Sponsor (or if the Sponsor is not a bank holding company or otherwise
is not subject to the Federal Reserve’s risk-based capital adequacy guidelines, such guidelines
applied to the Sponsor as if the Sponsor were subject to such guidelines); provided,
however, that the inability of the Sponsor to treat all or any portion of the liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities as Tier 1 Capital shall not constitute the basis for a Capital
Treatment Event, if such inability results from the Sponsor having cumulative preferred stock,
minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest which
the Federal Reserve or OTS, as applicable, may now or hereafter accord Tier 1 Capital treatment in
excess of the amount which may now or hereafter qualify for treatment as Tier 1 Capital under
applicable capital adequacy guidelines; provided further, however, that the
distribution of Debentures in connection with the Liquidation of the Trust shall not in and of
itself constitute a Capital Treatment Event unless such Liquidation shall have occurred in
connection with a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event.




     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means with respect to any Special Redemption Date the United
States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the
Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance
with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life. If no United States Treasury security has a
maturity which is within a period from 3 months before to 3 months after the Distribution Payment
Date in June 2012, the two most closely corresponding United States Treasury securities as selected
by the Quotation Agent shall be used as the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall
be interpolated and extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month using such
securities.



     “Comparable Treasury Price” means (a) the average of 5 Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for such Special Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than 5 such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.



     “Determination Date” means the date that is two London Banking Days (i.e., a business day
in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market)
preceding the particular Distribution Period for which a Coupon Rate is being determined.



     “Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life” means, with respect to any Debenture, the period from
the Special Redemption Date for such Debenture to the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012.



     “Investment Company Event” means the receipt by the Debenture Issuer and the Trust of an
opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of
a change in law or regulation or written change (including any announced prospective change) in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental
agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or,
within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will be considered an Investment Company that is
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act which change or prospective change
becomes effective or would become effective, as the case may be, on or after the date of the
issuance of the Debentures.



     “Maturity Date” means September 15, 2037.



     “Primary Treasury Dealer” shall mean either a primary United States Government securities
dealer or an entity of nationally recognized standing in matters pertaining to the quotation of
treasury securities that is reasonably acceptable to the Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee.



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     “Quotation Agent” means a designee of the Institutional Trustee who shall be a Primary
Treasury Dealer.



     “Redemption Date” shall mean the date fixed for the redemption of Capital Securities, which
shall be any Distribution Payment Date on or after the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012.



     “Redemption Price” means 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed,
plus accrued and unpaid Interest on such Debentures to the Redemption Date.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) the Quotation Agent and (ii) any other Primary
Treasury Dealer selected by the Debenture Trustee after consultation with the Debenture Issuer.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Special Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the
bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of
its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Debenture Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer
at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.



     “Special Event” means a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital Treatment
Event.



     “Special Redemption Date” means a date on which a Special Event redemption occurs, which
shall be a Distribution Payment Date.



     “Special Redemption Price” means (a) if the Special Redemption Date occurs before the
Distribution Payment Date in June 2012, the greater of (i) 107.5% of the principal amount of the
Debentures, plus accrued and unpaid Interest on the Debentures to the Special Redemption Date, or
(ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, (A) the sum of the present values of the scheduled
payments of principal and Interest on the Debentures during the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life of
the Debentures (assuming the Debentures matured on June 15, 2012) discounted to the Special
Redemption Date on a quarterly basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate, plus (B) accrued and unpaid Interest on the Debentures to such Special
Redemption Date, or (b) if the Special Redemption Date occurs on or after the Distribution Payment
Date in June 2012, 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed, plus accrued and
unpaid Interest on such Debentures to the Special Redemption Date.



     “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Debenture Issuer and the Trust of an opinion of
counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to or change
(including any announced prospective change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result
of any official administrative pronouncement (including any private letter ruling, technical advice
memorandum, field service advice, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement including any notice
or announcement of intent to adopt such procedures or regulations) (an “Administrative
Action”) or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, regardless of
whether such Administrative Action or judicial decision is issued to or in connection with a
proceeding involving the Debenture Issuer or the Trust and whether or not subject to review or
appeal, which amendment, clarification, change, Administrative Action or decision is enacted,
promulgated or announced, in each case on or after the date of original issuance of the Debentures,
there is more than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the
date of such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income received
or accrued on the Debentures; (ii) interest payable by the Debenture Issuer on the Debentures is
not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Debenture
Issuer, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is,
or will be within 90 days of the


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date of such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other
governmental charges.




     “Treasury Rate” means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
week immediately prior to the date of calculation, appearing in the most recently published
statistical release designated H.15 (519) or any successor publication which is published weekly by
the Federal Reserve and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the
maturity corresponding to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life (if no maturity is within three
months before or after the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life, yields for the two published
maturities most closely corresponding to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life shall be determined
and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line
basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate
per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Special Redemption Date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day preceding the
Special Redemption Date.



          (b) Upon the repayment in full at maturity or redemption in whole or in part of the
Debentures (other than following the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of the
Securities), the proceeds from such repayment or payment shall concurrently be applied to redeem
Pro Rata at the applicable Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, as applicable, Securities
having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
repaid or redeemed; provided, however, that holders of such Securities shall be
given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice of such redemption (other than at the
scheduled maturity of the Debentures).




          (c) If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so redeemed, the Common
Securities and the Capital Securities will be redeemed Pro Rata and the Capital Securities to be
redeemed will be redeemed Pro Rata from each Holder of Capital Securities.




          (d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Capital Securities unless all
accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all Capital Securities for all quarterly
Distribution periods terminating on or before the date of redemption.




          (e) Redemption or Distribution Procedures.





          (i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of the Debentures in exchange for, the
Securities (a “Redemption/Distribution Notice”) will be given by the Trust by mail to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the
date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the date
fixed for redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the calculation of the date of redemption
or exchange and the dates on which notices are given pursuant to this paragraph 4(e)(i), a
Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of such Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution
Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of such Securities at the address of each such Holder
appearing on the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or
in the mailing thereof with respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or
exchange proceedings with respect to any other Holder.


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          (ii) If the Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a Redemption/ Distribution Notice,
which notice may only be issued if the Debentures are redeemed as set out in this paragraph 4
(which notice will be irrevocable), then, provided that the Institutional Trustee has a
sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures,
the Institutional Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, as
applicable, to the Holders of such Securities by check mailed to the address of each such Holder
appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the Redemption Date. If a
Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as required then
immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such deposit Distributions will cease to
accrue on the Securities so called for redemption and all rights of Holders of such Securities so
called for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to receive the
applicable Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price specified in paragraph 4(a), but without
interest on such Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price. If payment of the Redemption Price
or Special Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not
paid either by the Trust or by the Debenture Issuer as guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee,
Distributions on such Securities will continue to accrue at the Distribution Rate from the original
Redemption Date to the actual date of payment, in which case the actual payment date will be
considered the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price or
Special Redemption Price. In the event of any redemption of the Capital Securities issued by the
Trust in part, the Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange
any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days before any selection
for redemption of the Capital Securities and ending at the close of business on the earliest date
on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of the
Capital Securities to be so redeemed or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Capital
Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except for the unredeemed portion of
any Capital Securities being redeemed in part.




          (iii) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Administrators on behalf of the Trust to
(A) in respect of the Capital Securities, the Holders thereof and (B) in respect of the Common
Securities, the Holder thereof.




          (iv) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without limitation, United States
federal securities laws), and provided that the acquiror is not the Holder of the Common Securities
or the obligor under the Indenture, the Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries may at any time and from
time to time purchase outstanding Capital Securities by tender, in the open market or by private
agreement.



     5. Voting Rights — Capital Securities.



          (a) Except as provided under paragraphs 5(b) and 7 and as otherwise required by law and the
Declaration, the Holders of the Capital Securities will have no voting rights. The Administrators
are required to call a meeting of the Holders of the Capital Securities if directed to do so by
Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities.




          (b) Subject to the requirements of obtaining a tax opinion by the Institutional Trustee in
certain circumstances set forth in the last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority
in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, voting separately as a class, have the right to
direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee
under the Declaration, including the right to direct the Institutional Trustee, as holder of the
Debentures, to (i) exercise the remedies available under the Indenture as the holder of the
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under the



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Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the
Debentures shall be due and payable or (iv) consent on behalf of all the Holders of the Capital
Securities to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where
such consent shall be required; provided, however, that, where a consent or action
under the Indenture would require the consent or act of the holders of greater than a simple
majority in aggregate principal amount of Debentures (a “Super Majority”) affected thereby,
the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take such action at the written direction
of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities
outstanding which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures outstanding. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the
Debentures after the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of such Capital Securities have so
directed the Institutional Trustee, to the fullest extent permitted by law, a Holder of the Capital
Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Debenture Issuer to enforce the
Institutional Trustee’s rights under the Debentures without first instituting any legal proceeding
against the Institutional Trustee or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of
the Debenture Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date the interest or
principal is payable (or in the case of redemption, the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption
Date, as applicable), then a Holder of record of the Capital Securities may directly institute a
proceeding for enforcement of payment, on or after the respective due dates specified in the
Debentures, to such Holder directly of the principal of or interest on the Debentures having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities of
such Holder. The Institutional Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital Securities of any
default actually known to the Institutional Trustee with respect to the Debentures unless (x) such
default has been cured prior to the giving of such notice or (y) the Institutional Trustee
determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of
such Capital Securities, except where the default relates to the payment of principal of or
interest on any of the Debentures. Such notice shall state that such Indenture Event of Default
also constitutes an Event of Default hereunder. Except with respect to directing the time, method
and place of conducting a proceeding for a remedy, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any of
the actions described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above unless the Institutional Trustee has
obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of such action, the Trust will
not be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.




     In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee, as the holder of the Debentures, is required
under the Indenture with respect to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture,
the Institutional Trustee shall request the direction of the Holders of the Securities with respect
to such amendment, modification or termination and shall vote with respect to such amendment,
modification or termination as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities
voting together as a single class; provided, however, that where a consent under
the Indenture would require the consent of a Super-Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only
give such consent at the direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount
of the Securities outstanding which the relevant Super-Majority represents of the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. The Institutional Trustee shall not take any such
action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities unless the Institutional
Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of such action, the
Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.



     A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default will constitute a waiver of the corresponding Event of
Default hereunder. Any required approval or direction of Holders of the Capital Securities may be
given at a separate meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities convened for such purpose, at a
meeting of all of the Holders of the Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent. The
Institutional Trustee will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of the Capital Securities
are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to
be taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of the Capital Securities. Each such notice will
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information (i) the date of such meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a
description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are
entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for
the delivery of proxies or consents. No vote or consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities
will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Capital Securities or to distribute the
Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the Securities.




     Notwithstanding that Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to vote or consent under any of
the circumstances described above, any of the Capital Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or
any Affiliate of the Sponsor shall not entitle the Holder thereof to vote or consent and shall, for
purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if such Capital Securities were not outstanding.



     In no event will Holders of the Capital Securities have the right to vote to appoint, remove or
replace the Administrators, which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Sponsor as the Holder
of all of the Common Securities of the Trust. Under certain circumstances as more fully described
in the Declaration, Holders of Capital Securities have the right to vote to appoint, remove or
replace the Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.



     6. Voting Rights — Common Securities.



          (a) Except as provided under paragraphs 6(b), 6(c) and 7 and as otherwise required by law
and the Declaration, the Common Securities will have no voting rights.




          (b) The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in accordance with Article IV of the
Declaration, to vote to appoint, remove or replace any Administrators.




          (c) Subject to Section 6.7 of the Declaration and only after each Event of Default (if any)
with respect to the Capital Securities has been cured, waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject
to the requirements of the second to last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may direct the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under the
Declaration, including (i) directing the time, method, place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waiving any past default and its
consequences that is waivable under the Indenture, or (iii) exercising any right to rescind or
annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable;
provided, however, that, where a consent or action under the Indenture would
require a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take such action
at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the
Common Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures outstanding. Notwithstanding this paragraph 6(c), the Institutional Trustee shall
not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote or consent of the Holders of the
Capital Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as
set forth above, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any action described in (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect
that for the purposes of United States federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other
than a grantor trust on account of such action. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its
rights, to the fullest extent permitted by law, under the Declaration, any Holder of the Common
Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against any Person to enforce the
Institutional Trustee’s rights under the Declaration, without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the Institutional Trustee or any other Person.



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     Any approval or direction of Holders of the Common Securities may be given at a separate meeting of
Holders of the Common Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of
the Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent. The Administrators will cause a notice
of any meeting at which Holders of the Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter
upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to each Holder of
the Common Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such
meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution
proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of such matter
upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or
consents.



     No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem
and cancel Common Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and
the terms of the Securities.



     7. Amendments to Declaration and Indenture.



          (a) In addition to any requirements under Section 11.1 of the Declaration, if any proposed
amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the Trustees, Sponsor or Administrators otherwise
propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect the powers, preferences or special
rights of the Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the
Liquidation of the Trust, other than as described in Section 7.1 of the Declaration, then the
Holders of outstanding Securities, voting together as a single 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 Securities, affected
thereby; provided, however, if any amendment or proposal referred to in clause (i)
above would adversely affect only the Capital Securities or only the Common Securities, then only
the affected 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 a Majority in liquidation amount of
such class of Securities.




          (b) In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee as the holder of the Debentures is
required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment, modification or termination of the
Indenture or the Debentures, the Institutional Trustee shall request the written direction of the
Holders of the Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall
vote with respect to such amendment, modification, or termination as directed by a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class; provided,
however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require a Super Majority, the
Institutional Trustee may only give such consent at the direction of the Holders of at least the
proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of
the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.




