Document:

Exhibit
4.2

 

 

 

FIRST REGIONAL BANCORP,

as Issuer

 

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of September 26, 2002

 

 

STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURES

 

DUE 2032

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
  ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 1.1.

  	
  Definitions.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II.
  DEBENTURES

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 2.1.

  	
  Authentication and
  Dating.

  
	
  Section 2.2.

  	
  Form of Trustee’s
  Certificate of Authentication.

  
	
  Section 2.3.

  	
  Form and Denomination of
  Debentures.

  
	
  Section 2.4.

  	
  Execution of Debentures.

  
	
  Section 2.5.

  	
  Exchange and
  Registration of Transfer of Debentures.

  
	
  Section 2.6.

  	
  Mutilated, Destroyed,
  Lost or Stolen Debentures.

  
	
  Section 2.7.

  	
  Temporary Debentures.

  
	
  Section 2.8.

  	
  Payment of Interest and
  Additional Interest.

  
	
  Section 2.9.

  	
  Cancellation of
  Debentures Paid, etc.

  
	
  Section 2.10.

  	
  Computation of
  Interest.

  
	
  Section 2.11.

  	
  Extension of Interest
  Payment Period.

  
	
  Section 2.12.

  	
  CUSIP Numbers.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III.
  PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 3.1.

  	
  Payment of Principal,
  Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debentures.

  
	
  Section 3.2.

  	
  Offices for Notices and
  Payments, etc.

  
	
  Section 3.3.

  	
  Appointments to Fill
  Vacancies in Trustee’s Office.

  
	
  Section 3.4.

  	
  Provision as to Paying
  Agent.

  
	
  Section 3.5.

  	
  Certificate to Trustee.

  
	
  Section 3.6.

  	
  Additional Sums.

  
	
  Section 3.7.

  	
  Compliance with Consolidation
  Provisions.

  
	
  Section 3.8.

  	
  Limitation on Dividends.

  
	
  Section 3.9.

  	
  Covenants as to the
  Trust.

  
	
  Section 3.10.

  	
  Additional Junior
  Indebtedness.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV.
  SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 4.1.

  	
  Securityholders’ Lists.

  
	
  Section 4.2.

  	
  Preservation and
  Disclosure of Lists.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V. REMEDIES OF
  THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 5.1.

  	
  Events of Default.

  
	
  Section 5.2.

  	
  Payment of Debentures on
  Default; Suit Therefor.

  
	
  Section 5.3.

  	
  Application of Moneys
  Collected by Trustee.

  
	
  Section 5.4.

  	
  Proceedings by
  Securityholders.

  
	
  Section 5.5.

  	
  Proceedings by Trustee.

  
	
  Section 5.6.

  	
  Remedies Cumulative and
  Continuing; Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.

  

 

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  Section 5.7.

  	
  Direction of Proceedings
  and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders.

  
	
  Section 5.8.

  	
  Notice of Defaults.

  
	
  Section 5.9.

  	
  Undertaking to Pay
  Costs.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI.
  CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 6.1.

  	
  Duties and
  Responsibilities of Trustee.

  
	
  Section 6.2.

  	
  Reliance on Documents,
  Opinions, etc.

  
	
  Section 6.3.

  	
  No Responsibility for
  Recitals, etc.

  
	
  Section 6.4.

  	
  Trustee, Authenticating
  Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own Debentures.

  
	
  Section 6.5.

  	
  Moneys to be Held in
  Trust.

  
	
  Section 6.6.

  	
  Compensation and
  Expenses of Trustee.

  
	
  Section 6.7.

  	
  Officers’ Certificate as
  Evidence.

  
	
  Section 6.8.

  	
  Eligibility of Trustee.

  
	
  Section 6.9.

  	
  Resignation or Removal
  of Trustee

  
	
  Section 6.10.

  	
  Acceptance by
  Successor Trustee.

  
	
  Section 6.11.

  	
  Succession by Merger,
  etc.

  
	
  Section 6.12.

  	
  Authenticating Agents.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII.
  CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS 

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 7.1.

  	
  Action by
  Securityholders.

  
	
  Section 7.2.

  	
  Proof of Execution by
  Securityholders.

  
	
  Section 7.3.

  	
  Who Are Deemed Absolute
  Owners.

  
	
  Section 7.4.

  	
  Debentures Owned by Company
  Deemed Not Outstanding.

  
	
  Section 7.5.

  	
  Revocation of Consents;
  Future Holders Bound.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VIII.
  SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 8.1.

  	
  Purposes of Meetings.

  
	
  Section 8.2.

  	
  Call of Meetings by
  Trustee.

  
	
  Section 8.3.

  	
  Call of Meetings by
  Company or Securityholders.

  
	
  Section 8.4.

  	
  Qualifications for
  Voting.

  
	
  Section 8.5.

  	
  Regulations.

  
	
  Section 8.6.

  	
  Voting.

  
	
  Section 8.7.

  	
  Quorum; Actions.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IX.
  SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 9.1.

  	
  Supplemental Indentures
  without Consent of Securityholders.

  
	
  Section 9.2.

  	
  Supplemental Indentures
  with Consent of Securityholders.

  
	
  Section 9.3.

  	
  Effect of Supplemental
  Indentures.

  
	
  Section 9.4.

  	
  Notation on Debentures.

  
	
  Section 9.5.

  	
  Evidence of Compliance
  of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE X. REDEMPTION
  OF SECURITIES

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 10.1.

  	
  Optional Redemption.

  
	
  Section 10.2.

  	
  Special Event
  Redemption.

  
	
  Section 10.3.

  	
  Notice of Redemption;
  Selection of Debentures.

  
	
  Section 10.4.

  	
  Payment of Debentures
  Called for Redemption.

  

 

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  ARTICLE XI. CONSOLIDATION,
  MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 11.1.

  	
  Company
  May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.

  
	
  Section 11.2.

  	
  Successor Entity to be
  Substituted.

  
	
  Section 11.3.

  	
  Opinion of Counsel to
  be Given to Trustee.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XII.
  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 12.1.

  	
  Discharge of
  Indenture.

  
	
  Section 12.2.

  	
  Deposited Moneys to be
  Held in Trust by Trustee.

  
	
  Section 12.3.

  	
  Paying Agent to Repay
  Moneys Held.

  
	
  Section 12.4.

  	
  Return of Unclaimed
  Moneys.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XIII.
  IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 13.1.

  	
  Indenture and
  Debentures Solely Corporate Obligations.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XIV.
  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 14.1.

  	
  Successors.

  
	
  Section 14.2.

  	
  Official Acts by
  Successor Entity.

  
	
  Section 14.3.

  	
  Surrender of Company
  Powers.

  
	
  Section 14.4.

  	
  Addresses for Notices,
  etc.

  
	
  Section 14.5.

  	
  Governing Law.

  
	
  Section 14.6.

  	
  Evidence of Compliance
  with Conditions Precedent.

  
	
  Section 14.7.

  	
  Non-Business Days.

  
	
  Section 14.8.

  	
  Table of Contents,
  Headings, etc.

  
	
  Section 14.9.

  	
  Execution in
  Counterparts.

  
	
  Section 14.10.

  	
  Separability.

  
	
  Section 14.11.

  	
  Assignment.

  
	
  Section 14.12.

  	
  Acknowledgment of
  Rights.

  
	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XV.
  SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 15.1.

  	
  Agreement to
  Subordinate.

  
	
  Section 15.2.

  	
  Default on Senior
  Indebtedness.

  
	
  Section 15.3.

  	
  Liquidation,
  Dissolution, Bankruptcy.

  
	
  Section 15.4.

  	
  Subrogation.

  
	
  Section 15.5.

  	
  Trustee to Effectuate
  Subordination.

  
	
  Section 15.6.

  	
  Notice by the Company.

  
	
  Section 15.7.

  	
  Rights of the Trustee;
  Holders of Senior Indebtedness.

  
	
  Section 15.8.

  	
  Subordination
  May Not Be Impaired.

  
	
   

  
	
  Exhibit A

  	
  Form of Junior Subordinated Deferrable
  Interest Debenture

  
			

 

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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of September 26, 2002,
between First Regional Bancorp, a California corporation (the “Company”),
and State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, a
national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of
America, as debenture trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the
Company has duly authorized the issuance of its Floating Rate Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2032 (the “Debentures”)
under this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the execution and
authentication, delivery and administration thereof, and the Company has duly
authorized the execution of this Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make this
Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and
performed;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, This Indenture Witnesseth:

 

In consideration of the premises, and the purchase of
the Debentures by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with
the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders
from time to time of the Debentures as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                Definitions.  The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all
purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have
the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1.  All accounting terms used herein and not
expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and the term “generally accepted
accounting principles” means such accounting principles as are generally
accepted in the United States at the time of any computation.  The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder”
and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

 

“Additional Interest” means interest, if any, that
shall accrue on any interest on the Debentures the payment of which has not
been made on the applicable Interest Payment Date and which shall accrue at the
Interest Rate, compounded quarterly (to the extent permitted by law).

 

“Additional Junior Indebtedness” means, without
duplication and other than the Debentures, any indebtedness, liabilities or
obligations of the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company, under debt
securities (or guarantees in respect of debt securities) initially issued after
the date of this Indenture to any trust, or a trustee of a trust, partnership
or other entity affiliated with the Company that is, directly or indirectly, a
finance subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 3a-5 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940) or other financing vehicle of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company in connection with the issuance by that entity of
preferred securities or other securities that are eligible to qualify for
Tier 1 capital treatment (or its then equivalent) for purposes of the
capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and
applicable to the Company (or, if the Company is not a bank holding company,
such guidelines applied to the Company as if the Company were subject to such
guidelines); provided, however, that the inability of the Company
to treat all or any portion of the Additional Junior Indebtedness as
Tier 1 capital shall not disqualify it as Additional Junior Indebtedness
if such inability results from the Company having cumulative preferred stock,
minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, or any other class of security
or interest which the Federal Reserve now or may hereafter

 

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accord Tier 1 capital treatment (including the Debentures) in
excess of the amount which may qualify for treatment as Tier 1 capital
under applicable capital adequacy guidelines.

 

“Additional Sums” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.6.

 

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

 

“Authenticating Agent” means any agent or
agents of the Trustee which at the time shall be appointed and acting pursuant
to Section 6.12.

 

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S.
Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

“Board of Directors” means the board of
directors or the executive committee or any other duly authorized designated
officers of the Company.

 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have
been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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

 

“Capital Securities” means undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust which rank pari  passu with Common Securities
issued by the Trust; provided, however, that upon the occurrence
and continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration), the
rights of holders of such Common Securities to payment in respect of
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are
subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

 

“Capital Securities Guarantee” means the
guarantee agreement that the Company enters into with State Street Bank and
Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, as guarantee trustee, or
other Persons that operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders
of Capital Securities of the Trust.

 

“Capital Treatment Event” means the receipt by
the Company 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 Company will not,
within 90 days of the date of such opinion be entitled to treat an amount equal
to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Debentures 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 Company (or if the
Company is not a bank holding company, such guidelines applied to the Company
as if the Company were subject to such guidelines); provided, however,
that the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion of the
liquidation amount of the Debentures as Tier l Capital shall not
constitute the basis for a Capital Treatment Event, if such inability results
from the Company having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in
consolidated subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest which the
Federal Reserve 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

 

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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.

 

“Certificate” means a certificate signed by any
one of the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the
principal accounting officer of the Company.

 

“Common Securities” means undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with Capital
Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that upon the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Declaration), the rights of holders of such Common Securities to payment in
respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise are subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

 

“Company” means First Regional Bancorp, a
California corporation, and, subject to the provisions of Article XI,
shall include its successors and assigns.

 

“Coupon Rate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8.

 

“Debenture” or “Debentures” has the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture.

 

“Debenture Register” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.5.

 

“Declaration” means the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.

 

“Default” means any event, act or condition
that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.

 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.8.

 

“Distribution Period” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.8.

 

“Determination Date” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.10.

 

“Event of Default” means any event specified in
Section 5.1, continued for the period of time, if any, and after the
giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.

 

“Extension Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11.

 

“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and any successor federal agency that is
primarily responsible for regulating the activities of bank holding companies.

 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally
executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented, or both.

 

“Institutional Trustee” has the meaning set
forth in the Declaration.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means each
March 26, June 26, September 26 and December 26 during the
term of this Indenture.

