Document:

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated September 7, 2000

 EXHIBIT 4.3 
  

  
 AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION 
 OF TRUST 
  
 by and among 
  
 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 
 OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Institutional Trustee, 
  
 CENTENNIAL BANK HOLDINGS, INC., 
 as Sponsor, 
  
 PAUL W. TAYLOR and WILLIAM R. FARR, 
 as Administrators 
  
 Dated as of September 7, 2000 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

							
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	ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS	  	1
	 	  	        Section 1.1.	  	Definitions.	  	1
		
	ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION	  	7
	 	  	        Section 2.1.	  	Name.	  	7
	 	  	        Section 2.2.	  	Office.	  	7
	 	  	        Section 2.3.	  	Purpose.	  	7
	 	  	        Section 2.4.	  	Authority.	  	8
	 	  	        Section 2.5.	  	Title to Property of the Trust.	  	8
	 	  	        Section 2.6.	  	Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the Administrators.	  	8
	 	  	        Section 2.7.	  	Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.	  	11
	 	  	        Section 2.8.	  	Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee.	  	12
	 	  	        Section 2.9.	  	Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees and Administrators.	  	13
	 	  	        Section 2.10.	  	Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee.	  	14
	 	  	        Section 2.11.	  	Execution of Documents.	  	16
	 	  	        Section 2.12.	  	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.	  	16
	 	  	        Section 2.13.	  	Duration of Trust.	  	16
	 	  	        Section 2.14.	  	Mergers.	  	17
		
	ARTICLE III SPONSOR	  	18
	 	  	        Section 3.1.	  	Sponsor’s Purchase of Common Securities.	  	18
	 	  	        Section 3.2.	  	Responsibilities of the Sponsor.	  	18
	 	  	        Section 3.3.	  	Expenses.	  	18
	 	  	        Section 3.4.	  	Right to Proceed.	  	19
		
	ARTICLE IV TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS	  	19
	 	  	        Section 4.1.	  	Number of Trustees.	  	19
	 	  	        Section 4.2.	  	Institutional Trustee; Eligibility.	  	19
	 	  	        Section 4.3.	  	Administrators.	  	20
	 	  	        Section 4.4.	  	Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees and Administrators.	  	20
	 	  	        Section 4.5.	  	Vacancies Among Trustees.	  	21
	 	  	        Section 4.6.	  	Effect of Vacancies.	  	21
	 	  	        Section 4.7.	  	Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators.	  	21
	 	  	        Section 4.8.	  	Delegation of Power.	  	22
	 	  	        Section 4.9.	  	Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.	  	22
		
	ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS	  	22
	 	  	        Section 5.1.	  	Distributions.	  	22
		
	ARTICLE VI ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES	  	23
	 	  	        Section 6.1.	  	General Provisions Regarding Securities.	  	23
	 	  	        Section 6.2.	  	Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar.	  	23
	 	  	        Section 6.3.	  	Form and Dating.	  	24
	 	  	        Section 6.4.	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.	  	24
	 	  	        Section 6.5.	  	Temporary Securities.	  	24
	 	  	        Section 6.6.	  	Cancellation.	  	25

							
	 	  	        Section 6.7.	  	Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults.	  	25
		
	ARTICLE VII DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST	  	26
	 	  	        Section 7.1.	  	Dissolution and Termination of Trust.	  	26
		
	ARTICLE VIII TRANSFER OF INTERESTS	  	27
	 	  	        Section 8.1.	  	General.	  	27
	 	  	        Section 8.2.	  	Transfer Procedures and Restrictions.	  	28
	 	  	        Section 8.3.	  	Deemed Security Holders.	  	29
		
	ARTICLE IX LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS	  	29
	 	  	        Section 9.1.	  	Liability.	  	29
	 	  	        Section 9.2.	  	Exculpation.	  	30
	 	  	        Section 9.3.	  	Fiduciary Duty.	  	30
	 	  	        Section 9.4.	  	Indemnification.	  	31
	 	  	        Section 9.5.	  	Outside Businesses.	  	32
	 	  	        Section 9.6.	  	Compensation; Fee.	  	33
		
	ARTICLE X ACCOUNTING	  	33
	 	  	        Section 10.1.	  	Fiscal Year.	  	33
	 	  	        Section 10.2.	  	Certain Accounting Matters.	  	33
	 	  	        Section 10.3.	  	Banking.	  	34
	 	  	        Section 10.4.	  	Withholding.	  	34
		
	ARTICLE XI AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS	  	34
	 	  	        Section 11.1.	  	Amendments.	  	34
	 	  	        Section 11.2.	  	Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent.	  	36
		
	ARTICLE XII REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE	  	37
	 	  	        Section 12.1.	  	Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee.	  	37
		
	ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS	  	37
	 	  	        Section 13.1.	  	Notices.	  	37
	 	  	        Section 13.2.	  	Governing Law.	  	38
	 	  	        Section 13.3.	  	Intention of the Parties.	  	39
	 	  	        Section 13.4.	  	Headings.	  	39
	 	  	        Section 13.5.	  	Successors and Assigns.	  	39
	 	  	        Section 13.6.	  	Partial Enforceability.	  	39
	 	  	        Section 13.7.	  	Counterparts.	  	39

  

			
	Annex I	  	Terms of Securities
	Exhibit A-I	  	Form of Capital Security Certificate
	Exhibit A-2    	  	Form of Common Security Certificate
	Exhibit B	  	Specimen of Initial Debenture
	Exhibit C	  	Placement Agreement

  

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 AMENDED AND RESTATED 
  
 DECLARATION OF TRUST 
  
 OF 
  
 CENBANK STATUTORY TRUST I 
  
 September 7, 2000 
  
 AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST (“Declaration”) dated and effective as of September 7, 2000, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the Administrators (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as defined herein) and by the
holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the Trust (as defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this Declaration; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Trustees, the Administrators and the Sponsor established CenBank Statutory Trust I (the “Trust”), a statutory trust under
the Connecticut Statutory Trust Act pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated as of August 24, 2000 (the “Original Declaration”), and a Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut on August 25,
2000, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and investing the proceeds thereof in certain debentures of the Debenture Issuer (as defined herein);

  
 WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the Trust have
been issued; and 
  
 WHEREAS, all of the Trustees, the
Administrators and the Sponsor, by this Declaration, amend and restate each and every term and provision of the Original Declaration; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to continue the Trust as a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act (as defined herein)
and that this Declaration constitutes the governing instrument of such statutory trust, the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in trust for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration. The parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS 
  
 Section 1.1. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires: 
  
 (a) Capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned
to them in this Section 1.1; 
  
 (b) a term defined anywhere in
this Declaration has the same meaning throughout; 
  
 (c) all
references to “the Declaration” or “this Declaration” are to this Declaration as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time; 
  
 (d) all references in this Declaration to Articles and Sections and Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits to this
Declaration unless otherwise specified; and 
  
 (e) a reference to
the singular includes the plural and vice versa. 

 “Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture. 
  
 “Administrators” means each of Paul W. Taylor and William R.
Farr, solely in such Person’s capacity as Administrator of the Trust created and continued hereunder and not in such Person’s individual capacity, or such Administrator’s successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
appointed as herein provided. 
  
 “Affiliate” has
the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder. 
  
 “Authorized Officer” of a Person means any Person that is authorized to bind such Person. 
  
 “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person:

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

  
 (b) such Person shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of such Person of any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay
its debts as they become due. 
  
 “Business Day”
means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York City or Hartford, Connecticut are permitted or required by any applicable law to close. 
  
 “Capital Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.1(a). 
  
 “Capital Security Certificate” means
a definitive Certificate in fully registered form representing a Capital Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1. 
  
 “Capital Treatment Event” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Certificate” means any certificate evidencing Securities.

  
 “Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in
the Placement Agreement. 
  
 “Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. 
  
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Common Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a). 
  
 “Common Security Certificate” means a definitive Certificate in fully registered form representing a Common
Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2. 
  

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 “Company Indemnified Person” means (a) any Administrator; (b) any Affiliate of any
Administrator; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any Administrator; or (d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates. 
  
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Comparable Treasury
Price” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Institutional Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date
of execution of this Declaration is located at 225 Asylum Street, Goodwin Square, Hartford, Connecticut. 
  
 “Coupon Rate” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Covered Person” means: (a) any Administrator, officer, director, shareholder, partner, member,
representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust or (ii) any of the Trust’s Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities. 
  
 “Creditor” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3. 
  
 “Debenture Issuer” means Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc., a Colorado corporation, in its capacity as issuer
of the Debentures under the Indenture. 
  
 “Debenture
Trustee” means State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee. 
  
 “Debentures” means the 10.60% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures due 2030 to be issued by the Debenture Issuer under the Indenture. 
  
 “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture. 
  
 “Direct Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(d). 
  
 “Distribution” means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 5.1.

  
 “Distribution Payment Date” has the meaning
set forth in paragraph 2(b) of Annex I. 
  