          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification may be made to the
Declaration if such amendment or modification would (i) cause the Trust to be classified for
purposes of United States federal income taxation as other than a grantor trust, (ii) reduce or
otherwise adversely affect the powers of the Institutional Trustee or (iii) cause the Trust to be
deemed an Investment Company which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.




          (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the Declaration, the right of any Holder of the Capital
Securities to receive payment of distributions and other payments upon redemption or otherwise, on
or after their respective due dates, or to institute a suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such
Holder. For the protection and enforcement of the foregoing provision, each and every Holder of the
Capital Securities shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or equity.



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     8. Pro Rata. A reference in these terms of the Securities to any payment,
distribution or treatment as being “Pro Rata” shall mean pro rata to each Holder of the
Securities according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant
Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities then outstanding unless,
in relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case any
funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the Capital Securities
Pro Rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities held by the
relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Capital Securities outstanding,
and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Capital Securities, to each
Holder of the Common Securities Pro Rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all
Common Securities outstanding.



     9. Ranking. The Capital Securities rank pari passu with and payment thereon shall
be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities except that, where an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities to receive payment of Distributions
and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights of the
Holders of the Capital Securities with the result that no payment of any Distribution on, or
Redemption Price (or Special Redemption Price) of, any Common Security, and no other payment on
account of redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless
payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on all outstanding Capital
Securities for all distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment
of the Redemption Price (or Special Redemption Price) the full amount of such Redemption Price (or
Special Redemption Price) on all outstanding Capital Securities then called for redemption, shall
have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Institutional Trustee
shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions on, or the Redemption
Price (or Special Redemption Price) of, the Capital Securities then due and payable.



     10. Acceptance of Guarantee and Indenture. Each Holder of the Capital Securities and
the Common Securities, by the acceptance of such Securities, agrees to the provisions of the
Guarantee, including the subordination provisions therein and to the provisions of the Indenture.



     11. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of the Securities shall have no preemptive or
similar rights to subscribe for any additional securities.



     12. Miscellaneous. These terms constitute a part of the Declaration. The Sponsor
will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee, and the Indenture to a Holder without charge
on written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.


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EXHIBIT A-1



FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE



[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]



     THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR
ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION
IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST, (B) PURSUANT
TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A
PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E)
TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS CAPITAL SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR
FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F)
PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO THE SPONSOR’S AND THE TRUST’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE
THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH
OF THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION OF TRUST, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
SPONSOR OR THE TRUST. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.



     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF 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 THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR
ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY
PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY
ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE


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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, OR (ii)
SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.




     THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF
NOT LESS THAN $100,000.00 (100 SECURITIES) AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF SECURITIES IN A BLOCK HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000.00
SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.



     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.



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



	 	 	 

	Certificate Number P-1

	 	13,000 Capital Securities
	[CUSIP NO. [                      ] **To be inserted at the request of the Holder]
	 	 






June 21, 2007



Certificate Evidencing Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities



of



EverBank Financial Preferred Trust IX



(liquidation amount $1,000.00 per Capital Security)



     EverBank Financial Preferred Trust IX, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the “Trust”), hereby certifies that Hare & Co. (the “Holder”), as the nominee of The Bank
of New York, indenture trustee under the Indenture dated as of June 21, 2007 among Preferred Term
Securities XXVI, Ltd., Preferred Term Securities XXVI, Inc. and The Bank of New York, is the
registered owner of capital securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust, (liquidation amount $1,000.00 per capital security) (the “Capital
Securities”). Subject to the Declaration (as defined below), the Capital Securities are
transferable on the books and records of the Trust in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon
surrender of this Certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The Capital Securities
represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities shall in all respects be
subject to, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as
of June 21, 2007, among Robert M. Clements, W. Blake Wilson and Thomas A. Hajda, as Administrators,
Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as Institutional Trustee,
EverBank Financial Corp, as Sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust, including the designation of the terms of the Capital
Securities as set forth in Annex I to such amended and restated declaration as the same may be
amended from time to time (the “Declaration”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall
have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the
Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the
Guarantee, and the


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Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place
of business.




     Upon receipt of this Security, the Holder is bound by the Declaration and is entitled to the
benefits thereunder.



     By acceptance of this Security, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax
purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Capital Securities as evidence of beneficial
ownership in the Debentures.



     This Capital Security is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.



Signatures appear on following page



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has duly executed this certificate.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL PREFERRED TRUST IX

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Administrator 	 
	 



CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION





     This is one of the Capital Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Declaration.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as the Institutional Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 


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[FORM OF REVERSE OF CAPITAL SECURITY]





     Distributions payable on each Capital Security will be payable at an annual rate equal to 7.38%
beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the
Distribution Payment Date in June 2012 and at an annual rate for each successive period beginning
on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012, and each succeeding Distribution
Payment Date, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Distribution Payment Date (each a
“Distribution Period”), equal to 3-Month LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 1.70% (the
“Coupon Rate”), applied to the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Capital Security, such
rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee.
Distributions in arrears will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the Distribution Rate
(to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term “Distributions” as used herein includes cash
distributions and any such compounded distributions unless otherwise noted. A Distribution is
payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. As
used herein, “Determination Date” means the date that is two London Banking Days (i.e., a business
day in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market)
preceding the commencement of the relevant Distribution Period. The amount of the Distribution
payable (i) for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date of original issuance but
before the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012 will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months, and (ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on the Distribution
Payment Date in June 2012 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be calculated by applying
the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount outstanding at the commencement of the
Distribution Period on the basis of the actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned
divided by 360.



     “3-Month LIBOR” as used herein, means the London interbank offered interest rate for three-month
U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Debenture Trustee in the following order of priority: (i)
the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month
maturity that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related
Determination Date (“Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display designated as “LIBOR01” on Reuters or
such other page as may replace Reuters Page LIBOR01 on that service or such other service or
services as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the
purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits); (ii) if such rate
cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Debenture Trustee will request the
principal London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank market to provide such
banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to prime banks in the London
interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be
the arithmetic mean of such quotations; (iii) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as
requested in clause (ii) above, the Debenture Trustee will request four major New York City banks
to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European
banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at
least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (iii)
above, 3-Month LIBOR will be a 3-Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period
immediately preceding such current Distribution Period. If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having
a three-month maturity that initially appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the Reuters Page LIBOR01 by a corrected
rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination Date, then the corrected rate as so
substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable 3-Month LIBOR for such Determination
Date.



     The Distribution Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the maximum rate
then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law.


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     All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Capital Securities will be rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of
a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the
nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward)).



     Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Capital Securities will be cumulative,
will accrue from the date of original issuance and will be payable quarterly in arrears on March
15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year or if any such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day, a “Distribution Payment Date”) (it being
understood that interest accrues for any such non-Business Day, beginning on or after June 15,
2012), commencing on the Distribution Payment Date in September 2007. The Debenture Issuer has the
right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures, so long as no
Acceleration Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, by extending the interest payment
period for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each an “Extension Period”) at any time and from
time to time on the Debentures, subject to the conditions described below, during which Extension
Period no interest shall be due and payable. During any Extension Period, interest will continue to
accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal
to the Distribution Rate in effect for each such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the
date such interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent
permitted by law (such interest referred to herein as “Additional Interest”). No Extension Period
may end on a date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period,
the Debenture Issuer shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together
with Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Debenture
Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such period together with all such previous
and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment
of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or Additional Interest 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. During any Extension Period, Distributions on the Capital Securities shall be
deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. If Distributions are deferred, the
Distributions due shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates, to
Holders of the Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date
immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable
(after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds available for
the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust’s funds available
for Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments received from the
Debenture Issuer. The payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the
Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.



     The Capital Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration.


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ASSIGNMENT




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



      




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



      




      




     (Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints



      




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


Date:                     



Signature:                     




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



Signature Guarantee:1






 




			
	1	 	Signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” that is a bank,
stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the Security
registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the
Security registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



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EXHIBIT A-2



FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE



     THIS COMMON SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION.



     THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 8.1 OF THE DECLARATION.



			
	 	 	 
	Certificate Number C-1
	 	403 Common Securities






June 21, 2007



Certificate Evidencing Fixed/Floating Rate Common Securities



of



EverBank Financial Preferred Trust IX



     EverBank Financial Preferred Trust IX, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the “Trust”), hereby certifies that EverBank Financial Corp (the “Holder”) is the
registered owner of common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust (the “Common Securities”). The Common Securities represented hereby are
issued pursuant to, and the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other
terms and provisions of the Common Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions
of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of June 21, 2007, among
Robert M. Clements, W. Blake Wilson and Thomas A. Hajda, as Administrators, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as Institutional Trustee, EverBank
Financial Corp, as Sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Trust including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set
forth in Annex I to such amended and restated declaration, as the same may be amended from time to
time (the “Declaration”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning
given them in the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee to the
extent provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee and the
Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place
of business.



     As set forth in the Declaration, when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
rights of Holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon
Liquidation, redemption or otherwise are subordinated to the rights of payment of Holders of the
Capital Securities.



     Upon receipt of this Certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration and is entitled to the
benefits thereunder.



     By acceptance of this Certificate, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax
purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Securities as evidence of undivided
beneficial ownership in the Debentures.



     This Common Security is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has duly executed this certificate.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL PREFERRED TRUST IX

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Administrator 	 


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[FORM OF REVERSE OF COMMON SECURITY]





     Distributions payable on each Common Security will be payable at an annual rate equal to 7.38%
beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the
Distribution Payment Date in June 2012 and at an annual rate for each successive period beginning
on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012, and each succeeding Distribution
Payment Date, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Distribution Payment Date (each a
“Distribution Period”), equal to 3-Month LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 1.70% (the
“Coupon Rate”), applied to the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Common Security, such
rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee.
Distributions in arrears will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the Distribution Rate
(to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term “Distributions” as used herein includes cash
distributions and any such compounded distributions unless otherwise noted. A Distribution is
payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. As
used herein, “Determination Date” means the date that is two London Banking Days (i.e., a business
day in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market)
preceding the commencement of the relevant Distribution Period. The amount of the Distribution
payable (i) for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date of original issuance but
before the Distribution Payment Date in June 2012 will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months, and (ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on the Distribution
Payment Date in June 2012 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be calculated by applying
the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount outstanding at the commencement of the
Distribution Period on the basis of the actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned
divided by 360.



     “3-Month LIBOR” as used herein, means the London interbank offered interest rate for three-month
U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Debenture Trustee in the following order of priority: (i)
the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month
maturity that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related
Determination Date (“Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display designated as “LIBOR01” on Reuters or
such other page as may replace Reuters Page LIBOR01 on that service or such other service or
services as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the
purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits); (ii) if such rate
cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Debenture Trustee will request the
principal London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank market to provide such
banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to prime banks in the London
interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be
the arithmetic mean of such quotations; (iii) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as
requested in clause (ii) above, the Debenture Trustee will request four major New York City banks
to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European
banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at
least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (iii)
above, 3-Month LIBOR will be a 3-Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period
immediately preceding such current Distribution Period. If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having
a three-month maturity that initially appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the Reuters Page LIBOR01 by a corrected
rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination Date, then the corrected rate as so
substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable 3-Month LIBOR for such Determination
Date.



     The Distribution Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the maximum rate
then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law.


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     All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Common Securities will be rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of
a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or
        .0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the
nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward)).



     Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Common Securities will be cumulative,
will accrue from the date of original issuance and will be payable quarterly in arrears on March
15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year or if any such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day, a “Distribution Payment Date”) (it being
understood that interest accrues for any such non-Business Day, beginning on or after June 15,
2012), commencing on the Distribution Payment Date in September 2007. The Debenture Issuer has the
right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures, so long as no
Acceleration Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, by extending the interest payment
period for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each an “Extension Period”) at any time and from
time to time on the Debentures, subject to the conditions described below, during which Extension
Period no interest shall be due and payable. During any Extension Period, interest will continue to
accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal
to the Distribution Rate in effect for each such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the
date such interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent
permitted by law (such interest referred to herein as “Additional Interest”). No Extension Period
may end on a date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period,
the Debenture Issuer shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together
with Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Debenture
Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such period together with all such previous
and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment
of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or Additional Interest 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. During any Extension Period, Distributions on the Common Securities shall be
deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. If Distributions are deferred, the
Distributions due shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates, to
Holders of the Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date
immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable
(after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds available for
the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust’s funds available
for Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments received from the
Debenture Issuer.



     The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration.


EverBank Financial Corp/Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust

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ASSIGNMENT




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



      




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



      




      




     (Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints



      




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


Date:                     



Signature:                     



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



Signature:                     



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



Signature Guarantee2






 




			
	2	 	Signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” that is a bank,
stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union, meeting the requirements of the Security
registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the
Security registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.




EverBank Financial Corp/Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust

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EXHIBIT B



SPECIMEN OF INITIAL DEBENTURE



FIXED/FLOATING
RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST
DEBENTURE




     THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.



     THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO
A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A
PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION
MEETING THE .REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E)
TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH
AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER
OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT
TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT
TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INDENTURE, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY.



     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF 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 1936, 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 THE SECURITIES OR
ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE
UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1
OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT
PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR
HOLDING ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) 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, OR (ii)
SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.




     THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000 00 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 00 IN EXCESS THEREOF ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN
$100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.



     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.