 

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“Interest Rate” means for the period beginning
on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding)
December 26, 2002 the rate per annum of 5.220% and for each Distribution
Period thereafter, the Coupon Rate.

 

“Investment Company Event” means the receipt by
the Company 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 of 1940, as amended 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.

 

“Liquidation Amount” means the stated amount of
$1,000.00 per Trust Security.

 

“Maturity Date” means September 26, 2032.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate
signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Vice
Chairman, the President, any Managing Director or any Vice President, and by
the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller, an Assistant
Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.  Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 14.6 if
and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in
writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company, or may be other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.  Each such opinion shall include the
statements provided for in Section 14.6 if and to the extent required by
the provisions of such Section.

 

“OTS” means the Office of Thrift Supervision
and any successor federal agency that is primarily responsible for regulating
the activities of savings and loan holding companies.

 

The term “outstanding,” when used with
reference to Debentures, means, subject to the provisions of Section 7.4,
as of any particular time, all Debentures authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, except:

 

(a)                                  Debentures
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;

 

(b)                                 Debentures,
or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys in the
necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with
any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying
agent); provided, however, that, if such Debentures, or portions
thereof, are to be redeemed prior to maturity thereof, notice of such
redemption shall have been given as provided in Section 10.3 or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and

 

(c)                                  Debentures
paid pursuant to Section 2.6 or in lieu of or in substitution for which
other Debentures shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the
terms of Section 2.6 unless proof satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee is presented that any such Debentures are held by bona fide holders in
due course.

 

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

 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular
Debenture means every previous Debenture evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debenture; and, for purposes of
this definition, any Debenture authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.6 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture shall be deemed
to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture.

 

“Principal Office of the Trustee,” or other
similar term, means the office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time
its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which at the
time of the execution of this Indenture shall be 225 Asylum Street, Goodwin
Square, Hartford, Connecticut  06103.

 

“Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.1.

 

“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.

 

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to
the Trustee, any officer within the Principal Office of the Trustee, including
any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or other
officer of the Principal Trust Office of the 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.

 

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

 

“Securityholder,” “holder of Debentures,” or
other similar terms, means any Person in whose name at the time a particular
Debenture is registered on the register kept by the Company or the Trustee for
that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to
the Company, (i) the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect
of (A) indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness
evidenced by securities, debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments
issued by the Company; (ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company;
(iii) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Company and
all obligations of the Company under any title retention agreement;
(iv) all obligations of the Company for the reimbursement of any letter of
credit, any banker’s acceptance, any security purchase facility, any repurchase
agreement or similar arrangement, any interest rate swap, any other hedging
arrangement, any obligation under options or any similar credit or other
transaction; (v) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i)
through (iv) above of other Persons for the payment of which the Company is
responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and (vi) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of
other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company
(whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company), whether incurred on
or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Indebtedness”
shall not include (1) any Additional Junior Indebtedness,
(2) Debentures issued pursuant to this Indenture and guarantees in respect
of such Debentures, (3) trade accounts payable of the Company arising in the
ordinary course of business (such trade accounts payable being pari passu
in right of payment to the Debentures), or (4) obligations with respect to
which (a) in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to

 

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which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are
pari
passu, junior or otherwise not superior in right of payment to the
Debentures and (b) the Company, prior to the issuance thereof, has notified
(and, if then required under the applicable guidelines of the regulating
entity, has received approval from) the Federal Reserve (if the Company is a
bank holding company) or the OTS (if the Company is a savings and loan holding
company).  Senior Indebtedness shall
continue to be Senior Indebtedness and be entitled to the subordination
provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of
such Senior Indebtedness.

 

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

 

“Special Redemption Date” has the meaning set
forth in Section 10.2.

 

“Special Redemption Price” means
(i) 107.5% of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed on a
Special Redemption Date that occurs before September 26, 2007 and (ii)
100% of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed on a Special
Redemption Date that occurs on September 26, 2007 or after, plus accrued
and unpaid interest on such Debentures to the Special Redemption Date.

 

“Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person,
(i) any corporation at least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of
which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a
majority of the outstanding partnership or similar interests of which shall at
the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by
such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited
partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general
partner.  For the purposes of this
definition, “voting stock” means shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having
ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the
equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a
contingency.

 

“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company
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 Company 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
Company on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for
United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will
be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to more than a de
minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.

 

“3-Month LIBOR” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10.

 

“Telerate Page 3750” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.10.

 

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“Trust” shall mean First Regional Statutory
Trust II, a Connecticut statutory trust, or any other similar trust
created for the purpose of issuing Capital Securities in connection with the
issuance of Debentures under this Indenture, of which the Company is the
sponsor.

 

“Trust Securities” means Common Securities and
Capital Securities of the Trust.

 

“Trustee” means State Street Bank and Trust
Company of Connecticut, National Association, and, subject to the provisions of
Article VI hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as
Trustee hereunder.

 

ARTICLE II.

DEBENTURES

 

Section 2.1.                                Authentication and
Dating.  Upon the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Debentures in an
aggregate principal amount not in excess of $7,732,000.00 may be executed and
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee
shall thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said Debentures to
or upon the written order of the Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board
of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, the President, one of its
Managing Directors or one of its Vice Presidents without any further action by the
Company hereunder.  In authenticating
such Debentures, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Debentures, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying
upon:

 

(a)                                  a
copy of any Board Resolution or Board Resolutions relating thereto and, if
applicable, an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant to such
resolution, in each case certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company, as the case may be; and

 

(b)                                 an
Opinion of Counsel prepared in accordance with Section 14.6 which shall
also state:

 

(1)                                   that
such Debentures, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by
the Company in each case in the manner and subject to any conditions specified
in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, subject to or limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, moratorium and other
statutory or decisional laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or the
reorganization of financial institutions (including, without limitation,
preference and fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws), heretofore or hereafter
enacted or in effect, affecting the rights of creditors generally; and

 

(2)                                   that
all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the
Company of the Debentures have been complied with and that authentication and
delivery of the Debentures by the Trustee will not violate the terms of this
Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to
authenticate and deliver any Debentures under this Section if the Trustee,
being advised in writing by counsel, determines that such action may not
lawfully be taken or if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith
shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability
to existing holders.

 

The definitive Debentures shall be typed, printed,
lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any
other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debentures, as
evidenced by their execution of such Debentures.

 

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Section 2.2.                                Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication. 
The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Debentures shall be
in substantially the following form:

 

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

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut,
National Association, as Trustee

 

	
  By

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Authorized Signer

  

 

Section 2.3.                                Form and
Denomination of Debentures.  The Debentures shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.  The Debentures shall be in registered,
certificated form without coupons and in minimum denominations of $500,000.00
and any multiple of $1,000.00 in excess thereof.  Any attempted transfer of the Debentures in a block having an
aggregate principal amount of less than $500,000.00 shall be deemed to be
voided and of no legal effect whatsoever. 
Any such purported transferee shall be deemed not to be a holder of such
Debentures for any purpose, including, but not limited to the receipt of
payments on such Debentures, and such purported transferee shall be deemed to
have no interest whatsoever in such Debentures.  The Debentures shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise
distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers
executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced
by the execution and authentication thereof.

 

Section 2.4.                                Execution of
Debentures.  The Debentures
shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or
facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive
Officer, Vice Chairman, President, one of its Managing Directors or one of its
Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents.  Only such Debentures as shall bear thereon a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form herein before recited,
executed by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of
an authorized signer, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
Such certificate by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon any
Debenture executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the
Debenture so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

In case any officer of the Company who shall have
signed any of the Debentures shall cease to be such officer before the
Debentures so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent, or disposed of by the Company, such Debentures
nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the
Person who signed such Debentures had not ceased to be such officer of the
Company; and any Debenture may be signed on behalf of the Company by such
Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debenture, shall be the
proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this
Indenture any such person was not such an officer.

 

Every Debenture shall be dated the date of its
authentication.

 

Section 2.5.                                Exchange and
Registration of Transfer of Debentures.  The Company shall
cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained for the purpose of
registration of transfer and for exchange as provided in Section 3.2, a
register (the “Debenture Register”) for the Debentures issued hereunder
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall provide for the registration and transfer of all Debentures as in
this Article II provided.  The
Debenture Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable time.

 

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Debentures to be exchanged may be surrendered at the
Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency to be maintained by
the Company for such purpose as provided in Section 3.2, and 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
exchange therefor the Debenture or Debentures which the Securityholder making
the exchange shall be entitled to receive. 
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, 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.  Registration or
registration of transfer of any Debenture by the Trustee or by any agent of the
Company appointed pursuant to Section 3.2, and delivery of such Debenture,
shall be deemed to complete the registration or registration of transfer of
such Debenture.

 

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.

 

The Company or the Trustee shall not be required to
exchange or register a transfer of any Debenture for a period of 15 days
next preceding the date of selection of Debentures for redemption.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
Debentures may not be transferred except in compliance with the restricted
securities legend set forth below, unless otherwise determined by the Company,
upon the advice of counsel expert in securities law, in accordance with
applicable law:

 

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

 

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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 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 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 $500,000.00 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 $500,000.00 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.

 

Section 2.6.                                Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures.  In case any Debenture
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company shall
execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, a new Debenture bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in
exchange and substitution for the mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of and in
substitution for the Debenture so destroyed, lost or stolen.  In every case the applicant for a
substituted Debenture shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also
furnish to

 

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the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Debenture and of the ownership thereof.

 

The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted
Debenture and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any
officer of the Company.  Upon the
issuance of any substituted Debenture, the Company may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith.  In case any Debenture which has matured or
is about to mature or has been called for redemption in full shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing
a substitute Debenture, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without
surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debenture) if the applicant
for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless and, in case
of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company and to the
Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debenture and of the
ownership thereof.

 

Every substituted Debenture issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 2.6 by virtue of the fact that any such
Debenture is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Debenture shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Debentures duly issued hereunder.  All Debentures
shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Debentures and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the
contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments
or other securities without their surrender.

 

Section 2.7.                                Temporary Debentures.  Pending
the preparation of definitive Debentures, the Company may execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Debentures
that are typed, printed or lithographed. 
Temporary Debentures shall be issuable in any authorized denomination,
and substantially in the form of the definitive Debentures in lieu of which
they are issued but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Debentures, all as may be determined by the
Company.  Every such temporary Debenture
shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the
same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect,
as the definitive Debentures.  Without
unreasonable delay the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent definitive Debentures and thereupon any or all temporary
Debentures may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at the principal corporate
trust office of the Trustee or at any office or agency maintained by the
Company for such purpose as provided in Section 3.2, and the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in
exchange for such temporary Debentures a like aggregate principal amount of
such definitive Debentures.  Such
exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge
therefor except that in case of any such exchange involving a registration of
transfer the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax,
fee or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Debentures
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Debentures authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

Section 2.8.                                Payment of Interest
and Additional Interest.  Interest at the Interest Rate and
any Additional Interest on any Debenture that is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Debentures shall be
paid to the Person in whose name said Debenture (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date
for such interest installment except that interest and any Additional Interest
payable on the Maturity Date

 

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shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid.  In the event that any Debenture or portion
thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a
regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such
Interest Payment Date, interest on such Debenture will be paid upon
presentation and surrender of such Debenture.

 

Each Debenture shall bear interest for the period
beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but
excluding) December 26, 2002 at a rate per annum of 5.220%, and shall bear
interest for each successive period beginning on (and including)
December 26, 2002, and each succeeding Interest Payment Date, and ending
on (but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (each, a “Distribution
Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the 3-Month LIBOR, determined as
described in Section 2.10, plus 3.400% (the “Coupon Rate”); provided,
however, that prior to September 26, 2007, the Coupon Rate shall
not exceed 11.900%, applied to the principal amount thereof, until the
principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law
(without duplication) on any overdue installment of interest at the Interest
Rate compounded quarterly.  Interest
shall be payable (subject to any relevant Extension Period) quarterly in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date with the first installment of interest to
be paid on December 26, 2002.

 

Any interest on any Debenture, including Additional
Interest, that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular
record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid by the Company to the Persons in whose names such Debentures (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing at least 25 days prior to the date of the proposed payment
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debenture
and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided.  Thereupon the Trustee shall
fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the
notice of the proposed payment.  The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in
the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be
mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at its address as
it appears in the Debenture Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special
record date.  Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having
been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons
in whose names such Debentures (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered on such special record date and shall be no longer payable.