 “Event of
Default” means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order,
rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): 
  
 (a) the occurrence of an Indenture Event of Default; or 
  
 (b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any Security when it becomes due and payable; or 
  
 (c) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Declaration (other than those
specified in clause (a) or (b) above) and 

  

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continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail to the Trustees and to the Sponsor
by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
hereunder; or 
  
 (d) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with
respect to the Institutional Trustee if a successor Institutional Trustee has not been appointed within 90 days thereof. 
  
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. 
  
 “Extension Period” has the meaning set forth in paragraph
2(b) of Annex I. 
  
 “Federal Reserve” has the
meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of Annex I. 
  
 “Fiduciary Indemnified Person” shall mean the Institutional Trustee, any Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee and any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees
or agents of the Institutional Trustee. 
  
 “Fiscal
Year” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1. 
  
 “Guarantee” means the guarantee agreement to be dated as of the Closing Date, of the Sponsor in respect of the Capital Securities. 
  
 “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within
the meaning of the Statutory Trust Act. 
  
 “Indemnified
Person” means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary Indemnified Person. 
  
 “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Closing Date, between the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be
issued, as such Indenture and any supplemental indenture may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 
  
 “Indenture Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” as defined in the Indenture. 
  
 “Institutional Trustee” means the Trustee meeting the
eligibility requirements set forth in Section 4.2. 
  
 “Interest” means any interest due on the Debentures including any Additional Interest and Defaulted Interest. 
  
 “Investment Company” means an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act. 
  
 “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. 
  
 “Investment Company Event” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Legal Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(d). 
  

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 “Liquidation” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of Annex I. 
  
 “Liquidation Distribution” has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 3 of Annex I. 
  
 “Majority in liquidation
amount of the Securities” means Holder(s) of outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as
a class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting
percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class. 
  
 “Officers’ Certificates” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two Authorized Officers of such Person. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant providing for it in this Declaration shall include: 
  
 (a) a statement that each officer signing the Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto; 
  
 (b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering
the Certificate; 
  
 (c) a statement that each such officer has
made such examination or investigation as, in such officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 
  
 (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with. 
  
 “Paying
Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.2. 
  
 “Payment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1. 
  
 “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. 
  
 “Placement Agreement” means the Placement Agreement relating to the offering and sale of Capital Securities in the form of Exhibit C.

  
 “Primary Treasury Dealer” has the meaning set
forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Property
Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c). 
  
 “Pro Rata” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 8 of Annex I. 
  
 “Quorum” means a majority of the Administrators or, if there are only two Administrators, both of them. 
  
 “Quotation Agent” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Redemption/Distribution Notice” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(e) of Annex I. 
  

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

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

  
 “Reference Treasury Dealer” has the meaning
set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Relevant Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a). 
  
 “Remaining Life” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Institutional Trustee, any officer within the Corporate
Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee, including any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the
Institutional Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because
of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. 
  
 “Restricted Securities Legend” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(b). 
  
 “Rule 3a-5” means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act. 
  
 “Rule 3a-7” means Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act. 
  
 “Securities” means the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities. 
  
 “Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time or any successor legislation. 
  
 “Special Event” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Special Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Special Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Sponsor” means
Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc., a Colorado corporation, or any successor entity in a merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust. 
  
 “Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 615 of Title 34 of the Connecticut General Statutes, Sections 500, et
seq. as may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Successor
Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b). 
  
 “Successor Institutional Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a). 
  
 “Successor Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b). 
  
 “Super Majority” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(b) of Annex I. 
  
 “Tax Event” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I. 
  

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 “10% in liquidation amount of the Securities” means Holder(s) of outstanding Securities
voting together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of 10% or more of the aggregate
liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the
relevant class. 
  
 “Transfer Agent” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.2. 
  
 “Treasury
Rate” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I. 
  
 “Treasury Regulations” means the income tax regulations, including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations). 
  
 “Trustee” or “Trustees” means each Person who has signed this Declaration as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may
from time to time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.

  
 “Trust Property” means (a) the Debentures,
(b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Property Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to the
trusts of this Declaration. 
  
 “U.S. Person”
means a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
  
 ORGANIZATION 
  
 Section 2.1. Name.
The Trust is named “CenBank Statutory Trust I,” as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrators following written notice to the Holders of the Securities. The Trust’s activities may be conducted under the name
of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the Administrators. 
  
 Section 2.2. Office. The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, 225 Asylum Street, Goodwin Square, Hartford, Connecticut 06103. On at least
10 Business Days written notice to the Holders of the Securities, the Administrators may designate another principal office, which shall be in a state of the United States or in the District of Columbia. 
  
 Section 2.3. Purpose. The exclusive purposes and functions of
the Trust are (a) to issue and sell the Securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, (b) to invest the gross proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures, (c) to facilitate direct investment in the assets
of the Trust through issuance of the Common Securities and the Capital Securities and (d) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those other activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or
reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust.

  

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 Section 2.4. Authority. Except as specifically provided in this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by a Trustee in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the
Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set
forth in this Declaration. The Administrators shall have only those ministerial duties set forth herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust and are not intended to be trustees or fiduciaries with respect to the Trust or the
Holders. The Institutional Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be obligated except as provided in Section 2.6, to perform those duties assigned to the Administrators. 
  
 Section 2.5. Title to Property of the Trust. Except as provided in Section 2.8 with respect to the Debentures
and the Property Account or as otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust. 
  
 Section
2.6. Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the Administrators. 
  
 (a) The Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Declaration. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section, and in accordance
with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Trustees and the Administrators shall have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied,
otherwise granted to the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, under this Declaration, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the following: 
  
 (i) Each Administrator shall have the power and authority to
act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters: 
  
 (A) the issuance and sale of the Securities; 
  
 (B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust, such agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes and function of the Trust, including agreements
with the Paying Agent; 
  
 (C) ensuring
compliance with the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws; 
  
 (D) the sending of notices (other than notices of default), and other information regarding the Securities and the Debentures to the
Holders in accordance with this Declaration; 
  
 (E) the consent to the appointment of a Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with this Declaration, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; 
  
 (F) execution and delivery of the Securities in accordance
with this Declaration; 
  
 (G) execution and
delivery of closing certificates, pursuant to the Placement Agreement and the application for a taxpayer identification number; 
  

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 (H) unless otherwise determined by the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Securities or as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act, to execute on behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together with any or all of the Administrators) any documents that the Administrators have the power to execute pursuant to
this Declaration; 
  
 (I) the taking of any
action incidental to the foregoing as the Institutional Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Declaration for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such
action on any particular Holder); 
  
 (J) to
establish a record date with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date be established, including Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the Holders of Capital
Securities and Holders of Common Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates; and 
  
 (K) to duly prepare and file all applicable tax returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the
Trust on behalf of the Trust. 
  
 (ii) As among
the Trustees and the Administrators, the Institutional Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters: 
  
 (A) the establishment of the Property Account; 
  
 (B) the receipt of the Debentures; 
  
 (C) the collection of interest, principal and any other
payments made in respect of the Debentures in the Property Account; 
  
 (D) the distribution through the Paying Agent of amounts owed to the Holders in respect of the Securities; 
  
 (E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the Debentures; 
  
 (F) the sending of notices of default and other information
regarding the Securities and the Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this Declaration; 
  
 (G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this Declaration; 
  
 (H) to the extent provided in this Declaration, the winding
up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut; 
  
 (I) after any Event of Default (provided that such Event of Default is not by or with respect to the
Institutional Trustee) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Institutional Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Declaration and protect and conserve the Trust
Property for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Holder); and 
  

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 (J) to take all action that may be necessary for the preservation and the continuation of
the Trust’s valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Connecticut and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders
of the Capital Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created. 
  
 (iii) The Institutional Trustee shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to any of the duties,
liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrators set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i)(D), (E) and (F) herein but shall not have a duty to do any such act unless specifically requested to do so in writing by the Sponsor, and shall then be fully
protected in acting pursuant to such written request; and in the event of a conflict between the action of the Administrators and the action of the Institutional Trustee, the action of the Institutional Trustee shall prevail. 
  
 (b) So long as this Declaration remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees
or Administrators acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the Trustees nor the Administrators may cause the Trust
to (i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Declaration, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to
Holders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would reasonably be expected (x) to cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a “grantor trust” for United States federal income tax purposes or (y) to require
the Trust to register as an Investment Company under the Investment Company Act, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt or (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a lien on any of the
Trust Property. The Institutional Trustee shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Trust, defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Holders
in their capacity as Holders. 
  