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



Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture




of



EverBank Financial Corp



June 21, 2007



     EverBank Financial Corp, a Florida corporation (the “Company” which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received promises to pay
to Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Institutional Trustee
for EverBank Financial Preferred Trust IX (the “Holder”) or registered assigns, the principal sum
of thirteen million four hundred three thousand dollars ($13,403,000.00) on September 15, 2037,
and to pay interest on said principal sum from June 21, 2007, or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly
(subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15 of each year or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business
Day (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) (it being understood that interest accrues for
any such non-Business Day during the applicable Distribution Period, beginning on or after June
15, 2012), commencing on the Interest Payment Date in September 2007, at an annual rate equal to
7.38% beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the
Interest Payment Date in June 2012 and at an annual rate for each successive period
beginning on (and including) the Interest Payment Date in June 2012, and each succeeding Interest
Payment Date, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (each a
“Distribution Period”), equal to 3-Month LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 1.70% (the
“Coupon Rate”), applied to the principal amount hereof, until the principal hereof is paid or duly
provided for or made available for’ payment, and on any overdue principal and (without duplication
and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any
overdue installment of interest (including Additional Interest) at the Interest Rate in effect for
each applicable period, compounded quarterly, from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. The amount of interest payable (i) for any Distribution
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date of original issuance but before the Interest Payment Date in June 2012 will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and (ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on
the Interest Payment Date in June 2012 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be computed on
the basis of the actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned divided by 360. The
interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular
record date for such interest installment, which shall be fifteen Business Days prior
to the day on which the relevant Interest Payment Date occurs. Any such interest installment not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on such regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record
date.




     “3-Month LIBOR” as used herein, means the London interbank offered interest rate for
three-month U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Trustee in the following order of
priority: (i) the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for
U.S. dollar deposits
having a three-month maturity that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time)
on the related Determination Date (“Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display designated as
“LIBOR01” on Reuters or such other page as may replace Reuters Page LIBOR01 on that service or
such other service or services as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the
information vendor for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar
deposits); (ii) if such rate cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Trustee
will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank market to
provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to prime banks in the
London interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided,
3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; (iii) if fewer than two such
quotations are provided as requested in clause (ii) above, the Trustee will request four major New
York City banks to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to
leading European banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Determination Date. If at least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the
arithmetic mean of such quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as
requested in clause (iii) above, 3-Month LIBOR will be a 3-Month LIBOR determined with respect to
the Distribution Period immediately preceding such current Distribution Period. If the rate for
U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that initially appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01
as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the Reuters Page
LIBOR01 by a corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination Date, then the
corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable .3-Month LIBOR for
such Determination Date As used herein, “Determination Date” means the date that is two London
Banking Days (i.e., a business day in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in
the London interbank market) preceding the commencement of the relevant Distribution Period



     The Interest Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the
maximum rate then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law



     All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Debentures will be rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths
of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or 09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or
0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the
nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward)).



 









 





     The principal of and interest on this Debenture shall be payable at the office or agency of
the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) maintained for that purpose in any
coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest
may be made by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the
Debenture Register if a request for a wire transfer by such holder has not been
received by the Company or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the holder
hereof Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of this Debenture is the Institutional
Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest on this Debenture will be made in
immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Trustee



     So long as no Acceleration Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall
have the right, from time to time, and without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of
interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period on the Debentures at any time
and from time to time during the term of the Debentures, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly
periods (each such extended interest payment period, an “Extension Period”), during which
Extension Period no interest (including Additional Interest) shall be due and payable (except any
Additional Sums that may be due and payable). No Extension Period may end on a date other than an
Interest Payment Date During an Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the
Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the
Interest Rate in effect for such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such
interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent
permitted by law (such interest referred to herein as “Additional Interest”) At the end of any
such Extension Period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures
(together with Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension
Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date; provided further, however,
that during any such Extension Period, the Company shall not and shall not permit any Affiliate to
engage in any of the activities or transactions described on the reverse side hereof and in the
Indenture. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such
period, provided that such period together with all such previous and further consecutive
extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the
Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued
and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Company may commence a new Extension Period,
subject to the foregoing requirements No interest or Additional Interest 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.
The Company must give the Trustee notice of its election to begin or extend an Extension Period
by the close of business at least 15 Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date with respect
to which interest on the Debentures would have been payable except for the election to begin or
extend such Extension Period



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



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



 









 





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



Signatures appear on the following page



 









 





     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this certificate.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Thomas A. Hajda
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas A. Hajda 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 
	 



CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION





     This is one of the Debentures referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
[ILLEGIBLE]	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 




 









 





REVERSE OF DEBENTURE





	     This Debenture is one of the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest
debentures of the Company, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture dated
as of June 21, 2007 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered between the Company and the
Trustee, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations
of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the
holders of the Debentures The Debentures are limited in aggregate principal amount as specified
in the Indenture
	 
	     Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event prior to the Interest Payment Date
in June 2012, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Debentures in whole, but not in
part, at any Interest Payment Date, within 120 days following the occurrence of such Special
Event, at the Special Redemption Price
	 
	     In addition, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in part,
but in all cases in a principal amount with integral multiples of $51,000 00, on any Interest
Payment Date on or after the Interest Payment Date in June 2012, at the Redemption Price
	 
	     Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as
applicable, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount
of money sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as
applicable, all the Debentures so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price or
Special Redemption Price.
	 
	     If all, or less than all, the Debentures are to be redeemed, the Company will give the
Trustee notice not less than 45 nor more than 60 days, respectively, prior to the Redemption Date
or Special Redemption Date, as applicable, as to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures to
be redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem
appropriate and fair, the Debentures or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000 00) to
be redeemed
	 
	     Notwithstanding the foregoing, any redemption of Debentures by the Company shall be subject
to the receipt of any and all required regulatory approvals
	 
	     In case an Acceleration Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon demand
of the Trustee, the principal of all of the Debentures shall become due and payable in the manner,
with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture
	 
	     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the
time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Debentures;
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall without the consent
of the holders of each Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby (i) change the fixed
maturity of any Debenture, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on
redemption thereof or make the principal thereof or any interest or premium thereon payable in any
coin or currency other than that provided in the Debentures, or impair or affect the right of any
Securityholder to institute suit for payment thereof or impair the right of repayment, if any, at
the option of the holder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures the holders of
which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture
	 
	     The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding on behalf of the holders of all of the
Debentures to waive (or modify any previously granted waiver of) any past default or Event of
Default, and its consequences, except a default (a) in the payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any of the Debentures, (b) in respect of covenants or provisions hereof or of
the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each
Debenture affected, or (c) in respect of the covenants contained in Section 3 9 of the Indenture;
provided, however, that if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of
such trust, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of
a majority in Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such
waiver or modification to such waiver, provided, further, that if the consent of
the holder of each outstanding Debenture is required, such waiver shall not be effective until
each holder of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver Upon any such
waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of the Indenture
and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any
default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by the Indenture, said
default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Debentures and the Indenture be deemed
to have been cured and to be not continuing
	 
	     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, including Additional Interest, on this
Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.
	 
	     The Company has agreed that if Debentures are initially issued to the Trust or a trustee of
such Trust in connection
with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust (regardless of whether Debentures continue
to be held by such Trust) and (i) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default,
(ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under the
Capital Securities Guarantee, or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election to
defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period as provided
herein and such Extension Period, or any extension thereof; shall be continuing, then the Company
shall not, and shall not allow any Affiliate of the Company to, (x) declare or pay any dividends
or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to,
any of the Company’s capital stock or its Affiliates’ capital stock (other than payments of
dividends or distributions to the Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the
foregoing or (y) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari
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or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (x) and (y) above, (1)
repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in
connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the
benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend
reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital stock
of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock) as
consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period,
if any, (2) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Company’s
capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock, (3) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (4) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (5) any
dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the
stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on
which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock and any cash
payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or (6) payments under the
Capital Securities Guarantee)




     The Debentures are issuable only in registered, certificated form without coupons and in
minimum denominations of $100,000 00 and any multiple of $1,000 00 in excess thereof. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to the transfer restrictions and limitations as may be contained
herein and therein from time to time, this Debenture is transferable by the holder hereof on the
Debenture Register of the Company Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Debenture at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose as provided in Section 3 2 of the Indenture, the Company shall
execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the transferee or transferees a
new Debenture for a like aggregate principal amount All Debentures presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to, the Company and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent duly executed by the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. No
service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debentures, but the
Company or the ‘Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith



     Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture, the Company, the
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent, any transfer agent and any Debenture
registrar may deem the Person in whose name such Debenture shall be registered upon the Debenture
Register to be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Debenture (whether or not such
Debenture shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on such Debenture and for all other purposes; and neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer agent
nor any Debenture registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so
made to any holder for the time being or upon his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the
sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any
such Debenture.



     No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any
Debenture, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under
or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any
supplemental indenture, or in any such Debenture, or because of the creation of any indebtedness
represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, officer or
director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person of the
Company, either directly or through the Company or any successor Person of the Company, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or
penalty or otherwise, it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly
waived
and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of the Indenture
and the issue of the Debentures



     Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Debenture shall have the meanings assigned in
the Indenture dated as of the date of original issuance of this Debenture between the Trustee and
the Company



     THE INDENTURE AND THE DEBENTURES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF




 











 








EXHIBIT C



PLACEMENT AGREEMENT



EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP




13,000 Capital Securities



Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities

(Liquidation Amount $1,000.00 per Capital Security)



PLACEMENT AGREEMENT



 





June 13, 2007




FTN Financial Capital Markets

845 Crossover Lane, Suite 150

Memphis, Tennessee 38117




Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

787 7th Avenue

4th Floor

New York, New York 10019



Ladies and Gentlemen:




     EverBank Financial Corp, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and its financing subsidiary,
EverBank Financial Preferred Trust VIII, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust,” and hereinafter
together with the Company, the “Offerors”), hereby confirm their agreement (this “Agreement”) with
you as placement agents (the “Placement Agents”), as follows:



Section 1. Issuance and Sale of Securities.




     1.1. Introduction. The Offerors propose to issue and sell at the Closing (as defined
in Section 2.3.1 hereof) 13,000 of the Trust’s Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities, with a
liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per capital security (the “Capital Securities”), to Preferred Term
Securities XXVI, Ltd., a company with limited liability established under the laws of the Cayman
Islands (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to the terms of a Subscription Agreement entered into, or to be
entered into on or prior to the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2.3.1 hereof), between the
Offerors and the Purchaser (the “Subscription Agreement”), the form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference.



     1.2. Operative Agreements. The Capital Securities shall be fully and unconditionally
guaranteed on a subordinated basis by the Company with respect to distributions and amounts payable
upon liquidation, redemption or repayment (the “Guarantee”) pursuant and subject to the Guarantee
Agreement, as amended (the “Guarantee Agreement”), to be dated as of June 20 and executed and
delivered by the Company and Wilmington Trust Company (“WTC”), as trustee (the “Guarantee
Trustee”), for the benefit from time to time of the holders of the Capital Securities. The entire
proceeds from the sale by the Trust to the holders of the Capital Securities shall be combined with
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proceeds from the sale by the Trust to the Company of its common securities (the “Common
Securities”), and shall be used by the Trust to purchase $13,403,000.00 in principal amount of the
Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures (the “Debentures”) of the
Company. The Capital Securities and the Common Securities for the Trust shall be issued pursuant to
a Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust among WTC, as Delaware trustee (the “Delaware
Trustee”), WTC, as institutional trustee (the “Institutional Trustee”), the Administrators named
therein, and the Company, to be dated as of June 20 and in substantially the form heretofore
delivered to the Placement Agents (the “Trust Agreement”). The Debentures shall be issued pursuant
to a First Supplemental Indenture (the “Indenture”), to be dated as of June 20, between the Company
and WTC, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). The documents identified in this Section
1.2 and in Section 1.1 are referred to herein as the “Operative Documents.”




     1.3. Rights of Purchaser. The Capital Securities shall be offered and sold by the
Trust directly to the Purchaser without registration of any of the Capital Securities, the
Debentures or the Guarantee under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
or any other applicable securities laws in reliance upon exemptions from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws. The Offerors agree that
this Agreement shall be incorporated by reference into the Subscription Agreement and the
Purchaser shall be entitled to each of the benefits of the Placement Agents and the Purchaser
under this Agreement and shall be entitled to enforce obligations of the Offerors under this
Agreement as fully as if the Purchaser were a party to this Agreement. The Offerors and the
Placement Agents have entered into this Agreement to set forth their understanding as to their
relationship and their respective rights, duties and obligations.



     1.4. Legends. Upon original issuance thereof, and until such time as the same is no
longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Capital Securities
and Debentures certificates shall each contain a legend as required pursuant to any of the
Operative Documents.



Section 2. Purchase of Capital Securities.




     2.1. Exclusive Rights; Purchase Price. From the date hereof until the Closing Date
(which date may be extended by mutual agreement of the Offerors and the Placement Agents), the
Offerors hereby grant to the Placement Agents the exclusive right to arrange for the sale of the
Capital Securities to the Purchaser at a purchase price of $1,000.00 per Capital Security.



     2.2. Subscription Agreement. The Offerors hereby agree to evidence their acceptance of
the subscription by countersigning a copy of the Subscription Agreement and returning the same to
the Placement Agents.



     2.3. Closing and Delivery of Payment.



          2.3.1. Closing; Closing Date. The sale and purchase of the Capital Securities by the
Offerors to the Purchaser shall take place at a closing (the “Closing”) at the offices of Lewis,
Rice & Fingersh, L.C., at 10:00 a.m. (St. Louis time) on June 21, 2007, or such other business day
as may be agreed upon by the Offerors and the Placement Agents (the “Closing Date”);
provided, however, that in no event shall the Closing Date occur later than June
29, 2007 unless consented to by the Purchaser. Payment by the Purchaser shall be payable in the
manner set forth in the Subscription Agreement and shall be made prior to or on the Closing Date.