 

The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest
on any Debentures in any other lawful manner after notice given by the Company
to the Trustee of the proposed payment method; provided, however,
the Trustee in its sole discretion deems such payment method to be practical.

 

Any interest scheduled to become payable on an
Interest Payment Date occurring during an Extension Period shall not be
Defaulted Interest and shall be payable on such other date as may be specified
in the terms of such Debentures.

 

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The term “regular record date” as used in this
Section shall mean the close of business on the 15th day next
preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section,
each Debenture delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of
or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Debenture shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other
Debenture.

 

Section 2.9.                                Cancellation of
Debentures Paid, etc.  All Debentures surrendered for the
purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer, shall, if
surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be surrendered to the Trustee
and promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Debentures shall
be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the
provisions of this Indenture.  All
Debentures canceled by any Authenticating Agent shall be delivered to the
Trustee.  The Trustee shall destroy all
canceled Debentures unless the Company otherwise directs the Trustee in
writing.  If the Company shall acquire
any of the Debentures, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Debentures
unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.10.                         Computation of Interest.  The
amount of interest payable for the Distribution Period commencing on
December 26, 2002 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be
calculated by applying the Interest Rate to the principal amount outstanding at
the commencement of the Distribution Period and multiplying each such amount by
the actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned divided by
360.  In the event that any date on
which interest is payable on the Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment
of interest payable on such date shall be made on the next succeeding day which
is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such
payment was originally payable.  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)).

 

(a)                                  “3-Month
LIBOR” means the London interbank offered interest rate for three-month,
U.S. dollar deposits determined by the 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 Telerate Page 3750 as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date (as defined
below).  “Telerate Page 3750” means
the display designated as “Page 3750” on the Dow Jones Telerate Service or
such other page as may replace Page 3750 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 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;

 

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(3)                                  if
fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (2)
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

 

(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 Telerate Page 3750 as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded
on the Telerate Page 3750 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.

 

(b)                                 The
Coupon 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.

 

(c)                                  “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.

 

(d)                                 The
Trustee shall notify the Company, the Institutional Trustee and any securities
exchange or interdealer quotation system on which the Capital Securities are
listed, of the Coupon Rate and the Determination Date for each Distribution
Period, in each case as soon as practicable after the determination thereof but
in no event later than the thirtieth (30th) day of the relevant Distribution
Period.  Failure to notify the Company,
the Institutional Trustee or any securities exchange or interdealer quotation
system, or any defect in said notice, shall not affect the obligation of the
Company to make payment on the Debentures at the applicable Coupon Rate.  Any error in the calculation of the Coupon
Rate by the Trustee may be corrected at any time by notice delivered as above
provided.  Upon the request of a holder
of a Debenture, the Trustee shall provide the Coupon Rate then in effect and,
if determined, the Coupon Rate for the next Distribution Period.

 

(e)                                  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 interest on the Debentures and distributions on the
Capital Securities by the Trustee or the Institutional Trustee will (in the
absence of willful default, bad faith and manifest error) be final, conclusive
and binding on the Trust, the Company and all of the holders of the Debentures
and the Capital Securities, and no liability shall (in the absence of willful
default, bad faith or manifest error) attach to the Trustee or the
Institutional Trustee in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by either
of them or their respective powers, duties and discretion.

 

Section 2.11.                         Extension of Interest
Payment Period.  So long as no
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.  No Extension Period may end on
a date other than an Interest Payment Date. 
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
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Maturity Date; provided
further, however, that during any such Extension Period, the
Company shall not and shall not permit any Affiliate to (i) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s or such Affiliate’s
capital stock (other than payments of dividends or distributions to the
Company) 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 Company 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) or (ii) above, (a) 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, (b) 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, (c) 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, (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 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 to the extent permitted by
applicable law.  The Company must give
the Trustee notice of its election to begin or extend an Extension Period at
least 5 Business Days prior to the regular record date (as such term is used in
Section 2.8) immediately preceding 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 Trustee shall give notice of the Company’s election to begin
a new Extension Period to the Securityholders.

 

Section 2.12.                         CUSIP Numbers.  The Company in issuing the Debentures may
use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall
use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders;
provided, however, that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed
on the Debentures or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Debentures, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers.  The Company
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ARTICLE III.

PARTICULAR
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

Section 3.1.                                Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debentures.

 

(a)                                  The
Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to
be paid the principal of and premium, if any, and interest and any Additional
Interest on the Debentures at the place, at the respective times and in the
manner provided in this Indenture and the Debentures. Each installment of
interest on the Debentures may be paid (i) by mailing checks for such
interest payable to the order of the holders of Debentures entitled thereto as
they appear on the registry books of the Company if a request for a wire
transfer has not been received by the Company or (ii) by wire transfer to
any account with a banking institution located in the United States designated
in writing by such Person to the paying agent no later than the related record
date.  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
Institutional Trustee.

 

(b)                                 The
Company will treat the Debentures as indebtedness, and the amounts payable in
respect of the principal amount of such Debentures as interest, for all United
States federal income tax purposes.  All
payments in respect of such Debentures will be made free and clear of United
States withholding tax to any beneficial owner thereof that has provided an
Internal Revenue Service Form W8 BEN (or any substitute or successor form)
establishing its non-United States status for United States federal income tax
purposes.

 

(c)                                  As
of the date of this Indenture, the Company has no present intention to exercise
its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest on the
Debentures by commencing an Extension Period.

 

(d)                                 As
of the date of this Indenture, the Company believes that the likelihood that it
would exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest
on the Debentures by commencing an Extension Period 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 or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of its outstanding equity and on the Company’s ability to make
any payments of principal of or interest on, or repurchase or redeem, any of
its debt securities that rank pari passu in all respects with (or junior
in interest to) the Debentures.

 

Section 3.2.                                Offices
for Notices and Payments, etc.  So long as any of the
Debentures remain outstanding, the Company will maintain in Hartford,
Connecticut, an office or agency where the Debentures may be presented for
payment, an office or agency where the Debentures may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture provided and an
office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Debentures or of this Indenture may be served.  The Company will give to the Trustee written notice of the
location of any such office or agency and of any change of location
thereof.  Until otherwise designated
from time to time by the Company in a notice to the Trustee, or specified as
contemplated by Section 2.5, such office or agency for all of the above
purposes shall be the office or agency of the Trustee.  In case the Company shall fail to maintain
any such office or agency in Hartford, Connecticut, or shall fail to give such
notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations
and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Principal Office of
the Trustee.

 

In addition to any such office or agency, the Company
may from time to time designate one or more offices or agencies outside
Hartford, Connecticut, where the Debentures may be presented for

 

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registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in
this Indenture, and the Company may from time to time rescind such designation,
as the Company may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however,
that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company
of its obligation to maintain any such office or agency in Hartford,
Connecticut, for the purposes above mentioned. 
The Company will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such
designation or rescission thereof.

 

Section 3.3.                                Appointments to Fill
Vacancies in Trustee’s Office. 
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office
of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.9, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

 

Section 3.4.                                Provision as to
Paying Agent.

 

(a)                                  If
the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee, it will cause
such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which
such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provision of this
Section 3.4,

 

(1)                                  that
it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal
of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debentures (whether such
sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the
Debentures) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures;

 

(2)                                  that
it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor on the Debentures) to make any payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debentures when
the same shall be due and payable; and

 

(3)                                  that
it will, at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held
in trust by such paying agent.

 

(b)                                 If
the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due
date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Debentures, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
holders of the Debentures a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium or
interest so becoming due and will notify the Trustee in writing of any failure
to take such action and of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor
under the Debentures) to make any payment of the principal of and premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on the Debentures when the same shall become due and
payable.

 

Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying
agents for the Debentures, it will, on or prior to each due date of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debentures,
deposit with a paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium or
interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure
to act.

 

(c)                                  Anything
in this Section 3.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at
any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with
respect to the Debentures, or for any other reason, pay, or direct any paying
agent to pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or any such
paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained.

 

(d)                                 Anything
in this Section 3.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold
sums in trust as provided in this Section 3.4 is subject to
Sections 12.3 and 12.4.

 

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Section 3.5.                                Certificate to
Trustee.  The Company will
deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year, so long as Debentures are outstanding hereunder, a Certificate stating
that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as
officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any default during
such fiscal year by the Company in the performance of any covenants contained
herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and, if
so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the
nature and status thereof.

 

Section 3.6.                                Additional Sums.  If and for so long as the Trust is the
holder of all Debentures and the Trust is required to pay any additional taxes,
duties, assessments or other governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event,
the Company will pay such additional amounts (“Additional Sums”) on the
Debentures as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained
by the Trust after paying taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental
charges will be equal to the amounts the Trust would have received if no such
taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges had been imposed.  Whenever in this Indenture or the Debentures
there is a reference in any context to the payment of principal of or interest
on the Debentures, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of payments
of the Additional Sums provided for in this paragraph to the extent that, in
such context, Additional Sums are, were or would be payable in respect thereof
pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph and express mention of the payment
of Additional Sums (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Sums in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made; provided, however, that the deferral
of the payment of interest during an Extension Period pursuant to
Section 2.11 shall not defer the payment of any Additional Sums that may
be due and payable.

 

Section 3.7.                                Compliance
with Consolidation Provisions. 
The Company will not, while any of the Debentures remain outstanding,
consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or convey all or
substantially all of its property to any other Person unless the provisions of
Article XI hereof are complied with.

 

Section 3.8.                                Limitation on
Dividends.  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 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 passu
in all respects with 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
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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).

 

Section 3.9.                                Covenants as to the
Trust.  For so long as the Trust
Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall maintain 100% ownership of the
Common Securities; provided, however, that any permitted
successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company’s
ownership of such Common Securities. 
The Company, as owner of the Common Securities, shall, except in
connection with a distribution of Debentures to the holders of Trust Securities
in liquidation of the Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust Securities or
certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the
Declaration, cause the Trust  (a) to
remain a statutory trust, (b) to otherwise continue to be classified as a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, and (c) to
cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided
beneficial interest in the Debentures.

 

Section 3.10.                         Additional Junior
Indebtedness.  The
Company shall not, and it shall not cause or permit any Subsidiary of the
Company to, incur, issue or be obligated on any Additional Junior Indebtedness,
either directly or indirectly, by way of guarantee, suretyship or otherwise,
other than:  (i) Additional Junior
Indebtedness that, by its terms, is expressly stated to be either junior and
subordinate or pari passu in all respects to the Debentures, and
(ii) Additional Junior Indebtedness of which the Company has notified
(and, if then required under the applicable guidelines of the regulating
entity, has received approval from) the Federal Reserve, if the Company is a
bank holding company, or the OTS, if the Company is a savings and loan holding
company.

 

ARTICLE IV.

SECURITYHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS

BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 4.1.                                Securityholders’
Lists.  The Company covenants
and agrees that it will furnish or caused to be furnished to the Trustee:

 

(a)                                  on
each regular record date for the Debentures, a list, in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Securityholders of the Debentures as of such record date; and

 

(b)                                 at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days
after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form
and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished;

 

except that no such lists
need be furnished under this Section 4.1 so long as the Trustee is in
possession thereof by reason of its acting as Debenture registrar.

 

Section 4.2.                                Preservation and
Disclosure of Lists.

 

(a)                                  The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Debentures
(1) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in
Section 4.1 or (2) received by it in the capacity of Debentures
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(if so acting) hereunder.  The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 4.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

(b)                                 In
case three or more holders of Debentures (hereinafter referred to as
“applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee
reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debenture for a period of
at least 6 months preceding the date of such application, and such application
states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders of
Debentures with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such
Debentures and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall
within 5 Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election,
either:

 

(1)                                  afford
such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee
in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section 4.2, or

 

(2)                                  inform
such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of Debentures whose
names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section 4.2, and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such
Securityholders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in
such application.

 

If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such
applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written
request of such applicants, mail to each Securityholder whose name and address
appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.2 a copy of
the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request
with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be
mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses
of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail
to such applicants and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, if
permitted or required by applicable law, together with a copy of the material
to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of
all Debentures, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable
law.  Such written statement shall
specify the basis of such opinion.  If
said Commission, as permitted or required by applicable law, after opportunity
for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed,
shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after
the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, said
Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the
objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring,
the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Securityholders with
reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such
tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to
such applicants respecting their application.