 (c) In connection with the
issuance and sale of the Capital Securities, the Sponsor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Sponsor in furtherance of the
following prior to the date of this Declaration are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects): 
  
 (i) the taking of any action necessary to obtain an exemption from the Securities Act; 
  
 (ii) the determination of the States in which to take
appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital Securities and the determination of any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and the advice to the Trustees of actions
they must take on behalf of the Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable
laws of any such States in connection with the sale of the Capital Securities; 
  
 (iii) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery of, the Placement Agreement providing for the sale of the Capital
Securities; and 
  
 (iv) the taking of any other
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 (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrators and the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not (i) be deemed to be an Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act, and (ii) fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. The Administrators and the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities shall not take any action inconsistent with
the treatment of the Debentures as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the Administrators and the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized
to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable laws, the Certificate of Trust or this Declaration, as amended from time to time, that each of the Administrators and the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities
determines in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes. 
  
 (e) All expenses incurred by the Administrators or the Trustees pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor, and the Trustees shall have no obligations with respect to such expenses. 
  
 (f) The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property. 

 
 (g) Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the
Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by the Institutional Trustee for the benefit of the Trust in accordance with this Declaration. 
  
 Section 2.7. Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees. 
  
 (a) The Trust shall not, and the Institutional Trustee shall cause the Trust
not to, engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by this Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not and the Institutional Trustee shall cause the Trust not to: 
  
 (i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the Debentures, but shall distribute all such
proceeds to Holders of the Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the Securities; 
  
 (ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided herein; 
  
 (iii) possess Trust Property for other than a Trust purpose; 
  
 (iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than
loans represented by the Debentures; 
  
 (v)
possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever other than as expressly provided herein; 
  
 (vi) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the
Trust other than the Securities; 
  
 (vii) carry
on any “trade or business” as that phrase is used in the Code; or 
  
 (viii) other than as provided in this Declaration (including Annex I), (A) direct the time, method and place of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (B)
waive any past default that is waivable under the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of all the Debentures 
  

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 shall be due and payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture
or the Debentures where such consent shall be required unless the Trust shall have received an opinion of counsel to the effect that such modification will not cause the Trust to cease to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes. 
  
 Section 2.8. Powers and Duties of
the Institutional Trustee. 
  
 (a) The legal title to the
Debentures shall be owned by and held of record in the name of the Institutional Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Trust and the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and interest of the Institutional Trustee to the Debentures shall vest
automatically in each Person who may hereafter be appointed as Institutional Trustee in accordance with Section 4.4. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents with regard to the Debentures have been
executed and delivered. 
  
 (b) The Institutional Trustee shall
not transfer its right, title and interest in the Debentures to the Administrators. 
  
 (c) The Institutional Trustee shall: 
  
 (i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing trust account (the “Property Account”) in the name of and under the exclusive control of the Institutional Trustee, and maintained in the
Institutional Trustee’s trust department, on behalf of the Holders of the Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee, deposit such funds into the Property Account
and make payments, or cause the Paying Agent to make payments, to the Holders of the Capital Securities and Holders of the Common Securities from the Property Account in accordance with Section 5.1. Funds in the Property Account shall be held
uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this Declaration; 
  
 (ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities to the extent the Debentures are redeemed or mature; and

  
 (iii) upon written notice of distribution
issued by the Administrators in accordance with the terms of the Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities upon the occurrence of
certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of the Securities. 
  
 (d) The Institutional Trustee may bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action with respect to, or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against, the Trust (“Legal Action”) which arises
out of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or arises out of the Institutional Trustee’s duties and obligations under this Declaration; provided,
however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest or principal is otherwise
payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of the Capital Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest on the Debentures having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a “Direct Action”) on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Direct Action, the
rights of the Holders of the Common Securities will be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of the Capital Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of the Capital Securities in such Direct Action;
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Securities may exercise such right of subrogation so long as an Event of Default with respect to the Capital Securities has occurred and is continuing.

  
 (e) The Institutional Trustee shall continue to serve as a
Trustee until either: 
  
 (i) the Trust has been
completely liquidated and the proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of the Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities and this Declaration; or 
  
 (ii) a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed and has accepted that appointment in accordance
with Section 4.4. 
  
 (f) The Institutional Trustee shall have the
legal power to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a Holder of the Debentures under the Indenture and, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Institutional Trustee may, for the benefit of Holders of the Securities,
enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to this Declaration (including Annex I) and the terms of the Securities. 
  
 The Institutional Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 2.8 in a manner that is consistent with the
purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 2.3, and the Institutional Trustee shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 2.3. 
  
 Section 2.9. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees and
Administrators. 
  
 (a) The Institutional Trustee, before
the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Declaration and no implied covenants shall
be read into this Declaration against the Institutional Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 6.7), the Institutional Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. 
  
 (b) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Administrators
shall be as provided by this Declaration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Declaration shall require the Trustees or Administrators to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of
any of their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate protection against such risk of liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Declaration relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees or Administrators shall be subject to the provisions of this Article.
Nothing in this Declaration shall be construed to relieve an Administrator or Trustee from liability for its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Trustee or an Administrator has
duties and liabilities relating to the Trust or to the Holders, such Trustee or Administrator shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Holder for such Trustee’s or Administrator’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this
Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrators or the Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Sponsor and the Holders to replace such
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 (c) All payments made by the Institutional Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the Securities shall
be made only from the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Institutional Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance
with the terms hereof. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Security, agrees that it will look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees
and the Administrators are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Security or for any other liability in respect of any Security. This Section 2.9(c) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set
forth elsewhere in this Declaration. 
  
 (d) The Institutional
Trustee shall not be liable for its own acts or omissions hereunder except as a result of its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
  
 (i) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Institutional Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Institutional Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 
  
 (ii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities or the Common Securities, as applicable, relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration; 
  
 (iii) the Institutional Trustee’s sole duty with
respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and the Property Account shall be to deal with such property in a similar manner as the Institutional Trustee deals with similar property for its fiduciary accounts
generally, subject to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration; 
  
 (iv) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree in
writing with the Sponsor; and money held by the Institutional Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Property Account maintained by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to Section 2.8(c)(i) and except to
the extent otherwise required by law; and 
  
 (v)
the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrators or the Sponsor with their respective duties under this Declaration, nor shall the Institutional Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of
the Administrators or the Sponsor. 
  
 Section 2.10. Certain
Rights of Institutional Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.9: 
  
 (a) the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely and shall fully be protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, opinion of counsel, certificate, written representation of a
Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
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 (b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee is required to
decide between alternative courses of action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained herein, or (iii) the Institutional
Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this Declaration, then, except as to any matter as to which the Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote under the terms of this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee may deliver a
notice to the Sponsor requesting the Sponsor’s written instructions as to the course of action to be taken and the Institutional Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Institutional Trustee shall be
instructed in writing, in which event the Institutional Trustee shall have no liability except for its own negligence or willful misconduct; 
  
 (c) any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Administrators contemplated by this Declaration shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’
Certificate; 
  
 (d) whenever in the administration of this
Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Institutional Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed)
may request and conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate as to factual matters which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or the Administrators; 
  
 (e) the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording,
filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof; 
  
 (f) the Institutional Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection
(which counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice; the Institutional Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration from any court of competent jurisdiction; 
  
 (g) the Institutional Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Declaration, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Institutional Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; provided, that nothing contained in this Section 2.10(g) shall be taken to relieve the Institutional Trustee,
subject to Section 2.9(b), upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs; 
  
 (h) the Institutional Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture,
note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but the Institutional Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see
fit; 
  
 (i) the Institutional Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents or attorneys and the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of or for the supervision of, any
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 (j) whenever in the administration of this Declaration the Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable
to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder the Institutional Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the Capital Securities which instructions may only be given by the
Holders of the same proportion in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities as would be entitled to direct the Institutional Trustee under the terms of the Capital Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; 
  
 (k) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall not be under any obligation
to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Declaration; 
  
 (l) when the Institutional Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law or law relating to creditors rights generally; 
  
 (m) the Institutional Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee obtains
actual knowledge of such event or the Institutional Trustee receives written notice of such event from any Holder, the Sponsor or the Debenture Trustee; 
  
 (n) any action taken by the Institutional Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities, and the signature of the
Institutional Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action and no third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Institutional Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the
terms and provisions of this Declaration, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Institutional Trustee’s or its agent’s taking such action; and 
  
 (o) no provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Institutional Trustee to
perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Institutional Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with
applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Institutional Trustee shall be construed to be a duty. 
  
 Section 2.11. Execution of Documents. Unless otherwise
determined in writing by the Institutional Trustee, and except as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act, the Institutional Trustee, or any one or more of the Administrators, as the case may be, is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust
any documents that the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, have the power and authority to execute pursuant to Section 2.6. 
  
 Section 2.12. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall be
taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof. The Trustees make no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Declaration, the Debentures or the Securities. 
  
 Section 2.13. Duration of Trust. The Trust, unless earlier dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article VII hereof, shall be in existence
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 Section 2.14. Mergers. 
  
 (a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other body, except as described in this Section 2.14(b) and (c). 
  