          2.3.2. Delivery. The certificate for the Capital Securities shall be in definitive
form, registered in the name of the Purchaser, or the Purchaser’s designee, and in the aggregate
amount of the Capital Securities purchased by the Purchaser.




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          2.3.3. Transfer Agent. The Offerors shall deposit the certificate representing the
Capital Securities with the Institutional Trustee or other appropriate party prior to the Closing
Date.




     2.4. Costs and Expenses. Whether or not this Agreement is terminated or the sale of
the Capital Securities is consummated, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that it shall pay
or cause to be paid (directly or by reimbursement) all reasonable costs and expenses incident to
the performance of the obligations of the Offerors under this Agreement, including all fees,
expenses and disbursements of counsel and accountants for the Offerors; all reasonable expenses
incurred by the Offerors incident to the preparation, execution and delivery of the Trust
Agreement, the Indenture, and the Guarantee; and all other reasonable costs and expenses incident
to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder and under the Trust Agreement.



     2.5. Failure to Close. If any of the conditions to the Closing specified in this
Agreement shall not have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Placement Agents or if the
Closing shall not have occurred on or before 10:00 a.m. (St. Louis time) on June 29, 2007, then
each party hereto, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, shall be relieved
of all further obligations under this Agreement without thereby waiving any rights it may have by
reason of such nonfulfillment or failure; provided, however, that the obligations
of the parties under Sections 2.4, 7.5 and 9 shall not be so relieved and shall continue in full
force and effect.


Section 3. Closing Conditions. The obligations of the Purchaser and the Placement Agents on
the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy, at and as of the Closing Date, of the
representations and warranties of the Offerors contained in this Agreement, to the accuracy, at
and as of the Closing Date, of the statements of the Offerors made in any certificates pursuant to
this Agreement, to the performance by the Offerors of their respective obligations under this
Agreement, to compliance, at and as of the Closing Date, by the Offerors with their respective
agreements herein contained, and to the following further conditions:




     3.1. Opinions of Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Placement Agents shall have
received the following favorable opinions, each dated as of the Closing Date: (a) from Alston &
Bird LLP, counsel for the Offerors and addressed to the Purchaser, the Placement Agents and WTC in
substantially the form set forth on Exhibit B-1 attached hereto and incorporated herein by
this reference, (b) from Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel to the Offerors
and addressed to the Purchaser, the Placement Agents and the Offerors, in substantially the form
set forth on Exhibit B-2 attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference and (c)
from Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C., special tax counsel to the Offerors, and addressed to the
Placement Agents and the Offerors, addressing the items set forth on Exhibit B-3 attached
hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, subject to the receipt by Lewis, Rice & Fingersh,
L.C. of a representation letter from the Company in the form set forth in Exhibit B-3
completed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. (collectively, the
“Offerors’ Counsel Opinions”). In rendering the Offerors’ Counsel Opinions, counsel to the Offerors
may rely as to factual matters upon certificates or other documents furnished by officers,
directors and trustees of the Offerors (copies of which shall be delivered to the Placement Agents
and the Purchaser) and by government officials, and upon such other documents as counsel to the
Offerors may, in their reasonable opinion, deem appropriate as a basis for the Offerors’ Counsel
Opinions. Counsel to the Offerors may specify the jurisdictions in which they are admitted to
practice and that they are not admitted to practice in any other jurisdiction and are not experts
in the law of any other jurisdiction. If the Offerors’ counsel is not admitted to practice in the
State of New York, the opinion of Offerors’ counsel may assume, for purposes of the opinion, that
the laws of the State of New York are substantively identical, in all respects material to the
opinion, to the internal laws of the state in which such counsel is admitted to practice. Such
Offerors’ Counsel Opinions shall not state that they are to be governed or qualified by, or that
they are otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating



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to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of
Business Law (1991).




     3.2. Officer’s Certificate. At the Closing Date, the Purchaser and the Placement
Agents shall have received certificates from an authorized officer of the Company, dated as of the
Closing Date, stating that (i) the representations and warranties of the Offerors set forth in
Section 5 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Offerors have complied
with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or
prior to the Closing Date, (ii) since the date of this Agreement the Offerors have not incurred any
liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, other
than in the ordinary course of business, which is material to the Offerors, and (iii) covering such
other matters as the Placement Agents may reasonably request.



     3.3. Administrator’s Certificate. At the Closing Date, the Purchaser and the
Placement Agents shall have received a certificate of one or more Administrators of the Trust,
dated as of the Closing Date, stating that the representations and warranties of the Trust set
forth in Section 5 are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Trust has complied
with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or
prior to the Closing Date.



     3.4. Purchase Permitted by Applicable Laws; Legal Investment. The purchase of and
payment for the Capital Securities as described in this Agreement and pursuant to the Subscription
Agreement shall (a) not be prohibited by any applicable law or governmental regulation, (b) not
subject the Purchaser or the Placement Agents to any penalty or, in the reasonable judgment of the
Purchaser and the Placement Agents, other onerous conditions under or pursuant to any applicable
law or governmental regulation, and (c) be permitted by the laws and regulations of the
jurisdictions to which the Purchaser and the Placement Agents are subject.



     3.5. Consents and Permits. The Company and the Trust shall have received all consents,
permits and other authorizations, and made all such filings and declarations, as may be required
from any person or entity pursuant to any law, statute, regulation or rule (federal, state, local
and foreign), or pursuant to any agreement, order or decree to which the Company or the Trust is a
party or to which either is subject, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.



     3.6. Sale of Purchaser Securities. The Purchaser shall have sold securities issued by
the Purchaser in an amount such that the net proceeds of such sale shall be (i) available on the
Closing Date and (ii) in an amount sufficient to purchase the Capital Securities and all other
capital or similar securities contemplated in agreements similar to this Agreement and the
Subscription Agreement.



     3.7. Information. Prior to or on the Closing Date, the Offerors shall have furnished
to the Placement Agents such further information, certificates, opinions and documents addressed to
the Purchaser and the Placement Agents, which the Placement Agents may reasonably request,
including, without limitation, a complete set of the Operative Documents or any other documents or
certificates required by this Section 3; and all proceedings taken by the Offerors in connection
with the issuance, offer and sale of the Capital Securities as herein contemplated shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Placement Agents.



     If any condition specified in this Section 3 shall not have been fulfilled when and as
required in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions or certificates mentioned above or elsewhere
in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Placement
Agents, this Agreement may be terminated by the Placement Agents by notice to the Offerors at any
time at or prior to the Closing Date. Notice of such termination shall be given to the Offerors in
writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.



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Section 4. Conditions to the Offerors’ Obligations. The obligations of the Offerors to sell
the Capital Securities to the Purchaser and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall be subject to the accuracy, at and as of the Closing Date, of the representations and
warranties of the Placement Agents contained in this Agreement and to the following further
conditions:




     4.1. Executed Agreement. The Offerors shall have received from the Placement Agents
an executed copy of this Agreement.



     4.2. Fulfillment of Other Obligations. The Placement Agents shall have fulfilled all
of their other obligations and duties required to be fulfilled under this Agreement prior to or at
the Closing.


Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Offerors. Except as set forth on the
Disclosure Schedule (as defined in Section 11.1) attached hereto, if any, the Offerors jointly and severally
represent and warrant to the Placement Agents and the Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of
the Closing Date as follows:




     5.1. Securities Law Matters.



          (a) Neither the Company nor the Trust, nor any of their “Affiliates” (as defined in Rule
501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”)), nor any person acting on any of
their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers
to buy any security, under circumstances that would require the registration under the Securities
Act of any of the Capital Securities, the Guarantee or the Debentures (collectively, the
“Securities”) or any other securities to be issued, or which may be issued, by the Purchaser.




          (b) Neither the Company nor the Trust, nor any of their Affiliates, nor any person acting on
its or their behalf has (i) other than the Placement Agents, offered for sale or solicited offers
to purchase the Securities, (ii) engaged or will engage, in any “directed selling efforts” within
the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) with respect to the
Securities, or (iii) engaged in any form of offering, general solicitation or general advertising
(within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of any of the
Securities.




          (c) The Securities satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the
Securities Act.




          (d) Neither the Company nor the Trust is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Capital Securities and the consummation of the transactions described in this Agreement, will
be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” in each case
within the meaning of Section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Investment Company Act”), without regard to Section 3(c) of the Investment Company Act.




          (e) Neither the Company nor the Trust has paid or agreed to pay to any person or entity (other
than the Placement Agents) any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any of the
Securities.




     5.2. Organization, Standing and Qualification of the Trust. The Trust has been duly
created and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory
Trust Act (the “Statutory Trust Act”) with the power and authority to own property and to conduct
the business it transacts and proposes to transact and to enter into and perform its obligations
under the Operative Documents. The Trust is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign entity
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary, except where
the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the
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otherwise bound by any agreement other than the Operative Documents. The Trust is and will, under
current law, be classified for federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust and not as an
association taxable as a corporation.




     5.3. Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and,
on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the
Administrators of the Trust, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee, will be a valid and binding obligation of the
Company and such Administrators, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to
(a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, reorganization, liquidation and
other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (b) general principles of
equity (regardless of whether considered and applied in a proceeding in equity or at law)
(“Bankruptcy and Equity”). Each of the Administrators of the Trust is an employee or a director of
the Company or of a financial institution subsidiary of the Company and has been duly authorized by
the Company to execute and deliver the Trust Agreement.



     5.4. Guarantee Agreement and the Indenture. Each of the Guarantee and the Indenture
has been duly authorized by the Company and, on the Closing Date will have been duly executed and
delivered by the Company, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Guarantee
Trustee, in the case of the Guarantee, and by the Indenture Trustee, in the case of the Indenture,
will be a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, subject to Bankruptcy and Equity.



     5.5. Capital Securities and Common Securities. The Capital Securities and the Common
Securities have been duly authorized by the Trust Agreement and, when issued and delivered against
payment therefor on the Closing Date to the Purchaser, in the case of the Capital Securities, and
to the Company, in the case of the Common Securities, will be validly issued and represent
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust. None of the Capital Securities or the
Common Securities is subject to preemptive or other similar rights. On the Closing Date, all of the
issued and outstanding Common Securities will be directly owned by the Company free and clear of
any pledge, security interest, claim, lien or other encumbrance.



     5.6. Debentures. The Debentures have been duly authorized by the Company and, at the
Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
authentication in accordance with the Indenture, and, when authenticated in the manner provided for
in the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor by the Trust, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to Bankruptcy and Equity.



     5.7. Power and Authority. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and the Trust and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the
Company and the Trust, enforceable against the Company and the Trust in accordance with its terms,
subject to Bankruptcy and Equity.



     5.8. No Defaults. The Trust is not in violation of the Trust Agreement or, to the
knowledge of the Administrators, any provision of the Statutory Trust Act. The execution, delivery
and performance by the Company or the Trust of this Agreement or the Operative Documents to which
it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein and the use
of the proceeds therefrom, will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or a default under, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or other encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Trust, the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 5.11
hereof) pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other
instrument to which the Trust, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or
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assets of any of them is subject, except for a conflict, breach, default, lien, charge or
encumbrance which could not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect nor will such action result in any violation of the Trust Agreement or the
Statutory Trust Act or require the consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body. As used herein, the term “Material Adverse Effect” means any one or
more effects that individually or in the aggregate are material and adverse to the Offerors’
ability to consummate the transactions contemplated herein or in the Operative Documents or any
one or more effects that individually or in the aggregate are material and adverse to the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, affairs, business, prospects or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as whole, whether or not occurring in the
ordinary course of business.




     5.9. Organization, Standing and Qualification of the Company. The Company has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
Florida, with all requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct the
business it transacts and proposes to transact, and is duly qualified to transact business and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the nature of its activities
requires such qualification, except where the failure of the Company to be so qualified would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.



     5.10. Subsidiaries of the Company. Each of the Company’s significant subsidiaries (as
defined in Section 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X to the Securities Act (the “Significant
Subsidiaries”)) is listed in Exhibit C attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference. Each Significant Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with all
requisite power and authority to own its properties and conduct the business it transacts and
proposes to transact, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a
foreign entity in each jurisdiction where the nature of its activities requires such
qualification, except where the failure of any such Significant Subsidiary to be so qualified
would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Significant Subsidiaries (a) have been duly authorized
and are validly issued, (b) are fully paid and nonassessable, and (c) are wholly owned, directly
or indirectly, by the Company free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance, restriction upon voting or transfer, preemptive rights, claim, equity or other
defect.



     5.11. Permits. The Company and each of its subsidiaries (as defined in Section 1-02(x)
of Regulation S-X to the Securities Act) (the “Subsidiaries”) have all requisite power and
authority, and all necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and permits
of and from regulatory or governmental officials, bodies and tribunals, to own or lease their
respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted, except
such authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and permits which, if not obtained
and maintained, would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates or
permits which, singly or in the aggregate, if the failure to be so licensed or approved is the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would, singly or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable
laws, rules, regulations and orders and consents, the violation of which would, singly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.



     5.12. Conflicts, Authorizations and Approvals. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of its respective articles or certificate of incorporation, charter or
by-laws or similar organizational documents or in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
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lease or other agreement or instrument to which either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party, or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, the effect of which violation or default in
performance or observance would have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.




     5.13. Holding Company Registration and Deposit Insurance. The Company is duly
registered (i) as a bank holding company or financial holding company under the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) or (ii) as a savings and loan holding company under the
Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933, as amended, and the regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision
(the “OTS”), and the deposit accounts of the Company’s Subsidiary depository institutions are
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) to the fullest extent permitted by
law and the rules and regulations of the FDIC, and no proceedings for the termination of such
insurance are pending or threatened.