 

(c)                                  Each
and every holder of Debentures, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying
agent shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Debentures in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 4.2,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the
Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material
pursuant to a request made under said subsection (b).

 

ARTICLE V.

REMEDIES OF THE
TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section 5.1.                                Events of Default.  “Event of Default,” wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
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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
Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any Debenture when it
becomes due and payable, and fails to cure such default for a period of
30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an
interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this
purpose; or

 

(b)                                 the
Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Debentures as and when the same shall become due and
payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of acceleration or
otherwise; or

 

(c)                                  the
Company defaults in the performance of, or breaches, any of its covenants or
agreements in this Indenture or in the terms of the Debentures established as
contemplated in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in
whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this
Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Debentures, 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)                                 a
court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of the Company 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

 

(e)                                  the
Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization 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 the Company or 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; or

 

(f)                                    the
Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated, dissolved, wound-up
its business or otherwise terminated its existence except in connection with
(i) the distribution of the Debentures to holders of such Trust Securities
in liquidation of their interests in the Trust, (ii) the redemption of all
of the outstanding Trust Securities or (iii) certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with
respect to the Debentures, then, and in each and every such case, unless the
principal of the Debentures shall have already become due and payable, either
the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the Debentures then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the
entire principal of the Debentures and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to
be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall
become immediately due and payable.

 

The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the
condition that if, at any time after the principal of the Debentures shall have
been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the
payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter
provided, the

 

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Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Debentures and the
principal of and premium, if any, on the Debentures which shall have become due
otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium,
if any, and Additional Interest) and such amount as shall be sufficient to
cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee,
their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6, and if any and all Events of Default
under this Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, on Debentures which shall have become due by acceleration,
shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein —
then and in every such case the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and
to the Trustee, may waive all defaults and rescind and annul such declaration
and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall
extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right
consequent thereon.

 

In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce
any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any
other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and
in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures
shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder,
and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Trustee and the holders
of the Debentures shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.

 

Section 5.2.                                Payment of
Debentures on Default; Suit Therefor. 
The Company covenants that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or Section 5.1(b) then, upon demand of the
Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of
the Debentures the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on
all Debentures for principal and premium, if any, or interest, or both, as the
case may be, with Additional Interest accrued on the Debentures (to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law and, if the
Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of such Trust, without
duplication of any other amounts paid by the Trust or a trustee in respect
thereof); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including a reasonable compensation
to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any other amounts due to
the Trustee under Section 6.6.  In
case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled
and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in equity for
the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action
or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Company or any other obligor on such Debentures and
collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any
other obligor on such Debentures wherever situated the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable.

 

In case there shall be pending proceedings for the
bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the
Debentures under Bankruptcy Law, or in case a receiver or trustee shall have
been appointed for the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the
case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other
obligor upon the Debentures, or to the creditors or property of the Company or
such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the
Debentures shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration
of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.2, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise,

 

(i)                                     to
file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest
owing and unpaid in respect of the Debentures and, in case of any judicial
proceedings,

 

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(ii)                                  to
file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all other
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.6), and of the Securityholders
allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other
obligor on the Debentures, or to the creditors or property of the Company or
such other obligor, unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to
vote on behalf of the holders of the Debentures in any election of a trustee or
a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or Person performing similar functions in
comparable proceedings,

 

(iii)                               to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims, and

 

(iv)                              to
distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and expenses.

 

Any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is
hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make such payments to the
Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as
shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all
other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.6.

 

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf
of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Debentures or the rights of any holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in
any such proceeding.

 

All rights of action and of asserting claims under
this Indenture, or under any of the Debentures, may be enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Debentures, or the production thereof at
any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of
the holders of the Debentures.

 

In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also
any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture
to which the Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent
all the holders of the Debentures, and it shall not be necessary to make any
holders of the Debentures parties to any such proceedings.

 

Section 5.3.                                Application of
Moneys Collected by Trustee. 
Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article V
shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the several
Debentures in respect of which moneys have been collected, and stamping thereon
the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

First:  To the
payment of costs and expenses incurred by, and reasonable fees of, the Trustee,
its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other amounts due to the Trustee
under Section 6.6;

 

Second:  To the
payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if and to the extent required
by Article XV;

 

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Third:  To the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Debentures for principal (and
premium, if any), and interest on the Debentures, in respect of which or for
the benefit of which money has been collected, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due on such Debentures for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and

 

Fourth:  The
balance, if any, to the Company.

 

Section 5.4.                                Proceedings by
Securityholders.  No holder of
any Debenture shall have any right to institute any suit, action or proceeding
for any remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the
Trustee written notice of an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures and
unless the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures then outstanding shall have given the Trustee a written request to
institute such action, suit or proceeding and shall have offered to the Trustee
such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this
Indenture, however, the right of any holder of any Debenture to receive payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, on such Debenture when due,
or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a
Debenture hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the
taker and holder of every Debenture with every other such taker and holder and
the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Debentures shall have any right in
any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing itself of any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any
other Debentures, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to
any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
holders of Debentures.  For the protection
and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every
Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given
either at law or in equity.

 

Section 5.5.                                Proceedings by
Trustee.  In case of an Event of
Default hereunder the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any
of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding
in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of
any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable
right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

 

Section 5.6.                                Remedies Cumulative
and Continuing; Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.  Except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.6, all powers and remedies given by this Article V to the Trustee
or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the
Trustee or the holders of the Debentures, by judicial proceedings or otherwise,
to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements
contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to the
Debentures, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of
the Debentures to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of
Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or
power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an
acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.4, every
power and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Trustee or to
the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall
be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or any Securityholder
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any

 

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such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to any Securityholder may be exercised
from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee (in
accordance with its duties under Section 6.1 hereof) or by such holder, as
the case may be.

 

Section 5.7.                                Direction of
Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders.  The holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures affected (voting as one class) at the time
outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such
Debentures; provided, however, that (subject to the provisions of
Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any
such direction if the Trustee shall determine that the action so directed would
be unjustly prejudicial to the holders not taking part in such direction or if
the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action or proceeding
so directed may not lawfully be taken or if a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would
involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders
of all of the Debentures 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 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; 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 this 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 this Section, said
default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Debentures and this
Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.

 

Section 5.8.                                Notice of Defaults.  The Trustee shall, within 90 days after
the actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of the occurrence
of a default with respect to the Debentures, mail to all Securityholders, as
the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Debenture Register,
notice of all defaults with respect to the Debentures known to the Trustee,
unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice
(the term “defaults” for the purpose of this Section 5.8 being hereby
defined to be the events specified in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and
(f) of Section 5.1, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for
therein); provided, however, that, except in the case of default
in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Debentures, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders.

 

Section 5.9.                                Undertaking to Pay
Costs.  All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debenture by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require,
in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess

 

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reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant
in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Section 5.9 shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of
Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of
the Debentures outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for
the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Debenture against the Company on or after the same shall have
become due and payable.

 

ARTICLE VI.

CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE

 

Section 6.1.                                Duties and
Responsibilities of Trustee. 
With respect to the holders of Debentures issued hereunder, the Trustee,
prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures
and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have
occurred, with respect to the Debentures, undertakes to perform such duties and
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.  In case an Event of Default with respect to
the Debentures has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture,
and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.

 

No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(a)                                  prior
to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to Debentures and after
the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred

 

(1)                                  the
duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to Debentures shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee
shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations
with respect to the Debentures as are specifically set forth in this Indenture,
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee, and

 

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

 

(b)                                 the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(c)                                  the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith, in accordance with the direction of the
Securityholders pursuant to Section 5.7, relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

 

None of the provisions contained in this Indenture
shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the

 

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exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not assured to it
under the terms of this Indenture or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

 

Section 6.2.                                Reliance on
Documents, Opinions, etc.  Except as otherwise provided in
Section 6.1:

 

(a)                                  the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, debenture or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(b)                                 any
request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution
may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

 

(c)                                  the
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice or Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

 

(d)                                 the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the
Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such
Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby;

 

(e)                                  the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith
and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; nothing contained herein shall,
however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default with respect to the Debentures (that has not been cured or waived)
to exercise with respect to Debentures such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs;

 

(f)                                    the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other
paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Debentures affected thereby; provided, however, that if the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is,
in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require
reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to so
proceeding;

 

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

 

(h)                                 with
the exceptions of defaults under Sections 5.1(a) or 5.1(b), the Trustee shall
not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect
to the Debentures unless a

 

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written notice of such Default or Event of Default
shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on the
Debentures or by any holder of the Debentures.

 

Section 6.3.                                No Responsibility
for Recitals, etc.  The recitals contained herein and in the
Debentures (except in the certificate of authentication of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the
Trustee and the Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for the
correctness of the same.  The Trustee
and the Authenticating Agent make no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debentures.  The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Company of any Debentures or the proceeds of
any Debentures authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 6.4.                                Trustee,
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own
Debentures.  The Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent or any paying agent or any transfer agent or any Debenture
registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Debentures with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Authenticating Agent, paying agent, transfer agent or Debenture
registrar.

 

Section 6.5.                                Moneys to be Held in
Trust.  Subject to the
provisions of Section 12.4, all moneys received by the Trustee or any
paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust
for the purpose for which they were received, but need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.  The Trustee and any paying agent shall be under no liability for
interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in
writing with the Company.  So long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on
any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the written order of the
Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, a Managing Director, a Vice President, the Treasurer or
an Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

 

Section 6.6.                                Compensation and
Expenses of Trustee.  The
Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in
writing between the Company and the Trustee (which shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust), and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for
all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including
the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel
and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or willful
misconduct.  The Company also covenants
to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (and its officers,
agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and
all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes
based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability.  The obligations of the Company under this
Section 6.6 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or
reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder.  Such
additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the
Debentures upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as
such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Debentures.

 

Without prejudice to any other rights available to the
Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders
services in connection with an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(d), Section 5.1(e) or Section 5.1(f), the expenses
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expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

 

The provisions of this Section shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee and the defeasance or other termination
of this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any
Debenture to the contrary, the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to
advance funds to pay any principal of or interest on or other amounts with
respect to the Debentures or otherwise advance funds to or on behalf of the
Company.

 

Section 6.7.                                Officers’
Certificate as Evidence.  Except
as otherwise provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the
administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking
or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect
thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively
proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee,
and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on the
part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken
or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

 

Section 6.8.                                Eligibility of
Trustee.  The Trustee hereunder
shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the
District of Columbia or a corporation or other Person authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having (or whose obligations under
this Indenture are guaranteed by an affiliate 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, territorial, or District of
Columbia authority.  If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 6.8 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent records of condition so published.

 

The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Company, serve as Trustee.

 

In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.8, the
Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
Section 6.9.

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting
interest” within the meaning of §310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the
Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in
the manner described by this Indenture.

 

Section 6.9.                                Resignation or
Removal of Trustee

 

(a)                                  The
Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign
by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by mailing
notice thereof, at the Company’s expense, to the holders of the Debentures at
their addresses as they shall appear on the Debenture Register.  Upon receiving such notice of resignation,
the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of its Board of Directors, one copy
of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to
the successor Trustee.  If no successor
Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the affected Securityholders,
the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
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Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Debenture or Debentures for at least six months may, subject to the provisions
of Section 5.9, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any such court for the appointment of a successor Trustee.  Such court may thereupon, after such notice,
if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.

 

(b)                                 In
case at any time any of the following shall occur —

 

(1)                                  the
Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 6.8 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a
bona fide holder of a Debenture or Debentures for at least 6 months, or

 

(2)                                  the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.8 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Company or by any such Securityholder, or

 

(3)                                  the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed,
or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,

 

then, in any such case,
the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy
of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy
to the successor Trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 5.9,
any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debenture or Debentures
for at least 6 months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.  Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may
deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint successor Trustee.

 

(c)                                  Upon
prior written notice to the Company and the Trustee, the holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding may at
any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor Trustee, which shall be
deemed appointed as successor Trustee unless within 10 Business Days after such
nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case, or in the case of a
failure by such holders to nominate a successor Trustee, the Trustee so removed
or any Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in
subsection (a) of this Section 6.9 provided, may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor.

 

(d)                                 Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective
upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee as provided in
Section 6.10.