 (b) The Trust may, with the consent of the Institutional Trustee and without the consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by a trust organized as such under the laws of any state; provided that: 
  
 (i) if the Trust is not the surviving entity, such successor entity (the “Successor Entity”) either: 
  
 (A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust
under the Securities; or 
  
 (B) substitutes for
the Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Securities (the “Successor Securities”) so that the Successor Securities rank the same as the Securities rank with respect to Distributions and payments upon
Liquidation, redemption and otherwise; 
  
 (ii)
the Sponsor expressly appoints a trustee of the Successor Entity that possesses the same powers and duties as the Institutional Trustee as the Holder of the Debentures; 
  
 (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights,
preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of such Holders’ interests in the Successor Entity as a result of such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation or replacement); 
  
 (iv) the Institutional Trustee receives written confirmation from Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. or any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization that rates securities issued by the initial purchase of the Capital
Securities that it will not reduce or withdraw the rating of any such securities because of such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement; 
  
 (v) such Successor Entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust; 
  
 (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
replacement, the Trust has received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such matters to the effect that: 
  
 (A) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the
Holders of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of the Holders’ interest in the Successor Entity); 
  
 (B) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, neither the Trust nor the Successor
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 (C) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust (or the
Successor Entity) will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes; 
  
 (vii) the Sponsor guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by
the Guarantee; 
  
 (viii) the Sponsor owns 100%
of the common securities of any Successor Entity; and 
  
 (ix) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Institutional Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate of the Administrators and an opinion of counsel, each to the effect that all conditions
precedent under this Section 2.14(b) to such transaction have been satisfied. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding Section 2.14(b), the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of 100% in aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by
any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or replacement would cause the Trust or Successor Entity to be classified as other than a grantor
trust for United States federal income tax purposes. 
  
 ARTICLE
III 
  
 SPONSOR 
  
 Section 3.1. Sponsor’s Purchase of Common Securities. On
the Closing Date, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust in an amount at least equal to 3% of the capital of the Trust, at the same time as the Capital Securities are sold. 
  
 Section 3.2. Responsibilities of the Sponsor. In connection
with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities, the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in, or direct the Administrators to engage in, the following activities: 
  
 (a) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify
or register for sale all or part of the Capital Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must take, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be
executed and filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States; and 
  
 (b) to negotiate the terms of and/or execute on behalf of the Trust, the Placement Agreement, and other related agreements providing for the sale of the
Capital Securities. 
  
 Section 3.3. Expenses. In
connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Debentures to the Institutional Trustee and in connection with the sale of the Securities by the Trust, the Sponsor, in its capacity as Debenture Issuer, shall: 
  
 (a) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and issuance
of the Debentures, including compensation of the Debenture Trustee under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; 
  
 (b) be responsible for and shall pay all debts and obligations (other than with respect to the Securities) and all costs and expenses of the Trust
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 relating to the organization, maintenance and dissolution of the Trust), the offering, sale and issuance of the
Securities (including fees to the placement agents in connection therewith), the fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) of the Institutional Trustee and the Administrators, the costs and expenses relating to the operation
of the Trust, including, without limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, Paying Agents, Registrars, Transfer Agents,
duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing, and disposition of Trust assets and the enforcement by the Institutional Trustee of the rights of
the Holders; and 
  
 (c) to pay any and all taxes (other than
United States withholding taxes attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such taxes of the Trust. 
  
 The Sponsor’s obligations under this Section 3.3 shall be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any Person to whom such debts,
obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a “Creditor”) whether or not such Creditor has received notice hereof. Any such Creditor may enforce the Sponsor’s obligations under this Section 3.3 directly against the Sponsor
and the Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such Creditor take any action against the Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees to execute such additional agreements as may be
necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the provisions of this Section 3.3. 
  
 Section 3.4. Right to Proceed. The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of Holders to institute a Direct Action as set forth in Section 2.8(d)hereto. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
  
 TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS 
  
 Section 4.1. Number of Trustees. The number of Trustees
initially shall be one (1), and: 
  
 (a) at any time before the
issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and 
  
 (b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may be increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Capital Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Capital Securities; provided, however, that there shall always be one Trustee who shall be the Institutional Trustee. 
  
 Section 4.2. Institutional Trustee; Eligibility. 
  
 (a) There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as Institutional
Trustee which shall: 
  
 (i) not be an Affiliate
of the Sponsor; 
  
 (ii) not offer or provide
credit or credit enhancement to the Trust; and 
  
 (iii) be a banking corporation or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, state, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
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 examining authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section 4.2(a)(iii), the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. 
  

(b) If at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.2(a), the Institutional Trustee shall immediately
resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 4.4(a). 
  
 (c) The initial Institutional Trustee shall be State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association. 
  
 Section 4.3. Administrators. Each Administrator shall be a U.S. Person, 21 years of age or older and authorized to bind the Sponsor. The
initial Administrators shall be Paul W. Taylor and William R. Farr. There shall at all times be at least one Administrator. Except where a requirement for action by a specific number of Administrators is expressly set forth in this Declaration and
except with respect to any action the taking of which is the subject of a meeting of the Administrators, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Administrators may be taken by, and any power of the Administrators may be exercised by, or
with the consent of, any one such Administrator. 
  
 Section
4.4. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees and Administrators. 
  
 (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Declaration, no resignation or removal of any Trustee (the “Relevant Trustee”) and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Section 4.4. 
  
 Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Relevant Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Holders of the
Securities and by appointing a successor Relevant Trustee. Upon the resignation of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall appoint a successor by requesting from at least three Persons meeting the eligibility requirements, its
expenses and charges to serve as the successor Institutional Trustee on a form provided by the Administrators, and selecting the Person who agrees to the lowest expense and charges (the “Successor Institutional Trustee”). If the
instrument of acceptance by the successor Relevant Trustee required by this Section 4.4 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation or delivery of the instrument of removal, the
Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Trust, any Federal, state or District of Columbia court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if
any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Relevant Trustee. The Institutional Trustee shall have no liability for the selection of such successor pursuant to this Section 4.4. 
  
 The Institutional Trustee may be removed by the act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. If any Trustee shall be so removed, the Holders of Capital Securities, by act of the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities then outstanding delivered to the Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable
requirements of this Section 4.4. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by this Section 4.4, within
30 days after delivery of an instrument of removal, any Holder who has been a Holder of the Securities for at least 6 months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any Federal, state or District of Columbia court of
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jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper,
appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees. 
  
 The
Institutional Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 13.1(d) and shall give notice to the Sponsor. Each notice shall
include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Institutional Trustee. 
  
 (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect
to the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to,
and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Securities and the Trust and (ii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Declaration as
shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such Relevant Trustees co-trustees and upon the
execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Trust of any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities and the Trust. 
  
 (c) No Institutional Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Institutional Trustee.

  
 (d) The Holders of the Capital Securities will have no right
to vote to appoint, remove or replace the Administrators, which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Holder of the Common Securities. 
  
 Section 4.5. Vacancies Among Trustees. If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant
to Section 4.1, or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 4.1, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Trustees shall be
conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 4.4. 
  
 Section 4.6. Effect of Vacancies. The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or
incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust or terminate this Declaration. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of a
Trustee in accordance with Section 4.4, the Institutional Trustee shall have all the powers granted to the Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Trustees by this Declaration. 
  
 Section 4.7. Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators.
Meetings of the Trustees or the Administrators shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee or Administrator, as applicable. Regular meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators, respectively, may be held in person in the
United States or by telephone, at a place (if applicable) and time fixed by resolution of the Trustees or the Administrators, as applicable. Notice of any in-person meetings of the Trustees or the Administrators shall be hand delivered or otherwise
delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Trustees or the Administrators or any committee thereof shall be hand delivered
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 hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the
time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by telephone) of a Trustee or an Administrator, as the case may be, at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Trustee or an
Administrator, as the case may be, attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the grounds that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this Declaration, any
action of the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Trustees or the Administrators present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter,
provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written consent of the Trustees or the Administrators. Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators together shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee or
Administrator. 
  
 Section 4.8. Delegation of Power.

  
 (a) Any Administrator may, by power of attorney
consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 that is a U.S. Person his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section 2.6; and 
  
 (b) the Administrators shall have power to delegate from time to time to such
of their number the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrators or otherwise as the Administrators may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited
by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein. 
  
 Section 4.9. Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any Person into which the Institutional Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Institutional Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee shall be the successor of the
Institutional Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
  
 DISTRIBUTIONS 
  
 Section 5.1. Distributions. Holders shall receive Distributions
in accordance with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder’s Securities. Distributions shall be made on the Capital Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with the preferences set forth in their respective terms. If and to the
extent that the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of Interest (or any principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee) (the amount of any such payment being a “Payment Amount”), the Institutional Trustee shall and is
directed, to the extent funds are available for that purpose, to make a distribution (a “Distribution”) of the Payment Amount to Holders. 
  