     5.14. Financial Statements.



          (a) The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries as of December
31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 and related consolidated income statements and statements of changes
in shareholders’ equity for the three years ended December 31, 2006 together with the notes
thereto, and the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries as of March
31, 2007 and the related consolidated income statements and statements of changes in shareholders’
equity for the three months then ended, copies of each of which have been provided to the Placement
Agents (together, the “Financial Statements”), have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (except as may be disclosed therein)
and fairly present in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations
and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries as of the dates and
for the periods indicated (subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal
recurring year-end adjustments, none of which shall be material). The books and records of the
Company and all of its Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in all material respects
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and any other applicable legal and
accounting requirements and reflect only actual transactions.




          (b) The information in the Company’s most recently filed (i) FR Y-9C filed with the Federal
Reserve if the Company is a bank holding company, (ii) FR Y-9SP filed with the Federal Reserve if
the Company is a small bank holding company or (iii) H-(b)11 filed with the OTS if the Company is a
savings and loan holding company (the “Regulatory Report”), previously provided to the Placement
Agents fairly presents in all material respects the financial position of the Company and, where
applicable, all of its Subsidiaries as of the end of the period represented by such Regulatory
Report.




          (c) Since the respective dates of the Financial Statements and the Regulatory Report, there
has been no material adverse change or development with respect to the financial condition or
earnings of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.




          (d) The accountants of the Company who certified the Financial Statements are independent
public accountants of the Company and its Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder.




     5.15. Regulatory Enforcement Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is subject or is party to, or has received any notice or advice that any of them may become subject
or party to, any investigation with respect to, any cease-and-desist order, agreement, consent
agreement, memorandum of understanding or other regulatory enforcement action, proceeding or order
with or by, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any
directive by, or has been since January 1, 2004, a recipient of any supervisory letter from, or
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any board resolutions at the request of, any Regulatory Agency (as defined below) that currently
restricts in any material respect the conduct of their business or that in any material manner
relates to their capital adequacy, their credit policies, their ability or authority to pay
dividends or make distributions to their shareholders or make payments of principal or interest on
their debt obligations, their management or their business (each, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor
has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been advised since January 1, 2004, by any Regulatory
Agency that it is considering issuing or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement. There is no
material unresolved violation, criticism or exception by any Regulatory Agency with respect to any
report or statement relating to any examinations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. As used
herein, the term “Regulatory Agency” means any federal or state agency charged with the supervision
or regulation of depository institutions, bank, financial or savings and loan holding companies, or
engaged in the insurance of depository institution deposits, or any court, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental agency, authority or instrumentality having supervisory or
regulatory authority with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company
nor any of the Subsidiaries is currently unable to pay dividends or make distributions to its
shareholders with respect to any class of its equity securities, or prohibited from paying
principal or interest on its debt obligations, due to a restriction or limitation, whether by
statute, contract or otherwise, and, in the reasonable judgment of the Company’s management,
neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries will be unable in the foreseeable future to pay
dividends or make distributions with respect to any class of equity securities, or be prohibited
from paying principal or interest on its debt obligations, due to a restriction or limitation,
whether by statute, contract or otherwise.




     5.16. No Material Change. Since December 31, 2006, there has been no material adverse
change or development with respect to the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, affairs,
business, prospects or results of operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.



     5.17. No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
any material liability, whether known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute
or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due
or to become due, including any liability for taxes (and there is no past or present fact,
situation, circumstance, condition or other basis for any present or future action, suit,
proceeding, hearing, charge, complaint, claim or demand against the Company or its Subsidiaries
giving rise to any such liability), except (i) for liabilities set forth in the Financial
Statements and (ii) normal fluctuation in the amount of the liabilities referred to in clause (i)
above occurring in the ordinary course of business of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries
since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements.



     5.18. Litigation. No charge, investigation, action, suit or proceeding is pending or,
to the knowledge of the Offerors, threatened against or affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties before or by any courts or any regulatory, administrative or
governmental official, commission, board, agency or other authority or body, or any arbitrator,
wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding could have, singly or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.



     5.19. Deferral of Interest Payments on Debentures. The Company has no present
intention to exercise its option to defer payments of interest on the Debentures as provided in the
Indenture. The Company believes that the likelihood that it would exercise its right to defer
payments of interest on the Debentures as provided in the Indenture at any time during which the
Debentures are outstanding is remote because of the restrictions that would be imposed on the
Company’s ability to declare or pay dividends or distributions on, or to redeem, purchase, acquire
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock and on the
Company’s ability to make any payments of principal, interest or premium on, or repay, repurchase
or redeem, any of its debt securities that rank pari passu in all respects with, or junior in
interest to, the Debentures.



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Section 6. Representations and Warranties of the Placement Agents. Each Placement Agent
represents and warrants to the Offerors as to itself (but not as to the other Placement Agent) as follows:




     6.1. Organization, Standing and Qualification.



          (a) FTN Financial Capital Markets is a division of First Tennessee Bank National Association,
a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the United States, with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties
and conduct its business as currently being conducted. FTN Financial Capital Markets is duly
qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or conducts its business so as to require such
qualification and in which the failure to so qualify would, individually or in the aggregate, have
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, prospects
or results of operations of FTN Financial Capital Markets.




          (b) Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of New York, with full power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and conduct its business as currently being conducted. Keefe, Bruyette &
Woods, Inc. is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing
in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or conducts its business so as to
require such qualification and in which the failure to so qualify would, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
business, prospects or results of operations of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.




     6.2. Power and Authority. The Placement Agent has all requisite power and authority to
enter into this Agreement, and this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Placement Agent and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Placement Agent, enforceable against the Placement Agent in accordance with its terms, subject to
Bankruptcy and Equity and except as any indemnification or contribution provisions thereof may be
limited under applicable securities laws.



     6.3. General Solicitation. In the case of the offer and sale of the Capital
Securities, no form of general solicitation or general advertising was used by the Placement Agent
or its representatives including, but not limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other
communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television
or radio or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation
or general advertising. Neither the Placement Agent nor its representatives have engaged or will
engage in any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Regulation S with respect to the
Capital Securities.



     6.4. Purchaser. The Placement Agent has made such reasonable inquiry as is necessary
to determine that the Purchaser is acquiring the Capital Securities for its own account, that the
Purchaser does not intend to distribute the Capital Securities in contravention of the Securities
Act or any other applicable securities laws, and that the Purchaser is not a “U.S. person” as that
term is defined under Rule 902 of the Securities Act.



     6.5. Qualified Purchasers. The Placement Agent has not offered or sold and will not
arrange for the offer or sale of the Capital Securities except (i) in an offshore transaction
complying with Rule 903 of Regulation S, or (ii) to those the Placement Agent reasonably believes
are “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D), or (iii) in any other manner
that does not require registration of the Capital Securities under the Securities Act. In
connection with each such sale, the Placement Agent has taken or will take reasonable steps to
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reliance on an exemption under the Securities Act and (b) future transfers of the Capital
Securities will not be made except in compliance with applicable securities laws.




     6.6. Offering Circulars. Neither the Placement Agent nor its representatives will
include any non-public information about the Company, the Trust or any of their Affiliates in any
registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or private placement memorandum used in
connection with any purchase of Capital Securities without the prior written consent of the Trust
and the Company.


Section 7. Covenants of the Offerors. The Offerors covenant and agree with the Placement
Agents and the Purchaser as follows:




     7.1. Compliance with Representations and Warranties. During the period from the date
of this Agreement to the Closing Date, the Offerors shall use their best efforts and take all
action necessary or appropriate to cause their representations and warranties contained in Section
5 hereof to be true as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, as if made on and as of the Closing Date.



     7.2. Sale and Registration of Securities. The Offerors and their Affiliates shall not
nor shall any of them permit any person acting on their behalf (other than the Placement Agents),
to directly or indirectly (i) sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate
in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that would or could be integrated
with the sale of the Capital Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the
Securities Act of the Securities or (ii) make offers or sales of any such Security, or solicit
offers to buy any such Security, under circumstances that would require the registration of any of
such Securities under the Securities Act.



     7.3. Use of Proceeds. The Trust shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities to purchase the Debentures from the Company.



     7.4. Investment Company. The Offerors shall not engage, or permit any Subsidiary to
engage, in any activity which would cause it or any Subsidiary to be an “investment company” under
the provisions of the Investment Company Act.



     7.5. Reimbursement of Expenses. If the sale of the Capital Securities provided for
herein is not consummated (i) because any condition set forth in Section 3 hereof is not satisfied,
or (ii) because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Trust to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a breach
by the Placement Agents, the Company shall reimburse the Placement Agents upon demand for all of
their pro rata share of out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 that shall have been incurred by them in connection
with the proposed purchase and sale of the Capital Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall have no obligation to reimburse the Placement Agents for their out-of-pocket expenses
if the sale of the Capital Securities fails to occur because the condition set forth in Section 3.6
is not satisfied or because either of the Placement Agents fails to fulfill a condition set forth
in Section 4.



     7.6. Directed Selling Efforts, Solicitation and Advertising. In connection with any
offer or sale of any of the Securities, the Offerors shall not, nor shall either of them permit
any of their Affiliates or any person acting on their behalf, other than the Placement Agents, to,
(i) engage in any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Regulation S, or (ii) engage in
any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as defined in Regulation D).



     7.7. Compliance with Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. So long as any of the
Securities are outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3)
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Securities Act, the Offerors will, during any period in which they are not subject to and in
compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), or the Offerors are not exempt from such reporting requirements pursuant to and
in compliance with Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, provide to each holder of such
restricted securities and to each prospective purchaser (as designated by such holder) of such
restricted securities, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser in connection with
any proposed transfer, any information required to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act, if applicable. This covenant is intended to be for the benefit of the holders, and
the prospective purchasers designated by such holders, from time to time of such restricted
securities. The information provided by the Offerors pursuant to this Section 7.7 will not, at the
date thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.



Section 8. Covenants of the Placement Agents. The Placement Agents covenant and agree with
the Offerors that, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, the
Placement Agents shall use their best efforts and take all action necessary or appropriate to cause
their representations and warranties contained in Section 6 to be true as of the Closing Date,
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as if made on and as of the
Closing Date. The Placement Agents further covenant and agree not to engage in hedging transactions
with respect to the Capital Securities unless such transactions are conducted in compliance with
the Securities Act.



Section 9. Indemnification.




     9.1. Indemnification Obligation. The Offerors shall jointly and severally indemnify
and hold harmless the Placement Agents and the Purchaser and each of their respective agents,
employees, officers and directors and each person that controls either of the Placement Agents or
the Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, and agents, employees, officers and directors or any such controlling person of either of the
Placement Agents or the Purchaser (each such person or entity, an “Indemnified Party”) from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, judgments, liabilities or expenses, joint or several,
to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in
settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the
Offerors), insofar as such losses, claims, damages, judgments, liabilities or expenses (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon, or relate to, in whole or in part, (a) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any information
(whether written or oral) or documents executed in favor of, furnished or made available to the
Placement Agents or the Purchaser by the Offerors, or (b) any omission or alleged omission to state
in any information (whether written or oral) or documents executed in favor of, furnished or made
available to the Placement Agents or the Purchaser by the Offerors a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse each
Indemnified Party for any legal and other expenses as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any
such loss, claim, damage, judgments, liability, expense or action described in this Section 9.1. In
addition to their other obligations under this Section 9, the Offerors hereby agree that, as an
interim measure during the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other
proceeding arising out of, or based upon, or related to the matters described above in this Section
9.1, they shall reimburse each Indemnified Party on a quarterly basis for all reasonable legal or
other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, action,
investigation, inquiry or other proceeding, notwithstanding the absence of a judicial determination
as to the propriety and enforceability of the possibility that such payments might later be held to
have been improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such interim
reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, each Indemnified Party shall promptly
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such amounts to the Offerors together with interest, determined on the basis of the prime rate (or
other commercial lending rate for borrowers of the highest credit standing) announced from time to
time by First Tennessee Bank National Association (the “Prime Rate”). Any such interim
reimbursement payments which are not made to an Indemnified Party within 30 days of a request for
reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the date of such request.




     9.2. Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified
Party under this Section 9 of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Offerors under this Section 9,
notify the Offerors in writing of the commencement thereof; but, subject to Section 9.4, the
omission to so notify the Offerors shall not relieve them from any liability pursuant to Section
9.1 which the Offerors may have to any Indemnified Party unless and to the extent that the Offerors
did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure by the Indemnified Party results in the
forfeiture by the Offerors of substantial rights and defenses. In case any such action is brought
against any Indemnified Party and such Indemnified Party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from
the Offerors, the Offerors shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that they may
wish, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party;
provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the
Indemnified Party and the Offerors and the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that
there may be a conflict between the positions of the Offerors and the Indemnified Party in
conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it
and/or other Indemnified Parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
Offerors, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such
legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such
Indemnified Party. Upon receipt of notice from the Offerors to such Indemnified Party of their
election to so assume the defense of such action and approval by the Indemnified Party of counsel,
the Offerors shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 9 for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the Indemnified Party shall have employed such counsel in connection with the
assumption of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso in the preceding sentence (it being
understood, however, that the Offerors shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel representing the Indemnified Parties who are parties to such action), or (ii) the
Offerors shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to
represent the Indemnified Party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the
action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel of such Indemnified Party shall be
at the expense of the Offerors.