 

Section 6.10.                         Acceptance by Successor
Trustee.  Any successor Trustee
appointed as provided in Section 6.9 shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, duties and obligations with respect to the Debentures of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee
herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the
successor Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any
amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.6, execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights and
powers of the Trustee so ceasing to act and shall duly assign, transfer and
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held by such retiring
Trustee thereunder.  Upon request of any
such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in
writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights and powers. 
Any Trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all
property or funds held or collected by such Trustee to secure any amounts then
due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.6.

 

If a successor Trustee is appointed, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and the successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be
deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debentures as to which
the predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the Trust hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be Trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee.

 

No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as
provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 6.8.

 

In no event shall a retiring Trustee be liable for the
acts or omissions of any successor Trustee hereunder.

 

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee
as provided in this Section 6.10, the Company shall mail notice of the
succession of such Trustee hereunder to the holders of Debentures at their
addresses as they shall appear on the Debenture Register.  If the Company fails to mail such notice
within 10 Business Days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Company.

 

Section 6.11.                         Succession by Merger, etc.  Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without the execution
or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto; provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible and
qualified under this Article.

 

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee
shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Debentures
shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee,
and deliver such Debentures so authenticated; and in case at that time any of
the Debentures shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee
may authenticate such Debentures either in the name of any predecessor
hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such
certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Debentures
or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided,
however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Debentures in the name of any
predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger,
conversion or consolidation.

 

Section 6.12.                         Authenticating Agents.  There may be one or more Authenticating
Agents appointed by the Trustee upon the request of the Company with power to
act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and
delivery of Debentures issued upon exchange or registration of transfer thereof
as fully to all intents and purposes as though any such Authenticating Agent
had been expressly authorized to authenticate and deliver Debentures; provided,
however, that the Trustee shall have no liability to the Company for any
acts or omissions of the Authenticating Agent with respect to the

 

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authentication and
delivery of Debentures.  Any such
Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States or of any state or territory
thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000.00 and being subject to supervision or examination by federal,
state, territorial or District of Columbia authority.  If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually pursuant to law or the requirements of such authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 6.12 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect herein specified in this Section.

 

Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent,
shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such
successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 6.12
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent.

 

Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by
giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company.  The Trustee may at any time terminate the
agency of any Authenticating Agent with respect to the Debentures by giving
written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the
Company.  Upon receiving such a notice
of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 6.12,
the Trustee may, and upon the request of the Company shall, promptly appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent eligible under this Section 6.12, shall
give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall mail notice of
such appointment to all holders of Debentures as the names and addresses of
such holders appear on the Debenture Register. 
Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities
with respect to the Debentures of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect
as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein.

 

The Company agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent
from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.  Any Authenticating Agent shall have no
responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such in accordance
with the directions of the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE VII.

CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS

 

Section 7.1.                                Action by
Securityholders.  Whenever in
this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures may take any action (including the
making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or
the taking of any other action) the fact that at the time of taking any such
action the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be
evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar
tenor executed by such Securityholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed
in writing, or (b) by the record of such holders of Debentures voting in
favor thereof at any meeting of such Securityholders duly called and held in
accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, or (c) by a
combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a
meeting of such Securityholders or (d) by any other method the Trustee
deems satisfactory.

 

If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action or revocation of the same, the Company may, at its

 

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option, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, fix in advance a
record date for such Debentures for the determination of Securityholders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, but the Company
shall have no obligation to do so.  If
such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same may be given
before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the
close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for
the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion
of outstanding Debentures have authorized or agreed or consented to such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action or revocation of the same, and for that purpose the outstanding
Debentures shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however,
that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the
record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture not later than 6 months after the record
date.

 

Section 7.2.                                Proof of Execution
by Securityholders.  Subject to
the provisions of Section 6.1, 6.2 and 8.5, proof of the execution of any instrument
by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by
the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee.  The ownership of Debentures shall be proved
by the Debenture Register or by a certificate of the Debenture registrar.  The Trustee may require such additional
proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.

 

The record of any Securityholders’ meeting shall be
proved in the manner provided in Section 8.6.

 

Section 7.3.                                Who Are Deemed
Absolute Owners.  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.

 

Section 7.4.                                Debentures Owned by
Company Deemed Not Outstanding. 
In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal
amount of Debentures have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under
this Indenture, Debentures which are owned by the Company or any other obligor
on the Debentures or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or
any other obligor on the Debentures shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided, however,
that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Debentures which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.  Debentures so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes
of this Section 7.4 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of
the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Debentures and that the pledgee is
not the Company or any such other obligor or Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Company or any such other obligor. 
In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee
taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.

 

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Section 7.5.                                Revocation of
Consents; Future Holders Bound. 
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as
provided in Section 7.1, of the taking of any action by the holders of the
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures specified in this
Indenture in connection with such action, any holder (in cases where no record
date has been set pursuant to Section 7.1) or any holder as of an
applicable record date (in cases where a record date has been set pursuant to
Section 7.1) of a Debenture (or any Debenture issued in whole or in part
in exchange or substitution therefor) the serial number of which is shown by
the evidence to be included in the Debentures the holders of which have
consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the
Principal Office of the Trustee and upon proof of holding as provided in
Section 7.2, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debenture (or so
far as concerns the principal amount represented by any exchanged or
substituted Debenture).  Except as
aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Debenture shall be
conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners
of such Debenture, and of any Debenture issued in exchange or substitution
therefor or on registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not
any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debenture or any Debenture
issued in exchange or substitution therefor.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

SECURITYHOLDERS’
MEETINGS

 

Section 8.1.                                Purposes of Meetings.  A meeting of Securityholders may be called
at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this
Article VIII for any of the following purposes:

 

(a)                                  to
give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to
the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its
consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by
Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article V;

 

(b)                                 to
remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions
of Article VI;

 

(c)                                  to
consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2; or

 

(d)                                 to
take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of
any specified aggregate principal amount of such Debentures under any other
provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

 

Section 8.2.                                Call of Meetings by
Trustee.  The Trustee may at any
time call a meeting of Securityholders to take any action specified in
Section 8.1, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee
shall determine.  Notice of every
meeting of the Securityholders, setting forth the time and the place of such
meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting,
shall be mailed to holders of Debentures affected at their addresses as they
shall appear on the Debentures Register and, if the Company is not a holder of
Debentures, to the Company.  Such notice
shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date
fixed for the meeting.

 

Section 8.3.                                Call of Meetings by
Company or Securityholders.  In
case at any time the Company pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of
at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures, as the case may
be, then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of
Securityholders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the
action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have
mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such
request, then the Company or such Securityholders may determine the time and
the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized
in Section 8.1, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 8.2.

 

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Section 8.4.                                Qualifications for
Voting.  To be entitled to vote
at any meeting of Securityholders a Person shall (a) be a holder of one or
more Debentures with respect to which the meeting is being held or (b) a
Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or
more such Debentures.  The only Persons
who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their
counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.

 

Section 8.5.                                Regulations.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem
advisable for any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding
of Debentures and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment
and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

 

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing,
appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been
called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 8.3, in
which case the Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case
may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman.  A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.4, at any
meeting each holder of Debentures with respect to which such meeting is being
held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000.00
principal amount of Debentures held or represented by him; provided, however,
that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Debenture challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the
meeting to be not outstanding.  The
chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of
Debentures held by him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating
him as the Person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders.  Any meeting of Securityholders duly called
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.2 or 8.3 may be adjourned from
time to time by a majority of those present, whether or not constituting a
quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

Section 8.6.                                Voting.  The vote upon any resolution submitted to
any meeting of holders of Debentures with respect to which such meeting is
being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial
number or numbers of the Debentures held or represented by them.  The permanent chairman of the meeting shall
appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting
for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of
the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at
the meeting.  A record in duplicate of
the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the
original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat
and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting
forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was
mailed as provided in Section 8.2. 
The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debentures voting in
favor of or against any resolution.  The
record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman
and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to
the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the
latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

 

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive
evidence of the matters therein stated.

 

Section 8.7.                                Quorum; Actions.  The Persons entitled to vote a majority in
principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding shall constitute a quorum
for a meeting of Securityholders; provided, however, that if any
action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent, waiver,
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demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which may be
given by the holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal
amount of the Debentures then outstanding, the Persons holding or representing
such specified percentage in principal amount of the Debentures then
outstanding will constitute a quorum. 
In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed
for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of
Securityholders, be dissolved.  In any
other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than
10 days as determined by the permanent chairman of the meeting prior to
the adjournment of such meeting.  In the
absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may
be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined
by the permanent chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting.  Notice of the
reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in
Section 8.2, except that such notice need be given only once not less than
5 days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened.  Notice of the reconvening
of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided
above, of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding which shall
constitute a quorum.

 

Except as limited by the provisos in the first
paragraph of Section 9.2, any resolution presented to a meeting or
adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may
be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Debentures then outstanding; provided, however,
that, except as limited by the provisos in the first paragraph of
Section 9.2, any resolution with respect to any consent, waiver, request,
demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which this Indenture
expressly provides may be given by the holders of not less than a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding may be
adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a
quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a
not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Debentures
then outstanding.

 

Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting
of holders of Debentures duly held in accordance with this Section shall
be binding on all the Securityholders, whether or not present or represented at
the meeting.

 

ARTICLE IX.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 9.1.                                Supplemental
Indentures without Consent of Securityholders.  The Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, without the consent of the
Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:

 

(a)                                  to
evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive
successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants,
agreements and obligations of the Company, pursuant to Article XI hereof;

 

(b)                                 to
add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions or
conditions for the protection of the holders of Debentures as the Board of
Directors shall consider to be for the protection of the holders of such
Debentures, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a
default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a
default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the
several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided,
however, that in respect of any such additional covenant restriction or
condition such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of
grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in
the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon
such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such
default;

 

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(c)                                  to
cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein
or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with
any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to
make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture; provided that any such action shall not materially adversely
affect the interests of the holders of the Debentures;

 

(d)                                 to
add to, delete from, or revise the terms of Debentures, including, without
limitation, any terms relating to the issuance, exchange, registration or
transfer of Debentures, including to provide for transfer procedures and
restrictions substantially similar to those applicable to the Capital
Securities as required by Section 2.5 (for purposes of assuring that no
registration of Debentures is required under the Securities Act); provided,
however, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests
of the holders of the Debentures then outstanding (it being understood, for
purposes of this proviso, that transfer restrictions on Debentures
substantially similar to those that were applicable to Capital Securities shall
not be deemed to materially adversely affect the holders of the Debentures);

 

(e)                                  to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Debentures and to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee;

 

(f)                                    to
make any change (other than as elsewhere provided in this paragraph) that does
not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect;
or

 

(g)                                 to
provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of
the Debentures, to establish the form of any certifications required to be
furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Debentures, or to add
to the rights of the holders of Debentures.

 

The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the
Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any
further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained
and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property
thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its
discretion, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the
provisions of this Section 9.1 may be executed by the Company and the
Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Debentures at the time
outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.2.

 

Section 9.2.                                Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.  With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 7.1) of
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures at the time outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture
(voting as a class), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture
or of 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
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further, however, that if the
Debentures are held by a trust or a trustee of such trust, such supplemental
indenture shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in Liquidation
Amount of Trust Securities shall have consented to such supplemental indenture;
provided  further, however, that if the consent of the
Securityholder of each outstanding Debenture is required, such supplemental
indenture shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust Securities
shall have consented to such supplemental indenture.

 

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders
as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which
case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into such supplemental indenture.

 

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the
Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a
notice, prepared by the Company, setting forth in general terms the substance
of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders as their names and
addresses appear upon the Debenture Register. 
Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such
supplemental indenture.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Securityholders under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of
any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.

 

Section 9.3.                                Effect of
Supplemental Indentures.  Upon
the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article IX, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and
amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee,
the Company and the holders of Debentures shall thereafter be determined,
exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications
and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental
indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this
Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Section 9.4.                                Notation on
Debentures.  Debentures
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX may bear a notation as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Company or the Trustee shall so
determine, new Debentures so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company, authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and
delivered in exchange for the Debentures then outstanding.

 

Section 9.5.                                Evidence of
Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee.  The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall, in addition to the documents required by
Section 14.6, receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto
complies with the requirements of this Article IX.  The Trustee shall receive an Opinion of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by, and conforms
to, the terms of this Article IX and that it is proper for the Trustee
under the provisions of this Article IX to join in the execution thereof.