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 ARTICLE VI 
  
 ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES 
  
 Section 6.1. General Provisions Regarding Securities. 
  
 (a) The Administrators shall, on behalf of the Trust, issue one series of capital securities substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the “Capital Securities”) and one series of common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the “Common Securities”). The Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Capital Securities and the Common Securities.
The Capital Securities rank pari passu to, and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with, the Common Securities except that, where an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities to payment
in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of the Holders of the Capital Securities as set forth in Annex I. 
  
 (b) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by one or more
Administrators. Such signature shall be the facsimile or manual signature of any Administrator. In case any Administrator of the Trust who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrator before the Certificates so signed
shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates had not ceased to be such Administrator, and any Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such persons who,
at the actual date of execution of such Security, shall be an Administrator of the Trust, although at the date of the execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such an Administrator. A Capital Security shall not be valid
until authenticated by the manual signature of an Authorized Officer of the Institutional Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Capital Security has been authenticated under this Declaration. Upon written order of the Trust
signed by one Administrator, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate the Capital Securities for original issue. The Institutional Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that is a U.S. Person acceptable to the Trust to authenticate the
Capital Securities. A Common Security need not be so authenticated. 
  
 (c) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust. 
  
 (d) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration, the
Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. 
  
 (e) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder in accordance with the terms of this Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration
and the Guarantee. 
  
 Section 6.2. Paying Agent, Transfer
Agent and Registrar. The Trust shall maintain in Hartford, Connecticut, an office or agency where the Capital Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”), and an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer (the “Transfer Agent”). The Trust shall keep or cause to be kept at such office or agency a register for the purpose of registering Securities, transfers and exchanges of Securities, such
register to be held by a registrar (the “Registrar”). The Administrators may appoint the Paying Agent, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent and may appoint one or more additional Paying Agents or one or more co-Registrars, or one or
more co-Transfer Agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent, the term “Registrar” includes any additional registrar or co-Registrar and the

  

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 term “Transfer Agent” includes any additional transfer agent. The Administrators may change any Paying
Agent without prior notice to any Holder. The Administrators shall notify the Institutional Trustee of the name and address of any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar not a party to this Declaration. The Administrators hereby appoint the
Institutional Trustee to act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Capital Securities and the Common Securities. The Institutional Trustee or any of its Affiliates in the United States may act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or
Registrar. 
  
 Section 6.3. Form and Dating. The
Capital Securities and the Institutional Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, and the Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of which is hereby
incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Declaration. Certificates may be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrators, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution thereof. The Securities may have letters, numbers, notations or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject if any, or usage
(provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Sponsor). The Trust at the direction of the Sponsor shall furnish any such legend not contained in Exhibit A-1 to the Institutional Trustee in writing. Each
Capital Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in Annex I and the forms of Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part of the terms of this Declaration and to the extent
applicable, the Institutional Trustee, the Administrators and the Sponsor, by their execution and delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Capital Securities will be issued only in blocks
having a stated liquidation amount of not less than $500,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
  
 The Capital Securities are being offered and sold by the Trust pursuant to the Placement Agreement in definitive, registered form without coupons with the
Restricted Securities Legend. 
  
 Section 6.4. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. 
  
 If: 
  
 (a) any mutilated Certificates should be
surrendered to the Registrar, or if the Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and 
  
 (b) there shall be delivered to the Registrar, the Administrators and the Institutional Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
keep each of them harmless; 
  
 then, in the absence of notice that such
Certificate shall have been acquired by a protected purchaser, an Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall execute (and in the case of a Capital Security Certificate, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate) and deliver, in exchange for or in
lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 6.4, the Registrar or the Administrators may require the payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the relevant
Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. 
  
 Section 6.5. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Administrators may prepare and, in the case of
the Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Administrators consider appropriate for
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Without unreasonable delay, the Administrators shall prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate
definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. 
  
 Section 6.6. Cancellation. The Administrators at any time may deliver Securities to the Institutional Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar shall forward to the Institutional Trustee any Securities surrendered to it for
registration of transfer, redemption or payment. The Institutional Trustee shall promptly cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, payment replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Securities as the
Administrators direct. The Administrators may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered to the Institutional Trustee for cancellation. 
  
 Section 6.7. Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults. 
  
 (a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.5, and the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their Securities and they
shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below. The Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Declaration.
The Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights. 
  
 (b)
For so long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, if upon an Indenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debentures fail to declare the principal of all
of the Debentures to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities then outstanding shall have the right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the Institutional Trustee, the
Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee. 
  
 At any time after a
declaration of acceleration with respect to the Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as provided in the Indenture, if the Institutional Trustee fails to
annul any such declaration and waive such default, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, by written notice to the Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if: 
  
 (i) the
Debenture Issuer has paid or deposited with the Debenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay 
  
 (A) all overdue installments of interest on all of the Debentures, 
  
 (B) any accrued Additional Interest on all of the Debentures, 
  
 (C) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Debentures that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional Interest thereon at the rate borne by the Debentures, and 
  
 (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Debenture Trustee and the Institutional Trustee, their agents and counsel; and 
  
 (ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Debentures that has become
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 The Holders of at least a majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the
Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture, except a default or Event of Default in the payment of principal or interest (unless such default or Event of Default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default or Event of Default in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
 Upon receipt by the Institutional Trustee of written notice declaring such an
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of any part of the Capital Securities, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of outstanding Capital Securities entitled to join in such notice, which record date
shall be at the close of business on the day the Institutional Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such
notice prior to the day that is 90 days after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further
effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, that
is identical to a written notice that has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.7. 
  
 (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section
6.7, the Holders of at least a majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such default
or Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any default or Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF
TRUST 
  
 Section 7.1. Dissolution and Termination of
Trust. 
  
 (a) The Trust shall dissolve on the first to
occur of: 
  
 (i) unless earlier dissolved, on
September 7, 2035, the expiration of the term of the Trust; 
  
 (ii) upon a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Sponsor, the Trust or the Debenture Issuer; 
  
 (iii) (other than in connection with a merger, consolidation or similar transaction not prohibited by the Indenture, this Declaration or
the Guarantee, as the case may be) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to the Sponsor, upon the consent of Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class to

  

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 file a certificate of cancellation with respect to the Trust or upon the revocation of the charter of the
Sponsor and the expiration of 90 days after the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof; 
  
 (iv) upon the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of the Securities; 
  
 (v) upon exercise of the right of the Holder of all of the
outstanding Common Securities to dissolve the Trust as provided in Annex I hereto; 
  
 (vi) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Holder of the Common Securities, the Sponsor, the Trust or the Debenture
Issuer; 
  
 (vii) when all of the Securities
shall have been called for redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have been paid to the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities; or 
  
 (viii) before the issuance of any Securities, with the consent of all of the Trustees and the Sponsor.

  
 (b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event
referred to in Section 7.1(a), and after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as required by applicable law, including of the Statutory Trust Act, and subject to the terms set forth in Annex I, the Institutional Trustee shall
terminate the Trust by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut. 
  
 (c) The provisions of Section 2.9 and Article IX shall survive the termination of the Trust. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 TRANSFER OF INTERESTS 
  
 Section 8.1. General. 
  
 (a) Subject to Section 8.1(c), where Capital Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to
exchange them for an equal number of Capital Securities represented by different certificates, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfer and
exchanges, the Trust shall issue and the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate Capital Securities at the Registrar’s request. 
  
 (b) Upon issuance of the Common Securities, the Sponsor shall acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities and for so long
as the Securities remain outstanding, the Sponsor shall maintain 100% ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Sponsor, in its capacity as Debenture Issuer, under the Indenture that is
a U.S. Person may succeed to the Sponsor’s ownership of the Common Securities. 
  
 (c) Capital Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration and in the terms of the Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any transfer or purported transfer of any Security not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void and will be deemed to be of no legal effect whatsoever and any such transferee shall be deemed not to be the
holder of such Capital Securities for any purpose, including but not limited to the receipt of Distributions on such Capital Securities, and such transferee shall be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such Capital Securities. 
  

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 (d) The Registrar shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities, which
will be effected without charge but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Registrar may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Securities, the Registrar shall cause one or more new Securities of the same tenor to be issued in the name of the designated transferee or transferees. Every Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be canceled by the Institutional Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.6. A transferee of a Security shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of a Security. By acceptance of a Security, each transferee shall be deemed
to have agreed to be bound by this Declaration. 
  
 (e) The Trust
shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on
the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of the Securities to be redeemed, or (ii) to register the transfer or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. 
  
 Section 8.2. Transfer Procedures and Restrictions. 
  
 (a) The Capital Securities shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend, which shall not be removed unless there is delivered to the Trust such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of counsel licensed to
practice law in the State of Connecticut, as may be reasonably required by the Trust, that neither the legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Institutional Trustee, at the written direction of the Trust, shall authenticate and deliver Capital Securities that do not bear the legend. 
  