     9.3. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is required
by its terms, but is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold
harmless an Indemnified Party under Section 9.1 in respect of any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses referred to herein or therein, then the Offerors shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of any losses, claims, damages,
judgments, liabilities or expenses referred to herein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Offerors, on the one hand, and the Indemnified
Party, on the other hand, from the offering of such Capital Securities, or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Offerors, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties
herein or other breaches which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, judgments, liabilities or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The respective relative benefits
received by the Offerors, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion, in the case of the Offerors, as the total price paid to the
Offerors for the Capital Securities sold by the Offerors to the Purchaser (net of the compensation
paid to the Placement Agents hereunder, but before deducting expenses), and in the case of the
Placement Agents, as the compensation received by them, bears to the



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total of such amounts paid to the Offerors and received by the Placement Agents as compensation.
The relative fault of the Offerors and the Placement Agents shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
the omission or alleged omission of a material fact or the inaccurate or the alleged inaccurate
representation and/or warranty relates to information supplied by the Offerors or the Placement
Agents and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The provisions set forth in Section 9.2 with respect
to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is made under this
Section 9.3; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with
respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 9.2 for purposes of
indemnification. The Offerors and the Placement Agents agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9.3 were determined by pro rata allocation or by
any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to in this Section 9.3. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages, judgments, liabilities or expenses referred to in this Section 9.3 shall
be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. In no event shall the liability of the Placement Agents hereunder be greater
in amount than the dollar amount of the compensation (net of payment of all expenses) received by
the Placement Agents upon the sale of the Capital Securities giving rise to such obligation. No
person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not found guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.




     9.4. Additional Remedies. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 9 are in addition to any liability that the Offerors may otherwise have to any Indemnified
Party.



     9.5. Additional Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Trust against all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as due from the Trust
under Sections 9.1 through 9.4 hereof.


Section 10. Rights and Responsibilities of Placement Agents.




     10.1. Reliance. In performing their duties under this Agreement, the Placement Agents
shall be entitled to rely upon any notice, signature or writing which they shall in good faith
believe to be genuine and to be signed or presented by a proper party or parties. The Placement
Agents may rely upon any opinions or certificates or other documents delivered by the Offerors or
their counsel or designees to either the Placement Agents or the Purchaser.



     10.2. Rights of Placement Agents. In connection with the performance of their duties
under this Agreement, the Placement Agents shall not be liable for any error of judgment or any
action taken or omitted to be taken unless the Placement Agents were grossly negligent or engaged
in willful misconduct in connection with such performance or non-performance. No provision of this
Agreement shall require the Placement Agents to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability on behalf of the Purchaser in connection with the performance of any of
their duties hereunder. The Placement Agents shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in them by this Agreement.


Section 11. Miscellaneous.




     11.1. Disclosure Schedule. The term “Disclosure Schedule,” as used herein, means the
schedule, if any, attached to this Agreement that sets forth items the disclosure of which is
necessary or appropriate as an exception to one or more representations or warranties contained in
Section 5 hereof; provided, that any item set forth in the Disclosure Schedule as an
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warranty shall be deemed an admission by the Offerors that such item represents an exception, fact,
event or circumstance that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the section numbers contained
in Section 5. Nothing in the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed adequate to disclose an exception
to a representation or warranty made herein unless the Disclosure Schedule identifies the exception
with reasonable particularity and describes the relevant facts in reasonable detail. Without
limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, the mere listing (or inclusion of a
copy) of a document or other item in the Disclosure Schedule shall not be deemed adequate to
disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made herein unless the representation or
warranty has to do with the existence of the document or other item itself. Information provided by
the Company in response to any due diligence questionnaire shall not be deemed part of the
Disclosure Schedule and shall not be deemed to be an exception to one or more representations or
warranties contained in Section 5 hereof unless such information is specifically included on the
Disclosure Schedule in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.1.




     11.2. Legal Expenses. At Closing, the Placement Agents shall provide a credit for the
Offerors’ transaction-related legal expenses in the amount of $10,000.00.



     11.3. Non-Disclosure. Except as required by applicable law, including without
limitation securities laws and regulations promulgated thereunder, (i) the Offerors shall not, and
will cause their advisors and representatives not to, issue any press release or other public
statement regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Operative Documents
prior to or on the Closing Date and (ii) following the Closing Date, the Offerors shall not
include in any press release, other public statement or other communication regarding the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Operative Documents, any reference to the
Placement Agents, WTC, the Purchaser, the term “PreTS” or any derivations thereof, or the terms
and conditions of this Agreement or the Operative Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, the Offerors may (1) consult any tax advisor regarding U.S. federal income tax treatment
or tax structure of the transaction contemplated under this Agreement and the Operative Documents
and (2) disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. Federal income
tax structure (in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.6011-4) of the
transaction contemplated under this Agreement and the Operative Documents and all materials of any
kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to you relating to such tax
treatment and tax structure. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts relevant to
the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the transaction and does not include information relating
to identity of the parties.



     11.4. Notices. Prior to the Closing, and thereafter with respect to matters
pertaining to this Agreement only, all notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery:



     if to the Placement Agents, to:



	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	 	FTN Financial Capital Markets
	 

	 	 	 	845 Crossover Lane, Suite 150
	 

	 	 	 	Memphis, Tennessee 38117
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier: 901-435-4706
	 

	 	 	 	Telephone: 800-456-5460
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: James D. Wingett
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	          and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
	 

	 	 	 	787 7th Avenue






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	 	 	 	4th Floor
	 

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10019
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier: 212-403-2000
	 

	 	 	 	Telephone: 212-403-1004
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Mitchell Kleinman, General Counsel
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with a copy to:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.
	 

	 	 	 	500 North Broadway, Suite 2000
	 

	 	 	 	St. Louis, Missouri 63102
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier: 314-241-6056
	 

	 	 	 	Telephone: 314-444-7600
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Thomas C. Erb, Esq.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	          and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Sidley Austin LLP
	 

	 	 	 	787 7th Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10019
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier: 212-839-5599
	 

	 	 	 	Telephone: 212-839-5300
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Renwick Martin, Esq.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	if to the Offerors, to:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	EverBank Financial Corp
	 

	 	 	 	8100 Nations Way
	 

	 	 	 	Jacksonville, Florida 32256
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier: 904-281-6145
	 

	 	 	 	Telephone: 904-281-6167
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Jeffrey L. Smiley
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with a copy to:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Alston & Bird LLP
	 

	 	 	 	The Atlantic Building
	 

	 	 	 	950 F Street, NW
	 

	 	 	 	Washington, D.C. 20004
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier: 202-756-3333
	 

	 	 	 	Telephone: 202-756-3349
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Michael P. Reed, Esq.






     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered, (ii) five business days after being deposited in the
mail, postage prepaid, if mailed, (iii) when answered back, if telexed, (iv) the next business day
after being telecopied, or (v) the next business day after timely delivery to a courier, if sent by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. From and after the Closing, the foregoing
notice provisions shall be superseded by any notice provisions of the Operative Documents under
which notice is given. The Placement Agents, the Offerors, and their respective counsel, may change
their respective notice addresses from time to time by written notice to all of the foregoing
persons.



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     11.5. Parties in Interest, Successors and Assigns. Except as expressly set forth
herein, this Agreement is made solely for the benefit of the Placement Agents, the Purchaser and
the Offerors and any person controlling the Placement Agents, the Purchaser or the Offerors and
their respective successors and assigns; and no other person shall acquire or have any right under
or by virtue of this Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors and assigns of each of the parties.



     11.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.



     11.7. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.



     11.8. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAWS PERTAINING TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS) OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.



     11.9. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Operative Documents and the
other documents delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, is
intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the
subject matter contained herein and therein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or
undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement,
together with the Operative Documents and the other documents delivered in connection with the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter.



     11.10. Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained
herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or
affected, it being intended that all of the Placement Agents’ and the Purchaser’s rights and
privileges shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.



     11.11. Survival. The Placement Agents and the Offerors, respectively, agree that the
representations, warranties and agreements made by each of them in this Agreement and in any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect
and shall survive the delivery of, and payment for, the Capital Securities.



Signatures appear on the following page




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     If this Agreement is satisfactory to you, please so indicate by signing the acceptance of
this Agreement and deliver such counterpart to the Offerors whereupon this Agreement will become
binding between us in accordance with its terms.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Very truly yours,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Thomas A. Hajda
 

	 	 
	 	 	Name: Thomas A. Hajda	 	 
	 	 	Title: Senior Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL PREFERRED TRUST IX	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Thomas A. Hajda
 

	 	 
	 	 	Name: Thomas A. Hajda	 	 
	 	 	Title: Administrator	 	 






	 	 	 	 	 

	CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,	 	 
	as of the date first set forth above	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	FTN FINANCIAL CAPITAL MARKETS,	 	 
	a division of First Tennessee Bank National Association,	 	 
	as a Placement Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ James D. Wingett
 

JAMES D. WINGETT
	 	 
	Title:

	 	SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.,	 	 
	a New York corporation, as a Placement Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Peter J. Wirth	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Peter J. Wirth	 	 
	Title:

	 	Managing Director	 	 






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EXHIBIT A




FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT



EVERBANK FINANCIAL PREFERRED TRUST VIII

EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP



SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT



June 21, 2007



     THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) made among EverBank Financial Preferred Trust
VIII (the “Trust”), a statutory trust created under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (Chapter 38 of
Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. §§ 3801, et seq.), EverBank Financial Corp, a Florida
corporation, with its principal offices located at 8100 Nations Way, Jacksonville, Florida 32256
(the “Company” and, collectively with the Trust, the “Offerors”), and Preferred Term Securities
XXVI, Ltd. (the “Purchaser”).



RECITALS:




     A. The Trust desires to issue 13,000 of its Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities (the
“Capital Securities”), liquidation amount $1,000.00 per Capital Security, representing an undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust (the “Offering”), to be issued pursuant to an
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration”) by and among the Company, Wilmington
Trust Company (“WTC”), the administrators named therein, and the holders (as defined therein),
which Capital Securities are to be guaranteed by the Company with respect to distributions and
payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise pursuant to the terms of a Guarantee Agreement
between the Company and WTC, as trustee (the “Guarantee”); and



     B. The proceeds from the sale of the Capital Securities will be combined with the proceeds
from the sale by the Trust to the Company of its common securities, and will be used by the Trust
to purchase an equivalent amount of Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures of the Company (the “Debentures”) to be issued by the Company pursuant to an indenture
to be executed by the Company and WTC, as trustee (the “Indenture”); and



     C. In consideration of the premises and the mutual representations and covenants hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:



ARTICLE I




PURCHASE AND SALE OF CAPITAL SECURITIES



     1.1. Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase from the
Trust 13,000 Capital Securities at a price equal to $1,000.00 per Capital Security (the “Purchase
Price”) and the Trust agrees to sell such Capital Securities to the Purchaser for said Purchase
Price. The rights and preferences of the Capital Securities are set forth in the Declaration. The
Purchase Price is payable in immediately available funds on June 21, 2007, or such other business
day as may be designated by the Purchaser, but in no event later than June 29, 2007 (the “Closing
Date”). The Offerors shall provide the Purchaser wire transfer instructions no later than 1 day
following the date hereof.



     1.2. The certificate for the Capital Securities shall be delivered by the Trust on the
Closing Date to the Purchaser or its designee.



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1.3. The Placement Agreement, dated June 13, 2007 (the “Placement Agreement”), among the
Offerors and the Placement Agents identified therein includes certain representations and
warranties, covenants and conditions to closing and certain other matters governing the Offering.
The Placement Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement and the Purchaser
shall be entitled to each of the benefits of the Placement Agents and the Purchaser under the
Placement Agreement and shall be entitled to enforce the obligations of the Offerors under such
Placement Agreement as fully as if the Purchaser were a party to such Placement Agreement.




ARTICLE II




REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER



     2.1. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that neither the Capital Securities, the
Debentures nor the Guarantee have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), or any other applicable securities law, are being offered for sale by the
Trust in transactions not requiring registration under the Securities Act, and may not be offered,
sold, pledged or otherwise transferred by the Purchaser except in compliance with the registration
requirements of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, pursuant to an
exemption therefrom or in a transaction not subject thereto.



     2.2. The Purchaser represents, warrants and certifies that (i) it is not a “U.S. person” as
such term is defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act, (ii) it is not acquiring the Capital
Securities for the account or benefit of any such U.S. person, (iii) the offer and sale of Capital
Securities to the Purchaser constitutes an “offshore transaction” under Regulation S of the
Securities Act, and (iv) it will not engage in hedging transactions with regard to the Capital
Securities unless such transactions are conducted in compliance with the Securities Act and the
Purchaser agrees to the legends and transfer restrictions set forth on the Capital Securities
certificate.



     2.3. The Purchaser represents and warrants that it is purchasing the Capital Securities for
its own account, for investment, and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with,
any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or other applicable securities laws,
subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of its property be at all times within its
control and subject to its ability to resell such Capital Securities pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or under Rule 144A or any other exemption from
registration available under the Securities Act or any other applicable Securities law.



     2.4. The Purchaser represents and warrants that it has full power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement, to make the representations and warranties specified herein, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated herein and it has full right and power to subscribe for
Capital Securities and perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.



     2.5. The Purchaser, a Cayman Islands Company whose business includes issuance of certain
notes and acquiring the Capital Securities and other similar securities, represents and warrants
that it has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing the Capital Securities, has had the opportunity to
ask questions of, and receive answers and request additional information from, the Offerors and is
aware that it may be required to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Capital
Securities.



     2.6. The Purchaser represents and warrants that no filing with, or authorization, approval,
consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any governmental body, agency
or court having jurisdiction over the Purchaser, other than those that have been made or obtained,
is necessary or



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required for the performance by the Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement or to
consummate the transactions contemplated herein.