 

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ARTICLE X.

REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES

 

Section 10.1.                         Optional Redemption.  The Company shall have the right (subject to
the receipt by the Company of prior approval (i) if the Company is a bank
holding company, from the Federal Reserve, if then required under applicable
capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve or (ii) if the
Company is a savings and loan holding company, from the OTS if then required
under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the OTS), to redeem the
Debentures, in whole or in part, but in all cases in a principal amount with
integral multiples of $1,000.00, on any March 26, June 26,
September 26 or December 26 on or after September 26, 2007 (the
“Redemption Date”), at the Redemption Price.

 

Section 10.2.                         Special Event Redemption.  If a Special Event shall occur and be
continuing, the Company shall have the right (subject to the receipt by the
Company of prior approval (i) if the Company is a bank holding company,
from the Federal Reserve if then required under applicable capital guidelines
or policies of the Federal Reserve or (ii) if the Company is a savings and
loan holding company, from the OTS if then required under applicable capital
guidelines or policies of the OTS) 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 (the “Special Redemption Date”) at the
Special Redemption Price.

 

Section 10.3.                         Notice of Redemption;
Selection of Debentures.  In
case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all, or, as the
case may be, any part of the Debentures, it shall cause to be mailed a notice
of such redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date to the holders of Debentures so
to be redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear
on the Debenture Register.  Such mailing
shall be by first class mail.  The
notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice.  In any case, failure to give such notice by
mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any Debenture designated for
redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Debenture.

 

Each such notice of redemption shall specify the CUSIP
number, if any, of the Debentures to be redeemed, the Redemption Date or the
Special Redemption Date, as applicable, the Redemption Price or the Special
Redemption Price, as applicable, at which Debentures are to be redeemed, the
place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and
surrender of such Debentures, that interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said
date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to
accrue.  If less than all the Debentures
are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall specify the numbers of the
Debentures to be redeemed.  In case the
Debentures are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall
state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Debenture, a new Debenture or Debentures in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

 

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, together with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as applicable.

 

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.

 

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Section 10.4.                         Payment of Debentures
Called for Redemption.  If
notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 10.3, the Debentures
or portions of Debentures with respect to which such notice has been given
shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date,
as applicable, and at the place or places stated in such notice at the
applicable Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, together with interest
accrued to the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as applicable, and
on and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
Debentures at the Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, as applicable,
together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Debentures or
portions of Debentures so called for redemption shall cease to accrue.  On presentation and surrender of such
Debentures at a place of payment specified in said notice, such Debentures or
the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the
applicable Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, together with interest
accrued thereon to the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as
applicable.

 

Upon presentation of any Debenture redeemed in part
only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a
new Debenture or Debentures of authorized denominations, in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debenture so presented.

 

ARTICLE XI.

CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

 

Section 11.1.                         Company
May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.  Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Debentures shall
prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive
consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors
shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or
other disposition of the property or capital stock of the Company or its
successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any
other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company, or its successor or
successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however,
that the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation,
merger (where the Company is not the surviving corporation), sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on all of the Debentures in accordance with
their terms, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or
performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture
satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by
the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have
been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property or
capital stock.

 

Section 11.2.                         Successor Entity to be
Substituted.  In case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and
upon the assumption by the successor entity, by supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee,
of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on all of the Debentures and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed or observed by the Company, such successor entity shall succeed to
and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been
named herein as the Company, and thereupon the predecessor entity shall be
relieved of any further liability or obligation hereunder or upon the
Debentures.  Such successor entity
thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue in its own name, any or all of
the Debentures issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed
by the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent; and,
upon the order of such successor entity instead of the Company and subject to
all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any
Debentures which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
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Authenticating Agent for
authentication, and any Debentures which such successor entity thereafter shall
cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for
that purpose.  All the Debentures so
issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Debentures theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Debentures had been issued at
the date of the execution hereof.

 

Section 11.3.                         Opinion of Counsel to be
Given to Trustee.  The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall receive, in
addition to the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 9.5, an Opinion of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that any consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any assumption, permitted or
required by the terms of this Article XI complies with the provisions of
this Article XI.

 

ARTICLE XII.

SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

Section 12.1.                         Discharge of Indenture.  When

 

(a)                                  the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Debentures
theretofore authenticated (other than any Debentures which shall have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 2.6) and not theretofore canceled, or

 

(b)                                 all
the Debentures not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become
due and payable within 1 year or are to be called for redemption within 1 year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, funds,
which shall be immediately due and payable, sufficient to pay at maturity or
upon redemption all of the Debentures (other than any Debentures which shall
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.6) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, including principal and premium, if any, and interest
due or to become due to such date of maturity or redemption date, as the case
may be, but excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of
principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures
(1) theretofore repaid to the Company in accordance with the provisions of
Section 12.4, or (2) paid to any state or to the District of Columbia
pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws,

 

and if in the case of
either clause (a) or clause (b) the Company shall also pay or cause
to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of
Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 6.6, 6.8, 6.9 and 12.4 hereof shall
survive until such Debentures shall mature and be paid.  Thereafter, Sections 6.6 and 12.4 shall
survive, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with, and at the cost and expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture.  The Company
agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably
and properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Debentures.

 

Section 12.2.                         Deposited Moneys to be Held
in Trust by Trustee.  Subject to
the provisions of Section 12.4, all moneys deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 12.1 shall be held in trust in a non-interest bearing
account and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying
agent (including the Company if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders
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the payment of which such
moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due
thereon for principal, and premium, if any, and interest.

 

Section 12.3.                         Paying Agent to Repay
Moneys Held.  Upon the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture all moneys then held by any paying agent of the
Debentures (other than the Trustee) shall, upon demand of the Company, be
repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

 

Section 12.4.                         Return of Unclaimed Moneys.  Any moneys deposited with or paid to the
Trustee or any paying agent for payment of the principal of, and premium, if
any, or interest on Debentures and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the
holders of Debentures for 2 years after the date upon which the principal of,
and premium, if any, or interest on such Debentures, as the case may be, shall
have become due and payable, shall, subject to applicable escheatment laws, be
repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such paying agent on written demand;
and the holder of any of the Debentures shall thereafter look only to the
Company for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect, and all
liability of the Trustee or such paying agent with respect to such moneys shall
thereupon cease.

 

ARTICLE XIII.

IMMUNITY OF
INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

Section 13.1.                         Indenture and Debentures
Solely Corporate Obligations. 
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 this 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 this Indenture and the issue of the
Debentures.

 

ARTICLE XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS

 

Section 14.1.                         Successors.  All the covenants, stipulations, promises
and agreements of the Company in this Indenture shall bind its successors and
assigns whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 14.2.                         Official Acts by Successor
Entity.  Any act or proceeding
by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or
performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be
done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee,
officer or other authorized Person of any entity that shall at the time be the
lawful successor of the Company.

 

Section 14.3.                         Surrender of Company Powers.  The Company by instrument in writing
executed by authority of at least 2/3 (two-thirds) of its Board of Directors
and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the
Company and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the
Company, and as to any permitted successor.

 

Section 14.4.                         Addresses
for Notices, etc.  Any notice, consent, direction, request,
authorization, waiver or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is
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given, made, furnished or served by the Trustee or by the
Securityholders on or to the Company may be given or served in writing by being
deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office
letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the Company, with the
Trustee for the purpose) to the Company, 1801 Century Park East, Suite 800, Los
Angeles, California  90067-2302,
Attention:  Thomas McCullough.  Any notice, consent, direction, request,
authorization, waiver or demand by any Securityholder or the Company to or upon
the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all
purposes, if given or made in writing at the office of the Trustee, addressed
to the Trustee, 225 Asylum Street, Goodwin Square, Hartford, Connecticut  06103 Attention: Vice President, Corporate
Trust Department, with a copy to State Street Bank and Trust Company, P.O. Box
778, Boston, Massachusetts  02102-0778,
Attention:  Paul D. Allen,
Corporate Trust Department.  Any notice,
consent, direction, request, authorization, waiver or demand on or to any
Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all
purposes, if given or made in writing at the address set forth in the Debenture
Register.

 

Section 14.5.                         Governing Law.  This Indenture and each Debenture shall be
deemed to be a contract made under the law of the State of New York, and for
all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of
said State, without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

Section 14.6.                         Evidence of Compliance with
Conditions Precedent.  Upon any
application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that in the opinion of the signers all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that,
in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been
complied with.

 

Each certificate or opinion provided for in this
Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (1) a
statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of
the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that,
in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as
is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as
to whether or not in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has
been complied with.

 

Section 14.7.                         Non-Business Days.  In any case where the date of payment of
interest on or principal of the Debentures will be a day that is not a Business
Day, the payment of such interest on or principal of the Debentures need not be
made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, except
that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case
with the same force and effect as if made on the original date of payment, and
no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.

 

Section 14.8.                         Table of Contents,
Headings, etc.  The table of contents and the titles and
headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for
convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and
shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 14.9.                         Execution in Counterparts.  This Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts
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Section 14.10.                  Separability.  In case any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Indenture or in the Debentures shall for any reason be held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this
Indenture or of such Debentures, but this Indenture and such Debentures shall
be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never
been contained herein or therein.

 

Section 14.11.                  Assignment.  The Company will have the right at all times
to assign any of its rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or
indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of
any such assignment, the Company will remain liable for all such
obligations.  Subject to the foregoing,
this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. 
This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties hereto.

 

Section 14.12.                  Acknowledgment of Rights.  The Company agrees that, with respect to any
Debentures held by the Trust or the Institutional Trustee of the Trust, if the
Institutional Trustee of the Trust fails to enforce its rights under this
Indenture as the holder of Debentures held as the assets of such Trust after
the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of
such Trust have so directed such Institutional Trustee, a holder of record of
such Capital Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, institute
legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such Institutional
Trustee’s rights under this Indenture without first instituting any legal
proceedings against such trustee or any other Person.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the
Company to pay interest (or premium, if any) or principal on the Debentures on
the date such interest (or premium, if any) or principal is otherwise payable
(or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), the Company agrees that
a holder of record of Capital Securities of the Trust may directly institute a
proceeding against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder
directly of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures
having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of the Capital Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date
specified in the Debentures.

 

ARTICLE XV.

SUBORDINATION OF
DEBENTURES

 

Section 15.1.                         Agreement to Subordinate.  The Company covenants and agrees, and each
holder of Debentures by such Securityholder’s acceptance thereof likewise
covenants and agrees, that all Debentures shall be issued subject to the
provisions of this Article XV; and each holder of a Debenture, whether
upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees
to be bound by such provisions.

 

The payment by the Company of the principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest on all Debentures shall, to the extent and in the
manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether
outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred; provided,
however, that the Debentures shall rank pari
passu in right of payment with the Company’s Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures due December 18, 2031 issued pursuant to an
Indenture dated as of December 18, 2001 by and between the Company and
State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, N.A.

 

No provision of this Article XV shall prevent the
occurrence of any default or Event of Default hereunder.

 

Section 15.2.                         Default on Senior
Indebtedness.  In the event and
during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of
principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior
Indebtedness of the Company following any grace period, or in the event that
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any Senior Indebtedness of the Company has been accelerated because of
a default and such acceleration has not been rescinded or canceled, then, in
either case, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the
principal (including redemption) of, or premium, if any, or interest on the
Debentures.

 

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment shall be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the
preceding paragraph of this Section 15.2, such payment shall, subject to Section 15.7,
be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to
the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such
Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may
appear, but only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or
their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in
writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing
on the Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the
Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

Section 15.3.                         Liquidation, Dissolution,
Bankruptcy.  Upon any payment by
the Company or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or
winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary
or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings,
all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid
in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms,
before any payment is made by the Company, on account of the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures.  Upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or
reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
which the Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled to receive from the
Company, except for the provisions of this Article XV, shall be paid by
the Company, or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the
Securityholders or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or
it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on
the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such
holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such
Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money’s worth, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness,
before any payment or distribution is made to the Securityholders or to the
Trustee.

 

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be
received by the Trustee before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or
provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such
payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be
paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their
representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated
by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness,
remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in
full in money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness.