 (b) Except as permitted by Section 8.2(a), each Capital Security shall bear a
legend (the “Restricted Securities Legend”) in substantially the following form and a Capital Security shall not be transferred except in compliance with such legend, unless otherwise determined by the Sponsor, upon the advice of
counsel expert in securities law, in accordance with applicable law: 
  
 THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. 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. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST, (B) 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, (C) 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, (D) TO 
  

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 AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2), (3) OR
(7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS CAPITAL SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION
WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE SPONSOR’S AND THE TRUST’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION OF TRUST, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST. THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. 
  
 (c) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trust shall execute and the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate Capital Securities at the Registrar’s request. 
  
 (d) Registrations of transfers or exchanges will be effected without charge,
but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Registrar or the Sponsor may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to it. 
  
 (e) All Capital Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Declaration
shall evidence the same security and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Declaration as the Capital Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 
  
 Section 8.3. Deemed Security Holders. The Trust, the Administrators, the Trustees, the Paying Agent, the
Transfer Agent or the Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and of the Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of
receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of any
Person, whether or not the Trust, the Administrators, the Trustees, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar shall have actual or other notice thereof 
  
 ARTICLE IX 
  
 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF 
 HOLDERS
OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS 
  
 Section 9.1.
Liability. 
  
 (a) Except as expressly set forth in
this Declaration, the Guarantee and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor shall not be: 
  
 (i) personally liable for the return of any portion of the capital contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders of the Securities
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 (ii) required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder of the Securities any deficit upon
dissolution of the Trust or otherwise. 
  
 (b) The Holder of the
Common Securities shall be liable for all of the debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to the Securities) to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust’s assets. 
  
 (c) Pursuant to the Statutory Trust Act, the Holders of the Capital Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of
personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Connecticut. 
  
 Section 9.2. Exculpation. 
  
 (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or
claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on
such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person’s negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such
acts or omissions. 
  
 (b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully
protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other
Person’s professional or expert competence and, if selected by such Indemnified Person, has been selected by such Indemnified Person with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to
the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to Holders of Securities might properly be paid. 
  
 Section 9.3. Fiduciary Duty. 
  
 (a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has
duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith
reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the parties hereto to
replace such other duties and liabilities of the Indemnified Person. 
  
 (b) Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is permitted or required to make a decision: 
  
 (i) in its “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such
interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or 
  
 (ii) in its “good faith” or under another express
standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Declaration or by applicable law. 
  

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 Section 9.4. Indemnification. 
  
 (a) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any
Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
Trust) by reason of the fact that he is or was an Indemnified Person against expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the
Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful. 
  
 (b) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the
full extent permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
fact that he is or was an Indemnified Person against expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust; provided, however, that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of
all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper. 
  
 (c) To the extent that an Indemnified Person shall be successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action without prejudice or the
settlement of an action without admission of liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.4, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full
extent permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. 
  
 (d) Any indemnification of an Administrator under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.4 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor only
as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b). Such determination shall
be made (i) by the Administrators by a majority vote of a Quorum consisting of such Administrators who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (ii) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested
Administrators so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust. 
  
 (e) To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnified Person in
defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.4 shall be paid by the Sponsor in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized in this Section 9.4. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a determination is reasonably 
  

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 and promptly made (i) by the Administrators by a majority vote of a Quorum of disinterested Administrators, (ii) if such
a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Administrators so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iii) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts known to
the Administrators, counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time such determination is made, such Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such Person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust,
or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Administrators, independent legal counsel or
the Common Security Holder reasonably determine that such Indemnified Person deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital Security Holders. 
  
 (f) Each Trustee, at the sole cost and expense of the Sponsor, retains the right to representation by counsel of its own
choosing in any action, suit or any other proceeding for which it is indemnified under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.4, without affecting its right to indemnification hereunder or waiving any rights afforded to it under this Declaration
or applicable law. 
  
 (g) The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 9.4 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors of the Sponsor or Capital Security Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. All rights to indemnification
under this Section 9.4 shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Sponsor and each Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section 9.4 is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section 9.4 shall not
affect any rights or obligations then existing. 
  
 (h) The
Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was an Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether
or not the Sponsor would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section 9.4. 
  
 (i) For purposes of this Section 9.4, references to “the Trust” shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any constituent
entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger, so that any Person who is or was a director, trustee, officer or employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 9.4 with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such
constituent entity if its separate existence had continued. 
  
 (j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 9.4 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, (i) continue as to a Person who has ceased to be an Indemnified Person
and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a Person; and (ii) survive the termination or expiration of this Declaration or the earlier removal or resignation of an Indemnified Person. 
  
 Section 9.5. Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the
Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of
Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if 
  

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 competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. None of any Covered Person, the
Sponsor or the Institutional Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered
Person, the Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Covered Person and the
Institutional Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities
or other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates. 
  
 Section 9.6. Compensation; Fee. The Sponsor agrees: 
  
 (a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder as the parties shall agree from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law
in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); and 
  
 (b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Declaration
(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their respective agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

  
 The provisions of this Section 9.6 shall survive the
dissolution of the Trust and the termination of this Declaration and the removal or resignation of any Trustee. 
  
 No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any property of the Trust as a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 9.6. 
  
 ARTICLE X 
  
 ACCOUNTING 
  
 Section 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year (“Fiscal
Year”) of the Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code. 
  
 Section 10.2. Certain Accounting Matters. 
  
 (a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrators shall keep, or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Trust in the United
States, as defined for purposes of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of account shall be maintained, at
the Sponsor’s expense, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The books of account and the records of the Trust shall be examined by and reported upon as of the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust by
a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the Administrators. 
  
 (b) The Administrators, at the Sponsor’s expense, shall cause to be prepared at the principal office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7, and
delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust, annual financial statements of the Trust, including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of 

  

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such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income or loss which shall be examined by and reported upon by a firm of independent certified public
accountants selected by the Administrators. 
  
 (c) The
Administrators shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered to each of the Holders of Securities Form 1099 or such other annual United States federal income tax information statement required by the Code, containing such information with regard to
the Securities held by each Holder as is required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrators shall endeavor to deliver all such statements
within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust. 
  
 (d) The Administrators, at the Sponsor’s expense, shall cause to be duly prepared at the principal office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7, and filed an annual United
States federal income tax return on a Form 1041 or such other form required by United States federal income tax law, and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Administrators on behalf of the Trust with any state or local
taxing authority. 
  
 Section 10.3. Banking. The
Trust shall maintain in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7, one or more bank accounts in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds
in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee shall be made directly to the Property Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Account. The sole signatories for such accounts (including the Property
Account) shall be designated by the Institutional Trustee. 
  
 Section 10.4. Withholding. The Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent and the Administrators shall comply with all withholding requirements under United States federal, state and local law. The Institutional Trustee or any
Paying Agent shall request, and each Holder shall provide to the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent, such forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to the Holder, and any representations
and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrators shall file required forms with applicable
jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent is
required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any
claimed overwithholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made, the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent may reduce
subsequent Distributions by the amount of such withholding. 
  
 ARTICLE XI 
  
 AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

  
 Section 11.1. Amendments. 
  
 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or by any applicable
terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a written instrument approved and executed by the Institutional Trustee. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article XI, no amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void and ineffective:

  

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 (i) unless the Institutional Trustee shall have first received 
  
 (A) an Officers’ Certificate from each of the Trust and
the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities); and 
  
 (B) an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Sponsor or the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms
of this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities); and 
  
 (ii) if the result of such amendment would be to 
  
 (A) cause the Trust to cease to be classified for purposes of United States federal income taxation as a grantor trust; or 
  
 (B) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment Company
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act. 
  
 (c) Except as provided in Section 11.1(d), (e) or (h), no amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void and ineffective unless the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities shall have
consented to such amendment. 
  
 (d) In addition to and
notwithstanding any other provision in this Declaration, without the consent of each affected Holder, this Declaration may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the Securities or otherwise adversely affect the
amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Securities as of a specified date or change any conversion or exchange provisions or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after such date. 
  
 (e) Section 8.1 (b) and 8.1(c) and this
Section 11.1 shall not be amended without the consent of all of the Holders of the Securities. 
  
 (f) Article III shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities. 
  
 (g) The rights of the Holders of the Capital Securities under Article IV to increase or decrease the number of, and appoint
and remove, Trustees shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities. 
  
 (h) This Declaration may be amended by the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of a Majority in the liquidation amount of the Common Securities without
the consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities to: 
  
 (i) cure any ambiguity; 
  
 (ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this Declaration; 
  
 (iii) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Sponsor; or 
  
 (iv) modify, eliminate or add to any provision of this
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 purposes at all times as a grantor trust and will not be required to register as an “investment
company” under the Investment Company Act (including without limitation to conform to any change in Rule 3a-5, Rule 3a-7 or any other applicable rule under the Investment Company Act or written change in interpretation or application thereof by
any legislative body, court, government agency or regulatory authority) which amendment does not have a material adverse effect on the rights, preferences or privileges of the Holders of Securities; 
  
 provided, however, that no such modification, elimination or
addition referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) shall adversely affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of Holders of Capital Securities. 
  