     2.7. The Purchaser represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Purchaser.



     2.8. The Purchaser represents and warrants that (i) the Purchaser is not in violation or
default of any term of its Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association, of any provision
of any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument or contract to which it is a party or
by which it is bound or of any judgment, decree, order, writ or, to its knowledge, any statute,
rule or regulation applicable to the Purchaser which would prevent the Purchaser from performing
any material obligation set forth in this Agreement; and (ii) the execution, delivery and
performance of and compliance with this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein, will not, with or without the passage of time or giving of notice, result in
any such material violation, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under any such term, or
the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any permit, license,
authorization or approval applicable to the Purchaser, its business or operations or any of its
assets or properties which would prevent the Purchaser from performing any material obligations set
forth in this Agreement.



     2.9. The Purchaser represents and warrants that the Purchaser is an exempted company with
limited liability duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction where it is organized, with full power and authority to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.



     2.10. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that the Company will rely upon the truth
and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgments, representations, warranties and agreements and
agrees that, if any of the acknowledgments, representations, warranties or agreements deemed to
have been made by it by its purchase of the Capital Securities are no longer accurate, it shall
promptly notify the Company.



     2.11. The Purchaser understands that no public market exists for any of the Capital
Securities, and that it is unlikely that a public market will ever exist for the Capital
Securities.



ARTICLE III




MISCELLANEOUS



     3.1. Any notice or other communication given hereunder shall be deemed sufficient if in
writing and sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, international courier
or delivered by hand against written receipt therefor, or by facsimile transmission and confirmed
by telephone, to the following addresses, or such other address as may be furnished to the other
parties as herein provided:



	 	 	 

	To the Offerors:

	 	EverBank Financial Corp
	 

	 	8100 Nations Way
	 

	 	Jacksonville, Florida 32256
	 

	 	Attention: Jeffrey L. Smiley
	 

	 	Fax: 904-281-6145
	 
	 	 
	To the Purchaser:

	 	Preferred Term Securities XXVI, Ltd.
	 

	 	c/o Maples Finance Limited
	 

	 	P.O. Box 1093 GT
	 

	 	Queensgate House
	 

	 	South Church Street






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	 	George Town, Grand Cayman
	 

	 	Cayman Islands 
	 

	 	Attention: The Directors 
	 

	 	Fax: 345-945-7100






          Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, notices shall be deemed to have been given on the
date of mailing, except notice of change of address, which shall be deemed to have been given when
received.




     3.2. This Agreement shall not be changed, modified or amended except by a writing signed by
the parties to be charged, and this Agreement may not be discharged except by performance in
accordance with its terms or by a writing signed by the party to be charged.



     3.3. Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser, this Agreement shall
become a binding obligation of the Purchaser with respect to the purchase of Capital Securities as
herein provided.



     3.4. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES
HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS HEREOF SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW.



     3.5. The parties agree to execute and deliver all such further documents, agreements and
instruments and take such other and further action as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out
the purposes and intent of this Agreement.



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



     3.7. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application
thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any
reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and
of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected, it being intended
that all of the Offerors’ and the Purchaser’s rights and privileges shall be enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.



Signatures appear on the following page




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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand the day and year first written above.



	 	 	 	 	 

	PREFERRED TERM SECURITIES XXVI, LTD.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	Print Name:

	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 
	Title:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 






     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is agreed to and accepted as of the day and year first
written above.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL PREFERRED TRUST VIII	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Administrator	 	 






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EXHIBIT B-1




FORM OF COMPANY COUNSEL OPINION



June 21, 2007



	 	 	 	 	 

	Preferred Term Securities XXVI, Ltd.

	 	 	 	FTN Financial Capital Markets
	c/o Maples Finance Limited

	 	 	 	845 Crossover Lane, Suite 150
	P. O. Box 1093 GT

	 	 	 	Memphis, Tennessee 38117
	Queensgate House
	 	 	 	 
	South Church Street
	 	 	 	 
	George Town, Grand Cayman
	 	 	 	 
	Cayman Islands
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Wilmington Trust Company

	 	 	 	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
	Rodney Square North

	 	 	 	787 7th Avenue
	1100 North Market Street

	 	 	 	4th Floor
	Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10019





Ladies and Gentlemen:




     We have acted as counsel to EverBank Financial Corp (the “Company”), a Florida corporation in
connection with a certain Placement Agreement, dated June 13, 2007, (the “Placement Agreement”),
between the Company and EverBank Financial Preferred Trust VIII (the “Trust”), on one hand, and FTN
Financial Capital Markets and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (the “Placement Agents”), on the other
hand. Pursuant to the Placement Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions stated therein,
the Trust will issue and sell to Preferred Term Securities XXVI, Ltd. (the “Purchaser”),
$13,000,000.00 aggregate principal amount of Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities (liquidation
amount $1,000.00 per capital security) (the “Capital Securities”).



     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings ascribed
to them in the Placement Agreement.



     The law covered by the opinions expressed herein is limited to the law of the United States of
America and of the State of Florida.



     We have made such investigations of law as, in our judgment, were necessary to render the
following opinions. We have also reviewed (a) the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
and its By-Laws, as amended; and (b) such corporate documents, records, information and
certificates of the Company and the Subsidiaries, certificates of public officials or government
authorities and other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the
opinions hereinafter expressed. As to certain facts material to our opinions, we have relied, with
your permission, upon statements, certificates or representations, including those delivered or
made in connection with the above-referenced transaction, of officers and other representatives of
the Company and the Subsidiaries and the Trust.



     As used herein, the phrases “to the best of our knowledge” or “known to us” or other similar
phrases mean the actual knowledge of the attorneys who have had active involvement in the
transactions described above or who have prepared or signed this opinion letter, or who otherwise
have devoted substantial attention to legal matters for the Company.



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     Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the further qualifications set forth below, we
are of the opinion as of the date hereof that:



     1. The Company is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Florida and is duly registered as a savings and loan holding company under the Home Owners’ Loan
Act of 1933, as amended. Each of the Significant Subsidiaries is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and the
Significant Subsidiaries has full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and
to conduct its business as such business is currently conducted in all material respects. To the
best of our knowledge, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Significant Subsidiaries
have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable except to the
extent such shares may be deemed assessable under 12 U.S.C. Section 1831o or 12 U.S.C. Section 55,
and are owned of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, by the Company.



     2. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Debentures in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Placement Agreement and the Operative Documents have been duly authorized by all
necessary actions of the Company. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Debentures by the Company
and the issuance, sale and delivery of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities by the
Trust do not give rise to any preemptive or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase any shares
of capital stock or equity securities of the Company or the Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to
the corporate Articles of Incorporation or Charter, By-Laws or other governing documents of the
Company or the Significant Subsidiaries, or, to the best of our knowledge, any agreement or other
instrument to which either the Company or the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
the Significant Subsidiaries may be bound.



     3. The Company has all requisite corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations
under the Placement Agreement and the Subscription Agreement, and the Placement Agreement and the
Subscription Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by general
principles of equity and by bankruptcy or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and
except as the indemnification and contribution provisions thereof may be limited under applicable
laws and certain remedies may not be available in the case of a non-material breach.



     4. Each of the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and is a valid and legally binding obligation
of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the rights and
remedies of creditors generally and of general principles of equity.



     5. All conditions precedent to the execution of the Indenture have been satisfied and the
Indenture Trustee is authorized pursuant to the provisions of Article IX of the Indenture to join
in the execution of the Indenture.



     6. The Debentures have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, are
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and are legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the effect of
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the
rights and remedies of creditors generally and of general principles of equity.



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     6. To the best of our knowledge, neither the Company, the Trust, nor any of the Subsidiaries is in
breach or violation of, or default under, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, its
Articles of Incorporation or Charter, By-Laws or other governing documents (including without
limitation, the Trust Agreement). The execution, delivery and performance of the Placement
Agreement and the Operative Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Placement Agreement and the Operative Documents do not and will not (i) result in the creation or
imposition of any material lien, claim, charge, encumbrance or restriction upon any property or
assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries, or (ii) conflict with, constitute a material breach or
violation of, or constitute a material default under, with or without notice or lapse of time or
both, any of the terms, provisions or conditions of (A) the Articles of Incorporation or Charter,
By-Laws or other governing documents of the Company or the Subsidiaries, or (B) to the best of our
knowledge, any material contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement,
note, lease, franchise, license or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or the
Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound
or (C) any order, decree, judgment, franchise, license, permit, rule or regulation of any court,
arbitrator, government, or governmental agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, known to us
having jurisdiction over the Company or the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties
which, in the case of each of (i) or (ii) above, is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis.



     7. Except for filings, registrations or qualifications that may be required by applicable
securities laws, no authorization, approval, consent or order of, or filing, registration or
qualification with, any person (including, without limitation, any court, governmental body or
authority) is required under the laws of the State of Florida in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Placement Agreement and the Operative Documents in connection with the offer
and sale of the Capital Securities as contemplated by the Placement Agreement and the Operative
Documents.



     8. To the best of our knowledge (i) no action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity is
pending or threatened to which the Company, the Trust or the Subsidiaries are or may be a party,
and (ii) no action, suit or proceeding is pending or threatened against or affecting the Company,
the Trust or the Subsidiaries or any of their properties, before or by any court or governmental
official, commission, board or other administrative agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator,
wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Placement Agreement and
the Operative Documents or the issuance and sale of the Capital Securities as contemplated therein
or the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, affairs, business, or results of operations
of the Company, the Trust and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.



     9. Assuming the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Placement
Agents in the Placement Agreement and the Purchaser in the Subscription Agreement, it is not
necessary in connection with the offering, sale and delivery of the Capital Securities, the
Debentures and the Guarantee Agreement (or the Guarantee) to register the same under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under the circumstances contemplated in the Placement
Agreement and the Subscription Agreement.



     10. Neither the Company nor the Trust is or after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Capital Securities and the consummation of the transactions described in the Placement
Agreement will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,”
in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, without regard
to Section 3(c) of such Act.



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     The opinion expressed in the first two sentences of numbered paragraph 1 of this opinion is
based solely upon certain certificates and confirmations issued by the applicable governmental
officer or authority with respect to each of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries.



     With respect to the foregoing opinions, since no member of this firm is actively engaged in
the practice of law in the States of Delaware or New York, we do not express any opinions as to the
laws of such states and have (i) relied, with your approval, upon the opinion of Richards, Layton &
Finger, P.A. with respect to matters of Delaware law and (ii) assumed, with your approval and
without rendering any opinion to such effect, that the laws of the State of New York, in all
respects material to this opinion, are substantively identical to the laws of the State of Florida,
without regard to conflict of law provisions.



     The opinions expressed herein are rendered to you solely pursuant to Section 3.1(a) of the
Placement Agreement. As such, they may be relied upon by you only and may not be used or relied
upon by any other person for any purpose whatsoever without our prior written consent.



Very truly yours,




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EXHIBIT B-2




FORM OF DELAWARE COUNSEL OPINION



To Each of the Persons

Listed on Schedule A Hereto




          Re: EverBank Financial Preferred Trust VIII



Ladies and Gentlemen:




          We have acted as special Delaware counsel for EverBank Financial Preferred Trust VIII, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), in connection with the matters set forth herein. At your
request, this opinion is being furnished to you.




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




          (a) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust (the “Certificate of Trust”), as filed in the office
of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on March 28, 2007;




          (b) The Declaration of Trust, dated as of March 28, 2007, among EverBank Financial Corp, a
Florida corporation (the “Company”), Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation
(“WTC”), as trustee and the administrators named therein (the “Administrators”);




          (c) The Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of June 20,
2007 (including the form of Capital Securities Certificate attached thereto as Exhibit A-2 and the
terms of the Capital Securities attached as Annex I) (the “Declaration of Trust”), among the
Company, as sponsor, WTC, as Delaware trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”) and institutional trustee
(the “Institutional Trustee”), the Administrators and the holders, from time to time, of undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust;




          (d) The Placement Agreement, dated June 13, 2007 (the “Placement Agreement”), among the
Company, the Trust, and FTN Financial Capital Markets and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., as
placement agents;




          (e) The Subscription Agreement, dated June 21, 2007 (the “Subscription Agreement”), among the
Trust, the Company and Preferred Term Securities XXVI, Ltd. (the documents identified in items (c)
through (e) being collectively referred to as the “Operative Documents”);




          (f) The Capital Securities being issued on the date hereof (the “Capital
Securities”);




          (g) The Common Securities being issued on the date hereof (the “Common Securities”) (the
documents identified in items (f) and (g) being collectively referred to as the “Trust
Securities”); and




          (h) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated June 20, 2007, obtained from the
Secretary of State.




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          Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the
Declaration of Trust, except that reference herein to any document shall mean such document as in
effect on the date hereof. This opinion is being delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 of the
Placement Agreement.