 

For purposes of this Article XV, the words “cash,
property or securities” shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the
Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this
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payment of all Senior Indebtedness, that may at the time be
outstanding, provided that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the
new corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or
readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such
reorganization or readjustment.  The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another
corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the
conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an
entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in
Article XI of this Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this
Section if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation,
merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in
Article XI of this Indenture. 
Nothing in Section 15.2 or in this Section shall apply to
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.6 of
this Indenture.

 

Section 15.4.                         Subrogation.  Subject to the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, the Securityholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of
cash, property or securities of the Company, applicable to such Senior Indebtedness
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debentures
shall be paid in full.  For the purposes
of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Securityholders
or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this
Article XV, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this
Article XV to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness by Securityholders or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company,
its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the
holders of the Debentures be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness.  It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV are
and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the
holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, on the other hand.

 

Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere
in this Indenture or in the Debentures is intended to or shall impair, as
between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the holders of the Debentures, the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Debentures
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debentures as and
when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or
is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the
Debentures and creditors of the Company, other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the
holder of any Debenture from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article XV of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in
respect of cash, property or securities of the Company, received upon the exercise
of any such remedy.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company referred to in this Article XV, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, and the Securityholders shall
be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or other Person making such
payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Securityholders,
for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article XV.

 

Section 15.5.                         Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination.  Each
Securityholder by such Securityholder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and
directs the Trustee on such Securityholder’s behalf to

 

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take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided in this Article XV and appoints the Trustee such
Securityholder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

 

Section 15.6.                         Notice by the Company.  The Company shall give prompt written notice
to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee
of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment
of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures pursuant to the
provisions of this Article XV. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XV or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of
monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures pursuant to the
provisions of this Article XV, unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness
or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written
notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this
Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts
exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have
received the notice provided for in this Section at least 2 Business Days
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable
for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on any Debenture), then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power
and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for
which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary that may be received by it within 2 Business Days prior to such date.

 

The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Article VI of this Indenture, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on
the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a
holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such
holder), to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such
Senior Indebtedness or a trustee or representative on behalf of any such holder
or holders.  In the event that the
Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect
to the right of any Person as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XV,
the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held
by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in
such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of
such Person under this Article XV, and, if such evidence is not furnished,
the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination
as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

 

Section 15.7.                         Rights of the Trustee;
Holders of Senior Indebtedness. 
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article XV in respect of any Senior Indebtedness
at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.

 

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness,
the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XV, and no
implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the
provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or
deliver to Securityholders, the Company or any other Person money or assets to
which any holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of
this Article XV or otherwise.

 

Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims
of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.6.

 

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Section 15.8.                         Subordination May Not
Be Impaired.  No right of any
present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as
herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any
act or failure to act on the part of the Company, or by any act or failure to
act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company,
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any
knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

 

Without in any way limiting the generality of the
foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and
from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the
Securityholders, without incurring responsibility to the Securityholders and
without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this
Article XV or the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Debentures
to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the
following:  (i) change the manner,
place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter,
such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such
Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement
under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange,
release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise
securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any
manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise
or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, and any other
Person.

 

Signatures appear on the following
page

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
   

  	
  FIRST REGIONAL BANCORP

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By

  	
  /s/ Thomas McCullough

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:  Thomas McCullough

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
  STATE STREET BANK AND
  TRUST COMPANY OF

  CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as

  Trustee

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By

  	
  /s/ Paul D. Allen

  	
   

  	 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:  Paul D. Allen

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:  Vice President

  
						

 

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EXHIBIT
A

 

FORM OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE

 

[FORM OF FACE OF
SECURITY]

 

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 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

 

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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 $500,000.00 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 $500,000.00 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 CERTIFICATE AND OTHER
INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

Floating Rate
Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture

 

of

 

First Regional
Bancorp

 

September 26,
2002

 

First Regional Bancorp, a California corporation (the
“Company” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received promises to pay to State Street
Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Institutional Trustee for First Regional
Statutory Trust I (the “Holder”) or registered assigns, the principal sum of
seven million seven hundred thirty-two thousand dollars ($7,732,000.00) on
September 26, 2032, and to pay interest on said principal sum from
September 26, 2002, or from the most recent interest payment date (each such
date, an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on
March 26, June 26, September 26 and December 26 of each
year commencing December 26, 2002, at an annual rate equal to 5.220%
beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but
excluding) December 26, 2002 and at an annual rate for each successive
period beginning on (and including) December 26, 2002, 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 3.400% (the “Coupon Rate”); provided,
however, that prior to September 26, 2007, the Coupon Rate shall
not exceed 11.900%, 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) on any overdue installment of
interest at the same rate per annum, compounded quarterly, from the dates such
amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment.  The amount of interest payable for any
period will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the Distribution
Period

 

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concerned divided by 360.  In
the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Debenture is not a
Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day
is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.  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 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 Telerate Page
3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date
(“Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Page 3750” on the Dow
Jones Telerate Service or such other page as may replace Page 3750 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 Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the
Telerate Page 3750 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 Coupon 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)).

 

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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 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.  No
Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date.  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 at least 5 Business Days prior to the regular record date (as
such term is used in Section 2.8 of the Indenture) immediately preceding
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.

 

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

 

	
   

  	
  FIRST REGIONAL BANCORP

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   Name:

  
	
   

  	
   Title:

  

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

	
   

  	
  State Street Bank and
  Trust Company of Connecticut,

  National Association, as Trustee

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Authorized
  Officer

  

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE
OF DEBENTURE]

 

This Debenture is one of
the 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 September 26, 2002 (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 September 26, 2007, 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 $1,000.00, on any
Interest Payment Date on or after September 26, 2007, 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, together with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as
applicable.

 

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 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

 

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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 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
passu in all respects with 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

 

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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 $500,000.00 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 this 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.

 

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10.1

 

 

 

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

FIRST REGIONAL BANCORP

 

and

 

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

Dated as of December 18, 2001

 

 

 

 

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 

This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (this “Guarantee”), dated as
of December 18, 2001, is executed and delivered by First Regional Bancorp, a
California corporation (the “Guarantor”), and State Street Bank and Trust
Company of Connecticut, National Association, a national banking association,
organized under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the
“Guarantee Trustee”), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from
time to time of the Capital Securities (as defined herein) of First Regional
Statutory Trust I, a Connecticut statutory trust (the “Issuer”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration”), dated as of the date hereof among
State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, not
in its individual capacity but solely as institutional trustee, the
administrators of the Issuer named therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the
holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof those undivided beneficial
interests, having an aggregate liquidation amount of $5,000,000 (the “Capital
Securities”); and

 

WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders (as defined
herein) to purchase the Capital Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably
and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth in this Guarantee, to pay
to the Holders of Capital Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein)
and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth
herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by
each Holder of the Capital Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby
agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this
Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.1.           Definitions
and Interpretation.  In this Guarantee, unless the
context otherwise requires:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(d)           all
references in this Guarantee to “Articles” or “Sections” are to Articles or
Sections of this Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;

 

(e)           terms
defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of this Guarantee have
the same meanings when used in this Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this
Guarantee or unless the context otherwise requires; and

 

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

 

“Affiliate” has the same meaning as given to
that term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor rule thereunder.

 

 

“Beneficiaries” means any Person to whom the
Issuer is or hereafter becomes indebted or liable.

 

“Capital Securities” has the meaning set forth
in the recitals to this Guarantee.

 

“Common Securities” means the common securities
issued by the Issuer to the Guarantor pursuant to the Declaration.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of
the Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Guarantee
Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which
office at the date of execution of this Guarantee is located at 225 Asylum
Street, Goodwin Square, Hartford, Connecticut 06103.

 

“Covered Person” means any Holder of Capital
Securities.

 

“Debentures” means the debt securities of the
Guarantor designated the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures due 2031 held by the Institutional Trustee (as defined in the
Declaration) of the Issuer.

 

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

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4(a).

 

“Guarantee Payments” means the following
payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Capital
Securities, to the extent not paid or made by the Issuer:  (i) any accrued and unpaid
Distributions (as defined in the Declaration) which are required to be
paid on such Capital Securities to the extent the Issuer shall have funds
available therefor, (ii) the Redemption Price to the extent the Issuer has
funds available therefor, with respect to any Capital Securities called for
redemption by the Issuer, (iii) the Special Redemption Price to the extent
the Issuer has funds available therefor, with respect to Capital Securities
redeemed upon the occurrence of a Special Event, and (iv) upon a voluntary
or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or termination of the
Issuer (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the
Holders of the Capital Securities in exchange therefor as provided in the Declaration),
the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued
and unpaid Distributions on the Capital Securities to the date of payment, to
the extent the Issuer shall have funds available therefor, and (b) the
amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders
in liquidation of the Issuer (in either case, the “Liquidation Distribution”).

 

“Guarantee Trustee” means State Street Bank and
Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, until a Successor Guarantee
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the
terms of this Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee
Trustee.

 

“Guarantor” means First Regional Bancorp and
each of its successors and assigns.

 

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

 

“Indemnified Person” means the Guarantee
Trustee, any Affiliate of the Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors,
shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees,
custodians or agents of the Guarantee Trustee.

 

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“Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the
date hereof between the Guarantor and State Street Bank and Trust Company of
Connecticut, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as
trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the
Debentures are to be issued to the institutional trustee of the Issuer.

 

“Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the
opening paragraph to this Guarantee.

 

“Liquidation Distribution” has the meaning set
forth in the definition of “Guarantee Payments” herein.

 

“Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities” means Holder(s) of outstanding Capital Securities, voting
together as a class, but separately from the holders of Common Securities, 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 Capital Securities then outstanding.

 

“Obligations” means any costs, expenses or
liabilities (but not including liabilities related to taxes) of the Issuer
other than obligations of the Issuer to pay to holders of any Trust Securities
the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Securities.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means, with respect to
any Person, a certificate signed by one Authorized Officer of such Person. Any
Officer’s Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Guarantee shall include:

 

(a)           a
statement that each officer signing the Officer’s 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 Officer’s 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.

 

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

 

“Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in
the Indenture.

 

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to
the Guarantee Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the
Guarantee Trustee including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President,
Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Guarantee Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also, 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.

 

“Special Event” has the meaning set forth in
the Indenture.

 

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“Special Redemption Price” has the meaning set
forth in the Indenture.

 

“Successor Guarantee Trustee” means a successor
Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee
under Section 3.1.

 

“Trust Securities” means the Common Securities
and the Capital Securities.

 

ARTICLE II

 

POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF

GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

 

Section
2.1.           Powers and Duties of the
Guarantee Trustee.

 

(a)           This
Guarantee shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders
of the Capital Securities, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this
Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of Capital Securities exercising his or
her rights pursuant to Section 4.4(b) or to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on
acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as
Successor Guarantee Trustee.  The right,
title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any
Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and cessation of title shall be
effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and
delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

 

(b)           If
an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee
Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee Trustee shall enforce
this Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Capital Securities.

 

(c)           The
Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after
curing all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Guarantee against the Guarantee
Trustee.  In case an Event of Default
has occurred (that has not been waived pursuant to Section 2.4) and is
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof,
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

(d)           No
provision of this Guarantee shall be construed to relieve the Guarantee Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act,
or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)            prior
to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of
all such Events of Default that may have occurred:

 

(A)          the
duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Guarantee, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not
be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee;
and

 

(B)           in
the absence of bad faith on the part of the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished

 

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to the Guarantee
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Guarantee; but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Guarantee;

 

(ii)           the
Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be
proved that such Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee or the Guarantee
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such
judgment was made;

 

(iii)          the
Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written
direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee; and

 

(iv)          no
provision of this Guarantee shall require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers, if the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that the repayment of such funds is not reasonably assured to it under the
terms of this Guarantee or security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to
the Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.

 

Section
2.2.           Certain Rights of
Guarantee Trustee.

 

(a)           Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.1:

 

(i)            The
Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the
proper party or parties.

 

(ii)           Any
direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Guarantee shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate.

 

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

 

(iv)          The
Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or
registration of any instrument (or any re-recording, refiling or
re-registration thereof).

 

(v)           The
Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or
opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and

 

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in accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel
to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its
employees.  The Guarantee Trustee shall
have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration
of this Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(vi)          The
Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it by this Guarantee at the request or direction of any
Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such
security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee,
against the costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and the
expenses of the Guarantee Trustee’s agents, nominees or custodians) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or
direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the
Guarantee Trustee; provided, however, that nothing contained in
this Section 2.2(a)(vi) shall relieve the Guarantee Trustee, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and
powers vested in it by this Guarantee.