 Section 11.2. Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent. 
  
 (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any
time by the Administrators (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration or the terms of the Securities. The
Administrators shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Administrators one or more
calls in a writing stating that the signing Holders of the Securities wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders of the Securities calling a meeting shall specify in
writing the Certificates held by the Holders of the Securities exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities represented by such Certificates shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth
in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. 
  
 (b)
Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of the Securities: 
  
 (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders of the Securities having a right to vote thereat at least 7 days and not
more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders of the Securities is permitted or required under this Declaration, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders of the
Securities. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders of the Securities may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders of the Securities owning not less than the
minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders of the Securities having a right to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of
action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of the Securities entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. The Administrators may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Holders of the Securities for the purpose of taking
any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Administrators; 
  
 (ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of Securities is entitled
to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable
at the pleasure of the Holder of the Securities executing it. Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Connecticut
relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Connecticut corporation and the Holders of the 
  

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 Securities were stockholders of a Connecticut corporation; each meeting of the Holders of the Securities
shall be conducted by the Administrators or by such other Person that the Administrators may designate; and 
  
 (iii) unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Declaration, or the terms of the Securities otherwise provides, the Administrators, in their
sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders of the Securities, waiver of any
such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote; provided, however, that
each meeting shall be conducted in the United States (as that term is defined in Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7). 
  
 ARTICLE XII 
  
 REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE 
  
 Section 12.1. Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee. The Trustee that acts as initial Institutional Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each Successor Institutional Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Institutional Trustee’s acceptance of its
appointment as Institutional Trustee, that: 
  
 (a) the
Institutional Trustee is a national banking association with trust powers, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America with trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its
obligations under the terms of, this Declaration; 
  
 (b) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Institutional Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Institutional Trustee. This Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the
Institutional Trustee, and it constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Institutional Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); 
  
 (c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Declaration by the Institutional Trustee does not conflict with or
constitute a breach of the charter or by-laws of the Institutional Trustee; and 
  
 (d) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or notice to, any state or federal banking authority is required for the execution, delivery or performance by the Institutional Trustee of this
Declaration. 
  
 ARTICLE XIII 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 Section 13.1. Notices. All notices provided for in this
Declaration shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied (which telecopy shall be followed by notice delivered or mailed by first class mail) or mailed by first class mail, as follows:

  

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 (a) if given to the Trust in care of the Administrators at the Trust’s mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Trust may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities): 
  
 CenBank Statutory Trust I 
 c/o Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. 
 100 Oak Street 
 Eaton, CO 80615 
 Attention: Paul Taylor 
 Telecopy: 970-454-2457 
  
 (b) if given to the Institutional Trustee, at the Institutional Trustee’s mailing address set forth below (or such
other address as the Institutional Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities): 
  
 State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association 
 225 Asylum Street, Goodwin Square 
 Hartford, Connecticut 06103 
 Attention: Vice President, 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 
  
 (c) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of the
Common Securities may give notice of to the Trust): 
  
 Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. 
 100 Oak Street 
 Eaton, CO 80615 
 Attention: Paul Taylor 
 Telecopy: 970-454-2457 
  
 (d) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Trust. 
  
 All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person,
telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other
document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver. 
  
 Section 13.2. Governing Law. This Declaration and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance
with the law of the State of Connecticut and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to the principles of conflict of laws of the State of Connecticut or any other jurisdiction that would call for the application of the
law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Connecticut; provided, however, that there shall not be applicable to the Trust, the 
  

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 Trustees or this Declaration any provision of the laws (statutory or common) of the State of Connecticut pertaining to
trusts that relate to or regulate, in a manner inconsistent with the terms hereof (a) the filing with any court or governmental body or agency of trustee accounts or schedules of trustee fees and charges, (b) affirmative requirements to post bonds
for trustees, officers, agents or employees of a trust, (c) the necessity for obtaining court or other governmental approval concerning the acquisition, holding or disposition of real or personal property, (d) fees or other sums payable to trustees,
officers, agents or employees of a trust, (e) the allocation of receipts and expenditures to income or principal, or (f) restrictions or limitations on the permissible nature, amount or concentration of trust investments or requirements relating to
the titling, storage or other manner of holding or investing trust assets. 
  
 Section 13.3. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of this
Declaration shall be interpreted to further this intention of the parties. 
  
 Section 13.4. Headings. Headings contained in this Declaration are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Declaration or any provision hereof. 

 
 Section 13.5. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this
Declaration any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be included, and all covenants and agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether or not so expressed. 
  
 Section 13.6. Partial Enforceability. If any provision of this Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration,
or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. 
  
 Section 13.7. Counterparts. This Declaration may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Declaration may be
executed by the affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees and Administrators to any of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as
though all of the signers had signed a single signature page. 
  
  

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

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

	as Institutional Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/    PAUL D. ALLEN

	Name:	 	Paul D. Allen
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	CENTENNIAL BANK HOLDINGS, INC., as Sponsor
		
	By:	 	 /s/    PAUL W. TAYLOR

	Name:	 	Paul W. Taylor
	Title:	 	EVP
	
	CENBANK STATUTORY TRUST I
		
	By:	 	 /s/    PAUL W. TAYLOR

	Name:	 	Paul W. Taylor
	Title:	 	Administrator
		
	By:	 	 /s/    WILLIAM R. FARR

	Name:	 	William R. Farr
	Title:	 	Administrator

  
  

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 ANNEX I 
  
 TERMS OF SECURITIES 
  
 Pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of September 7, 2000 (as amended from time to time, the
“Declaration”), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities are set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the
meaning set forth in the Declaration): 
  
 1. Designation and
Number. 
  
 (a) 10,000 Capital Securities of CenBank
Statutory Trust I (the “Trust”), with an aggregate stated liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and a stated liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $1,000 per
Capital Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as the “Capital Securities”. The Capital Security Certificates evidencing the Capital Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to
the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice. 
  
 (b) 310 Common Securities of the Trust (the “Common Securities”) will be evidenced by Common Security Certificates substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice. 
  

2. Distributions. 
  
 (a) Distributions payable on each Security will be payable at an annual rate equal to 10.60% (the “Coupon Rate”) of the stated
liquidation amount of $1,000 per Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one semi-annual period will bear interest thereon compounded
semi-annually at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by law). A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has
funds available therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full semi-annual period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
  
 (b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original issuance, and will be payable,
subject to extension of distribution payment periods as described herein, semi-annually in arrears on March 7 and September 7 of each year, commencing on March 7, 2001 (each a “Distribution Payment Date”) when, as and if available
for payment. The Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures, so long as no Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, by deferring the payment of interest on the Debentures for
up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (each an “Extension Period”) at any time and from time to time, subject to the conditions described below, although such interest would continue to accrue on the Debentures at the Coupon Rate
compounded semi-annually (to the extent permitted by law) during any Extension Period. No Extension Period may end on a date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period the Debenture Issuer shall pay all interest
then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date and provided further, however, during any such
Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer and its Affiliates shall not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Debenture Issuer’s or its
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Issuer) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing, or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Debenture Issuer or any Affiliate that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, (a) repurchases,
redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Debenture Issuer in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or
consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Debenture Issuer (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock) as
consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Debenture Issuer’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a
subsidiary of the Debenture Issuer) for any class or series of the Debenture Issuer’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Debenture Issuer’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Debenture Issuer’s capital stock, (c)
the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Debenture Issuer’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with any stockholder’s rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholder’s rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (e) any dividend in the form of stock,
warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such
stock and any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or (f) payments under the Capital Securities Guarantee). Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period,
provided that such period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the
payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension
Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear Additional Interest. If Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the
date that the related Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates
payable (after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds available for the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust’s funds available for Distribution to the Holders of
the Securities will be limited to payments received from the Debenture Issuer. The payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee. 
  
 (c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders thereof as
they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the relevant record dates. The relevant record dates shall be 15 days before the relevant Distribution Payment Date. Distributions payable on any Securities that are not punctually paid on any
Distribution Payment Date, as a result of the Debenture Issuer having failed to make a payment under the Debentures, as the case may be, when due (taking into account any Extension Period), will cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such
Securities are registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the special record date or other specified date determined in accordance
with the Indenture. If any date on which Distributions are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day 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
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 (d) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or for the Trust that is not accounted
for hereunder, such property shall be distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among the Holders of the Securities. 
  