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




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




          For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the Declaration of Trust constitutes
the entire agreement among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof,
including with respect to the creation, operation, and termination of the Trust, and that the
Declaration of Trust and the Certificate of Trust are in full force and effect and have not been
amended further, (ii) that there are no proceedings pending or contemplated, for the merger,
consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or termination of the Trust, (iii) except to the extent
provided in paragraph 1 below, the due creation, due formation or due organization, as the case may
be, and valid existence in good standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the
laws of the jurisdiction governing its creation, formation or organization, (iv) that each party to
the documents examined by us is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such
qualification is required generally or necessary in order for such party to enforce its rights
under the documents examined by us, (v) the legal capacity of each natural person who is a party to
the documents examined by us, (vi) except to the extent set forth in paragraph 2 below, that each
of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver,
and to perform its obligations under, such documents, (vii) except to the extent provided in
paragraph 3 below, that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has duly authorized,
executed and delivered such documents, (viii) the receipt by each Person to whom a Capital Security
is to be issued by the Trust (the “Capital Security Holders”) of a Capital Security Certificate for
the Capital Security and the payment for the Capital Securities acquired by it, in accordance with
the Declaration of Trust and the Subscription Agreement, (ix) that the Capital Securities are
issued and sold to the Holders of the Capital Securities in accordance with the Declaration of
Trust and the Subscription Agreement, (x) the receipt by the Person (the “Common Securityholder”)
to whom the common securities of the Trust representing common undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust (the “Common Securities” and, together with the Capital Securities, the
“Trust Securities”) are to be issued by the Trust of a Common Security Certificate for the Common
Securities and the payment for the Common Securities acquired by it, in accordance with the
Declaration of Trust, (xi) that the Common Securities are issued and sold to the Common
Securityholder in accordance with the Declaration of Trust, (xii) that each of the parties to the
documents reviewed by us has agreed to and received the stated consideration for the incurrence of
its obligations under such documents, (xiii) that each of the documents reviewed by us (other than
the Declaration of Trust) is a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the parties
thereto in accordance with the terms thereof and (xiv) that the Trust derives no income from or
connected with sources within the State of Delaware and has no assets, activities (other than
having a trustee and the filing of documents with the Secretary of State) or employees in the State
of Delaware. We have not participated in the preparation of any offering materials with respect to
the Trust Securities and assume no responsibility for its contents.




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




          We express no opinion as to (i) the effect of suretyship defenses, or defenses in the nature
thereof, with respect to the obligations of any applicable guarantor, joint obligor, surety,
accommodation party, or other secondary obligor or any provisions of the Declaration of Trust with
respect to indemnification or contribution and (ii) the accuracy or completeness of any exhibits
or schedules to the Operative Documents. No opinion is given herein as to the choice of law or
internal substantive rules of law that any court or other tribunal may apply to the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Documents.




          We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any particular provision of the Declaration
of Trust or the other Operative Documents relating to remedies after default.




          We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any particular provision of any of the
Operative Documents relating to (i) waivers of rights to object to jurisdiction or venue, or
consents to jurisdiction or venue, (ii) waivers of rights to (or methods of) service of process, or
rights to trial by jury, or other rights or benefits bestowed by operation of law, (iii) waivers of
any applicable defenses, setoffs, recoupments, or counterclaims, (iv) waivers or variations of
provisions which are not capable of waiver or variation under the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”)
of the State, (v) the grant of powers of attorney to any person or entity, or (vi) exculpation or
exoneration clauses, indemnity clauses, and clauses relating to releases or waivers of unmatured
claims or rights.




          We have made no examination of, and no opinion is given herein as to the Trustee’s or the
Trust’s title to or other ownership rights in, or the existence of any liens, charges or
encumbrances on, or adverse claims against, any asset or property held by the Institutional
Trustee or the Trust. We express no opinion as to the creation, validity, attachment, perfection
or priority of any mortgage, security interest or lien in any asset or property held by the
Institutional Trustee or the Trust.




          We express no opinion as to the effect of events occurring, circumstances arising, or changes
of law becoming effective or occurring, after the date hereof on the matters addressed in this
opinion letter, and we assume no responsibility to inform you of additional or changed facts, or
changes in law, of which we may become aware.




          We express no opinion as to any requirement that any party to the Operative Documents (or any
other persons or entities purportedly entitled to the benefits thereof) qualify or register to do
business in any jurisdiction in order to be able to enforce its rights thereunder or obtain the
benefits thereof.




          Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and statutes of
the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion
that:




          1. The Trust has been duly created and is validly existing in good standing as a
statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act 

(12 Del. C. § 3801, et
seq.) (the “Act”). All filings required under the laws of the State of Delaware with respect
to the creation and valid existence of the Trust as a statutory trust have been made.




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          2. Under the Declaration of Trust and the Act, the Trust has the trust power and authority to
(A) execute and deliver the Operative Documents, (B) perform its obligations under such Operative
Documents and (C) issue the Trust Securities.




          3. The execution and delivery by the Trust of the Operative Documents, and the performance by
the Trust of its obligations thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary trust action
on the part of the Trust.




          4. The Declaration of Trust constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
the Trustees and the Administrators, and is enforceable against the Company, the Trustees and the
Administrators, in accordance with its terms.




          5. Each of the Operative Documents constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Trust, enforceable against the Trust, in accordance with its terms.




          6. The Capital Securities have been duly authorized for issuance by the Declaration of Trust,
and, when duly executed and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof in accordance with
the Declaration of Trust, the Subscription Agreement and the Placement Agreement, the Capital
Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in
paragraph 8 below, nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and
will entitle the Capital Securities Holders to the benefits of the Declaration of Trust. The
issuance of the Capital Securities is not subject to preemptive or other similar rights under the
Act or the Declaration of Trust.




          7. The Common Securities have been duly authorized for issuance by the Declaration of Trust
and, when duly executed and delivered to the Company as Common Security Holder in accordance with
the Declaration of Trust, will be validly issued, fully paid and, subject to paragraph 8 below and
Section 9.1(b) of the Declaration of Trust (which provides that the Holder of the Common Securities
are liable for debts and obligations of Trust), nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust and will entitle the Common Security Holder to the benefits of the Declaration
of Trust. The issuance of the Common Securities is not subject to preemptive or other similar
rights under the Act or the Declaration of Trust.




          8. Under the Declaration of Trust and the Act, the Holders of the Capital Securities, as
beneficial owners of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Holders of the Capital Securities and
the Holder of the Common Securities may be obligated, pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, (A) to
provide indemnity and/or security in connection with and pay taxes or governmental charges arising
from transfers or exchanges of Capital Security Certificates and the issuance of replacement
Capital Security Certificates, and (B) to provide security or indemnity in connection with
requests of or directions to the Institutional Trustee to exercise its rights and powers under the
Declaration of Trust.




          9. Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust of the Operative Documents,
nor the consummation by the Trust of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, requires the
consent or approval of, the authorization of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the
giving of notice to, the filing, registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other
action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency of the State of Delaware, other than
the filing of the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State (which Certificate of Trust has
been duly filed).




          10. Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust of the Trust Documents, nor
the consummation by the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby, (i) is in




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violation of the Declaration of Trust or of any law, rule or regulation of the State of Delaware
applicable to the Trust or (ii) to the best of our knowledge, without independent investigation,
violates, contravenes or constitutes a default under, or results in a breach of or in the creation
of any lien (other than as permitted by the Operative Documents) upon any property of the Trust
under any indenture, mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract, bank
loan or credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Trust is a party or
by which it is bound.




          11. Assuming that the Trust will not be taxable as a corporation for federal income tax
purposes, but rather will be classified for such purposes as a grantor trust under Subpart E, Part
I of Subchapter J of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Trust will not be subject
to any tax, fee or governmental charge under the laws of the State of Delaware.




          The opinions expressed in paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 above are subject, as to enforcement, to
the effect upon the Declaration of Trust of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership,
reorganization, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance and transfer, and other similar laws relating
to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, (ii) principles of equity,
including applicable law relating to fiduciary duties (regardless of whether considered and
applied in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) the effect of applicable public policy on
the enforceability of provisions relating to indemnification or contribution.




          Circular 230 Notice. Any advice contained in this communication with respect to any federal
tax matter was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used by any taxpayer, for the
purpose of avoiding penalties that the Internal Revenue Service may impose on the taxpayer. If any
such advice is made to any person other than to our client for whom the advice was prepared, the
advice expressed above is being delivered to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other
than Richards, Layton & Finger) of the transaction or matter discussed or referenced, and such
taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayer’s particular circumstances from an independent
tax advisor.




          In basing the opinions set forth herein on “our knowledge,” the words “our knowledge” signify
that no information has come to the attention of the attorneys in the firm who are directly
involved in the representation of the Trust in this transaction that would give us actual knowledge
that any such opinions are not accurate. Except as otherwise stated herein, we have undertaken no
independent investigation or verification of such matters.




          We consent to your relying as to matters of Delaware law upon this opinion in connection with
the Placement Agreement. We also consent to Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.’s and Alston & Bird LLP’s
relying as to matters of Delaware law upon this opinion in connection with opinions to be rendered
by them on the date hereof pursuant to the Placement Agreement. Except as stated above, without
our prior written consent, this opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any
other Person for any purpose.




Very truly yours,




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SCHEDULE A




Wilmington Trust Company


FTN Financial Capital Markets


Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.


Preferred Term Securities XXVI, Ltd.


Preferred Term Securities XXVI, Inc. 


EverBank Financial Corp




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EXHIBIT B-3




 TAX COUNSEL OPINION ITEMS




	1.	 	The Debentures will be classified as indebtedness of the Company for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
	 
	2.	 	The Trust will be characterized as a grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.





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Lewis,
Rice & Fingersh, L.C.

 500 N. Broadway, Suite 2000 

St. Louis,
Missouri 63102




	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Re:
	 	Representations Concerning the Issuance of Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures (the “Debentures”) to EverBank Financial Preferred Trust VIII (the
“Trust”) and Sale of Trust Securities (the “Trust Securities”) of the Trust





Ladies and Gentlemen:




     In accordance with your request, EverBank Financial Corp (the “Company”) hereby makes the
following representations in connection with the preparation of your opinion letter as to the
United States federal income tax consequences of the issuance by the Company of the Debentures to
the Trust and the sale of the Trust Securities.



     Company hereby represents that:



     1. The sole assets of the Trust will be the Debentures, any interest paid on the Debentures
to the extent not distributed, proceeds of the Debentures, or any of the foregoing.



     2. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Debentures for general
corporate purposes.



     3. The Trust was not formed to conduct any trade or business and is not authorized to conduct
any trade or business. The Trust exists for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing and selling the
Trust Securities, (ii) using the proceeds from the sale of Trust Securities to acquire the
Debentures, and (iii) engaging only in activities necessary or incidental thereto.



     4. The Company has not entered into an agency agreement with the Trust or authorized the
trustee to act as its agent in dealing with third parties. To the Company’s knowledge, after due
inquiry, the Trust has not acted as the agent of the Company or of anyone else in dealing with
third parties.



     5. The Trust was formed to facilitate direct investment in the assets of the Trust, and the
existence of multiple classes of ownership is incidental to that purpose. There is no intent to
provide holders of such interests in the Trust with diverse interests in the assets of the Trust.



     6. The Company intends to create a debtor-creditor relationship between the Company, as
debtor, and the Trust, as a creditor, upon the issuance and sale of the Debentures to the Trust by
the Company. The Company will (i) record and at all times continue to reflect the Debentures as
indebtedness on its separate books and records for financial accounting purposes, and (ii) treat
the Debentures as indebtedness for all United States tax purposes.



     7. During each year, the Trust’s income will consist solely of payments made by the Company
with respect to the Debentures. Such payments will not be derived from the active conduct of a
financial business by the Trust. Both the Company’s obligation to make such payments and the
measurement of the amounts payable by the Company are defined by the terms of the Debentures.
Neither the Company’s obligation to make such payments nor the measurement of the amounts payable
by the Company is dependent on income or profits of Company or any affiliate of the Company.



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     8. The Company expects that it will be able to make, and will make, timely payment of amounts
identified by the Debentures as principal and interest in accordance with the terms of the
Debentures with available capital or accumulated earnings.



     9. The Company presently has no intention to defer interest payments on the Debentures, and it
considers the likelihood of such a deferral to be remote because, if it were to exercise its right
to defer payments of interest with respect to the Debentures, it would not be permitted to declare
or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation
payment with respect to, any capital stock of the Company or any affiliate of the Company (other
than payments of dividends or distributions to the Company or payments of dividends from direct or
indirect subsidiaries of the Company to their parent corporations, which also shall be direct or
indirect subsidiaries of the Company) or make any payment of principal of or interest or premium,
if any, on or repay, repurchase, or redeem any debt securities of the Company or any affiliate of
the Company that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures, in
each case subject to limited exceptions stated in Section 2.11 of the Indenture to be entered into
in connection with the issuance of the Debentures.



     10. The Company has no present intention (a) to take the position that a deferral of interest
payments on the Debentures is not a remote contingency, or (b) to make an explicit disclosure on
the Company’s tax return, under Reg. § 1.1275-2(h)(5) that its determination as holder with respect
to remote contingency status is different from its determination as issuer.



     11. Immediately after the issuance of the Debentures, the debt-to-equity ratio of the Company
(as determined for financial accounting purposes, but excluding deposit liabilities from the
Company’s debt) will be within standard depository institution industry norms and, in any event,
will be no higher than five to one (5 : 1).



     12. To the best of our knowledge, the Company is currently in compliance with all federal,
state, and local capital requirements, except to the extent that failure to comply with any such
requirements would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its affiliates.



     13. The Company will not issue any class of common stock or preferred stock senior to the
Debentures during their term.



     14. The Internal Revenue Service has not challenged the interest deduction on any class of the
Company’s subordinated debt in the last ten (10) years on the basis that such debt constitutes
equity for federal income tax purposes.



     The above representations are accurate as of the date below and will continue to be accurate
through the issuance of the Trust Securities, unless you are otherwise notified by us in writing.
The undersigned understands that you will rely on the foregoing in connection with rendering
certain legal opinions, and possesses the authority to make the representations set forth in this
letter on behalf of the Company.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Very truly yours,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: June 18, 2007

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	
Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 






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EXHIBIT C




 SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES


EverBank



EverHome Mortgage Company





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