 

(vii)         The
Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.

 

(viii)        The
Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees,
custodians or attorneys, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be responsible for
any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder.

 

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

 

(x)            Whenever
in the administration of this Guarantee the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it
desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right
or taking any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (i) may
request instructions from the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right
or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in
accordance with such instructions.

 

(xi)           The
Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without negligence, and reasonably
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Guarantee.

 

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

 

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Section
2.3.           Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.  The
recitals contained in this Guarantee shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor,
and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their
correctness.  The Guarantee Trustee
makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee.

 

Section
2.4.           Events of Default;
Waiver.

 

(a)           An
Event of Default under this Guarantee will occur upon the failure of the
Guarantor to perform any of its payment or other obligations hereunder.

 

(b)           The
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may,
voting or consenting as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Capital
Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences.  Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default
shall cease to exist, and shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section
2.5.           Events of Default;
Notice.

 

(a)           The
Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the
Capital Securities and the Guarantor, notices of all Events of Default actually
known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, unless such defaults
have been cured before the giving of such notice, provided, however,
that the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and
so long as a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Capital Securities.

 

(b)           The
Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default
unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice from the
Guarantor or a Holder of the Capital Securities (except in the case of a
payment default), or a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee charged
with the administration of this Guarantee shall have obtained actual knowledge
thereof.

 

ARTICLE III

 

GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

 

Section
3.1.           Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.

 

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

 

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

 

(ii)           be
a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States
of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or
Person 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), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial
or District of Columbia authority.  If
such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred
to above, then, for the purposes of this Section 3.1(a)(ii), the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.

 

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(b)           If
at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under
Section 3.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the
manner and with the effect set out in Section 3.2(c).

 

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

 

Section
3.2.           Appointment, Removal and
Resignation of Guarantee Trustee.

 

(a)           Subject
to Section 3.2(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without
cause at any time by the Guarantor except during an Event of Default.

 

(b)           The
Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 3.2(a) until
a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee
and delivered to the Guarantor.

 

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

 

(d)           If
no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted
appointment as provided in this Section 3.2 within 60 days after
delivery of an instrument of removal or resignation, the Guarantee Trustee
resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. 
Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.

 

(e)           No
Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any
Successor Guarantee Trustee.

 

(f)            Upon
termination of this Guarantee or removal or resignation of the Guarantee
Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Guarantee
Trustee all amounts owing to the Guarantee Trustee under Sections 7.2 and
7.3 accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

GUARANTEE

 

Section
4.1.           Guarantee.

 

(a)           The
Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders
the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the
Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense (except the defense of
payment by the Issuer), right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may
have or assert.  The Guarantor’s
obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of
the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer
to pay such amounts to the Holders.

 

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(b)           The
Guarantor hereby also agrees to assume any and all Obligations of the Issuer
and in the event any such Obligation is not so assumed, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees to each Beneficiary the full payment, when and as due, of any and
all Obligations to such Beneficiaries. 
This Agreement is intended to be for the benefit of, and to be
enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or not such Beneficiaries have
received notice hereof.

 

Section 4.2.           Waiver
of Notice and Demand.  The Guarantor hereby waives
notice of acceptance of this Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies
or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding
against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor,
notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.

 

Section 4.3.           Obligations
Not Affected. 
  The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the
Guarantor under this Guarantee shall in no way be affected or impaired by
reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:

 

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

 

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

 

(c)           any
failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to
enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on
the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Capital Securities, or any action on
the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(g)           any
other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this
Section 4.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

 

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

 

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Section
4.4.           Rights of Holders.

 

(a)           The
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee or to
direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee
under this Guarantee; provided, however, that (subject to
Section 2.1) the Guarantee Trustee shall have the right to decline to
follow any such direction if the Guarantee Trustee being advised by counsel
determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken
or if the Guarantee Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or
trustees, executive committees or a trust committee of directors or trustees
and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceedings so
directed would involve the Guarantee Trustee in personal liability.

 

(b)           Any
Holder of Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against
the Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee Trustee’s rights under this Guarantee,
without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Guarantee
Trustee or any other Person.  The
Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any such action be brought
first against the Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee or any other Person before so proceeding
directly against the Guarantor.

 

Section 4.5.           Guarantee of Payment.  This
Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection.

 

Section 4.6.           Subrogation.  The
Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of Capital
Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders by
the Guarantor under this Guarantee; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of
law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may acquire by way of
subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as
a result of payment under this Guarantee, if, after giving effect to any such
payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this Guarantee.  If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor
in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such
amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.

 

Section 4.7.           Independent Obligations.  The
Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the
obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Capital Securities and that the
Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make
Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee notwithstanding the
occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive,
of Section 4.3 hereof.

 

Section 4.8.           Enforcement
by a Beneficiary.  A Beneficiary may enforce the
obligations of the Guarantor contained in Section 4.1(b) directly against the
Guarantor and the Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any
action be brought against the Issuer or any other person or entity before
proceeding against the Guarantor.  The
Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights (if any) of any Beneficiary against
the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to the Beneficiaries by the Guarantor
under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall
not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled
to enforce or exercise any rights that it may acquire by way of subrogation or
any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of
payment under this Agreement, if at the time of any such payment, and after
giving effect to such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this
Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION

 

Section 5.1.           Limitation
of Transactions.  So long as any Capital Securities
remain outstanding, if (a) there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default or a Declaration Event of Default or (b) the Guarantor
shall have selected an Extension Period as provided in the Declaration and such
period, or any extension thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing, then
the Guarantor shall not and shall not permit any Affiliate to (x) declare
or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make
a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor’s or such
Affiliate’s capital stock (other than payments of dividends or distributions to
the Guarantor) 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 Guarantor or any
Affiliate that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior
in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (x) and (y)
above, (i) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of
capital stock of the Guarantor in connection with any employment contract,
benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of 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 Guarantor (or securities convertible into
or exercisable for such capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition
transaction entered into prior to the occurrence of the Event of Default,
Declaration Event of Default or Extension Period, as applicable, (ii) as a
result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Guarantor’s
capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Guarantor) for any
class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock or of any class or series of
the Guarantor’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Guarantor’s capital
stock, (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Guarantor’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of
such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (iv) 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, (v) 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 (vi) payments under
this Guarantee).

 

Section 5.2.           Ranking.  This
Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will
rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all present and future
Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) of the Guarantor.  By their acceptance thereof, each Holder of
Capital Securities agrees to the foregoing provisions of this Guarantee and the
other terms set forth herein.

 

The right of the Guarantor to participate in any
distribution of assets of any of its subsidiaries upon any such subsidiary’s
liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is subject to the prior claims of
creditors of that subsidiary, except to the extent the Guarantor may itself be
recognized as a creditor of that subsidiary. 
Accordingly, the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee will be
effectively subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of the
Guarantor’s subsidiaries, and claimants should look only to the assets of the
Guarantor for payments hereunder.  This
Guarantee does not limit the incurrence or issuance of other secured or
unsecured debt of the Guarantor, including Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor, under any indenture that the Guarantor may enter into in the future
or otherwise.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

TERMINATION

 

Section
6.1.           Termination.  This
Guarantee shall terminate as to the Capital Securities (i) upon full
payment of the Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price of all Capital
Securities then outstanding, (ii) upon the distribution of all of the
Debentures to the Holders of all of the Capital Securities or (iii) upon
full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration upon
dissolution of the Issuer.  This
Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time any Holder of Capital Securities must restore payment of any
sums paid under the Capital Securities or under this Guarantee.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section
7.1.           Exculpation.

 

(a)           No
Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or
otherwise to the Guarantor 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 in accordance with this Guarantee and in a
manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope
of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee 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 Issuer or the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Issuer or the Guarantor by any Person as
to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other
Person’s professional or expert competence and who, if selected by such
Indemnified Person, has been selected with reasonable care by such Indemnified
Person, 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 Capital Securities might properly be paid.

 

Section
7.2.           Indemnification.

 

(a)           The
Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold each
Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim
or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the
Indemnified Person, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including, but not limited to,
the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of the
Indemnified Person defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the
Indemnified Person’s powers or duties hereunder.  The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 7.2
shall survive the resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee and the termination
of this Guarantee.

 

(b)           Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnified Person under this Section 7.2 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Person will, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against the Guarantor under this
Section 7.2, notify the Guarantor in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the failure so to notify the Guarantor (i) will not relieve the
Guarantor from liability under

 

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paragraph (a)
above unless and to the extent that the Guarantor did not otherwise learn of
such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the Guarantor of
substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve
the Guarantor from any obligations to any Indemnified Person other than the
indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) above.  The Guarantor shall be entitled to appoint
counsel of the Guarantor’s choice at the Guarantor’s expense to represent the
Indemnified Person in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which
case the Guarantor shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and
expenses of any separate counsel retained by the Indemnified Person or Persons
except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person.  Notwithstanding the Guarantor’s election to
appoint counsel to represent the Guarantor in an action, the Indemnified Person
shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and
the Guarantor shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such
separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the Guarantor to
represent the Indemnified Person would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any
such action include both the Indemnified Person and the Guarantor and the
Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other Indemnified Person(s) which are different
from or additional to those available to the Guarantor, (iii) the
Guarantor shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person to represent the Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after
notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the Guarantor shall authorize
the Indemnified Person to employ separate counsel at the expense of the
Guarantor.  The Guarantor will not,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Persons, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending
or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
Indemnified Persons are actual or potential parties to such claim or action)
unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release
of each Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such claim,
action, suit or proceeding.

 

Section 7.3.           Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses.  The
Guarantor agrees:

 

(a)           to
pay to the Guarantee Trustee from time to time such compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder as the parties shall agree to 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 Guarantee Trustee upon
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
made by it in accordance with any provision of this Guarantee (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct.

 

The provisions of this Section 7.3 shall survive
the resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee and the termination of this
Guarantee.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.           Successors and Assigns.  All
guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee shall bind the
successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor
and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Capital Securities then
outstanding.  Except in connection with
any merger or consolidation of the Guarantor with or into another entity or any
sale, transfer or lease of the Guarantor’s assets to another entity, in each
case, to the extent permitted under the Indenture, the

 

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Guarantor may not assign its rights or delegate its
obligations under this Guarantee without the prior approval of the Holders of
at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities.

 

Section 8.2.           Amendments.  Except
with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the rights of Holders
of the Capital Securities in any material respect (in which case no consent of
Holders will be required), this Guarantee may be amended only with the prior
approval of the Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities.  The provisions of
the Declaration with respect to amendments thereof apply to the giving of such
approval.

 

Section 8.3.           Notices.  All notices
provided for in this Guarantee shall be in writing, duly signed by the party
giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class
mail, as follows:

 

(a)           If
given to the Guarantee Trustee, at the Guarantee Trustee’s mailing address set
forth below (or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of
to the Holders of the Capital Securities and the Guarantor):

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut,
National Association

225 Asylum Street, Goodwin Square

Hartford, Connecticut 
06103

Attention: 
Corporate Trust Department

Telecopy: 
860-244-1889

 

With a copy to:

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

P.O. Box 778

Boston, Massachusetts 
02102-0778

Attention: 
Paul D. Allen, Corporate Trust Department

Telecopy: 
617-662-1462

 

(b)           If
given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor’s mailing address set forth below (or
such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders of the
Capital Securities and to the Guarantee Trustee):

 

First Regional Bancorp

1801 Century Park East

Los Angeles, California  90067-2302

Attention:  Tom
McCullough

Telecopy: 
310-552-1772

 

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

 

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 8.4.           Benefit.  This
Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Beneficiaries and, subject to
Section 2.1(a), is not separately transferable from the Capital Securities.

 

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Section 8.5.           Governing Law.  THIS
GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

Section 8.6.           Counterparts.  This
Guarantee may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

 

Section
8.7            Separability.  In
case one or more of the provisions contained in this Guarantee shall for any
reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Guarantee, but this Guarantee shall be construed as if such
invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

Signatures
appear on the following page

 

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THIS GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first
above written.

 

 

	
   

  	
  FIRST REGIONAL BANCORP,
  as Guarantor

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/

  	
   Thomas McCullough

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Name:  Thomas McCullough

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Title:  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  STATE STREET BANK AND
  TRUST COMPANY

  OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL

  ASSOCIATION, as Guarantee Trustee

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/

  	
   Paul D. Allen

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Name:  Paul D. Allen

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Title:  Vice President

  
							

 

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