 3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or termination of
the Trust (each a “Liquidation”) other than in connection with a redemption of the Debentures, the Holders of the Securities will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders of the
Securities, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust (to the extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer), distributions equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $ 1,000 per Security plus
accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment, to the extent the Trust shall have funds available therefor, and (ii) the amount of assets of the Trust remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Trust
(such amount being, in either case, the “Liquidation Distribution”), unless in connection with such Liquidation, the Debentures in aggregate stated principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such
Securities, with an interest rate equal to the Coupon Rate of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on, and having the same record date as, such Securities, after paying or making
reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Trust in accordance with the Statutory Trust Act, shall be distributed on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the Securities in exchange for such Securities. 
  
 The Sponsor, as the Holder of all of the Common Securities, has the right at
any time to dissolve the Trust (including, without limitation, upon the occurrence of a Special Event), subject to the receipt by the Debenture Issuer of prior approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal
Reserve”), if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the Holders of the Securities on
a Pro Rata basis in accordance with the aggregate stated liquidation amount thereof. 
  
 If a Liquidation of the Trust occurs as described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (v) in Section 7.1(a) of the Declaration, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Trustees of the Trust as expeditiously as such Trustees
determine to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, to the Holders of the Securities, the Debentures on a Pro Rata basis to the extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, unless such distribution
is determined by the Institutional Trustee not to be practical, in which event such Holders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to the Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors of the
Trust to the extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, an amount equal to the Liquidation Distribution. An early Liquidation of the Trust pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 7.1(a) of the Declaration shall occur if the, Institutional Trustee
determines that such Liquidation is possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of Trust, to the Holders of the Securities on a Pro Rata basis, the Debentures, and such distribution occurs. 
  
 If, upon any such Liquidation the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only
in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the Trust on such Capital Securities shall be paid to the Holders of the Trust Securities on a
Pro Rata basis, except that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a preference over the Common Securities with regard to such distributions. 
  
 After the date for any distribution of the Debentures upon dissolution of the
Trust (i) the Securities of the Trust will be deemed to be no longer outstanding, (ii) the Holders of the Capital Securities will receive certificates representing the Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution, and (iii) any certificates
representing the Capital Securities still outstanding will be deemed to represent undivided beneficial interests in such of the Debentures as have an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount with an interest rate
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bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid distributions on, the Securities until such certificates are presented to the Debenture
Issuer or its agent for transfer or reissuance. 
  
 4.
Redemption and Distribution. 
  
 (a) The Debentures will
mature on September 7, 2030. The Debentures may be redeemed by the Debenture Issuer, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after September 7, 2010, at the Redemption Price. In addition, the Debentures may be redeemed by the
Debenture Issuer at the Special Redemption Price, in whole but not in part, at any time, upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event at the Special Redemption Price, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to holders of such Debentures so long as such Special Event is continuing. In each case, the right of the Debenture Issuer to redeem the Debentures is subject to the Debenture Issuer having received
prior approval from the Federal Reserve, if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve. The Sponsor shall appoint a Quotation Agent, which initially shall be State Street Bank and Trust Company, for the
purpose of performing the services contemplated in, or by reference in, the definition of Special Redemption Price. Any error in the calculation of the Special Redemption Price by the Quotation Agent or the Debenture Trustee may be corrected at any
time by notice delivered to the Sponsor and the holders of the Capital Securities. Subject to the corrective rights set forth above, all certificates, communications, opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed,
made or obtained for the purposes of the provisions relating to the payment and calculation of the Special Redemption Price on the Debt Securities or the Capital Securities by the Debenture Trustee, the Quotation Agent or the Institutional Trustee,
as the case may be, shall (in the absence of willful default, bad faith or manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding on the holders of the Debt Securities and the Capital Securities, the Trust and the Sponsor, and no liability shall attach
(except as provided above) to the Debenture Trustee, the Quotation Agent or the Institutional Trustee in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by any of them of their respective powers, duties and discretion. 
  
 “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Debenture Issuer and
the Trust of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to or change (including any announced prospective change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official administrative pronouncement (including any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum, field service advice, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement
including any notice or announcement of intent to adopt such procedures or regulations (an “Administrative Action”)) or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, regardless of whether such Administrative
Action or judicial decision is issued to or in connection with a proceeding involving the Debenture Issuer or the Trust and whether or not subject to review or appeal, which amendment, clarification, change, Administrative Action or decision is
enacted, promulgated or announced, in each case on or after the date of issuance of the Debentures, there is more than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United States
federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Debentures; (ii) interest payable by the Debenture Issuer on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Debenture Issuer,
in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.

  
 “Investment Company Event” means the receipt
by the Debenture Issuer and the Trust of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or written change (including any announced prospective change) in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or 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. 

 

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 “Capital Treatment Event” means the receipt by the Debenture Issuer and the Trust of an
opinion of counsel that, as a result of the occurrence of any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws 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 issuance of the
Debentures, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Sponsor will not be entitled to treat an amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Debentures as “Tier 1 Capital” (or the then equivalent thereof) for purposes of
the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the Sponsor; provided, however, that the inability of the Sponsor 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 Sponsor having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest
which the Federal Reserve may now or hereinafter accord Tier 1 Capital treatment in excess of the amount which may qualify for treatment as Tier 1 Capital under applicable capital adequacy guidelines for the Federal Reserve; 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. 
  
 “Special
Event” means a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital Treatment Event. 
  
 “Redemption Price” means the price set forth in the following table for any Redemption Date that occurs within the twelve-month period beginning in the relevant year indicated below, expressed as the
percentage of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed: 
  

				
	 Year Beginning on

	  	Percentage

	 
	 September 7, 2010
	  	105.300	%
	 September 7, 2011
	  	104.770	%
	 September 7, 2012
	  	104.240	%
	 September 7, 2013
	  	103.710	%
	 September 7, 2014
	  	103.180	%
	 September 7, 2015
	  	102.650	%
	 September 7, 2016
	  	102.120	%
	 September 7, 2017
	  	101.590	%
	 September 7, 2018
	  	101.060	%
	 September 7, 2019
	  	100.530	%
	 September 7, 2020 and after
	  	100.000	%

  
 plus accrued and unpaid interest on
such Debentures to the Redemption Date. 
  
 “Special
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 “Special Redemption Price” means (a) if the Special Redemption Date is before September
7, 2010, the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Debentures to such Special Redemption Date, or (ii) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of (A) the present value of the
principal amount of the Debentures set forth in the above Redemption Price table for the September 7, 2010 Redemption Date and the present value of interest payable on the Debentures from such Special Redemption Date to September 7, 2010 (the
“Remaining Life”), each discounted to the Special Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months at the Treasury Rate), plus (B) accrued and unpaid interest on the Debentures to
such Special Redemption Date, or (b) if the Special Redemption Date is on or after September 7, 2010, the price for the Debentures set forth in the above Redemption Price table for such Special Redemption Date. 
  
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means with respect to any
Special Redemption Date the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice,
in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life. If no United States Treasury security has a maturity which is within a period from 3 months before to 3 months after September 7, 2010, the two most
closely corresponding United States Treasury securities as selected by the Quotation Agent shall be used as the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest
month using such securities. 
  
 “Comparable Treasury
Price” means (a) the average of 5 Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Special Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than 5
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations. 
  
 “Primary Treasury Dealer” shall mean either a primary United States Government securities dealer or an entity of nationally recognized stock in matters pertaining to the quotation of treasury
securities that is reasonably acceptable to the Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee. 
  
 “Quotation Agent” means State Street Bank and Trust Company, or its designee, and its successors; provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Sponsor
shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer. 
  
 “Redemption Date” shall mean the date fixed for the redemption of Capital Securities, which shall be March 7 or September 7 commencing September 7, 2010. 
  
 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) the Quotation Agent and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer
selected by the Debenture Trustee after consultation with the Debenture Issuer. 
  
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Special Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Debenture Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day
preceding such Redemption Date. 
  
 “Treasury
Rate” means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the week immediately prior to the date of calculation, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15(519) or any successor
publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, for the maturity
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(if no maturity is within 3 months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the 2 published maturities most closely corresponding to the Remaining Life
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding
the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of
its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Special Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day preceding the Special Redemption Date. 
  
 (b) Upon the repayment in full at maturity or redemption in whole or in part
of the Debentures (other than following the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of the Securities), the proceeds from such repayment or payment shall concurrently be applied to redeem Pro Rata at the applicable Redemption Price or Special
Redemption Price, as applicable, Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so repaid or redeemed; provided, however, that holders of such Securities shall be given not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice of such redemption (other than at the scheduled maturity of the Debentures). 
  
 (c) If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so redeemed, the Common Securities and the Capital Securities will be redeemed Pro Rata and the
Capital Securities to be redeemed will be redeemed Pro Rata from each Holder of Capital Securities. 
  
 (d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Capital Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all Capital
Securities for all semi-annual Distribution periods terminating on or before the date of redemption. 
  
 (e) Redemption or Distribution Procedures. 
  
 (i) Notice of any redemption of or notice of distribution of the Debentures in exchange for, the Securities (a
“Redemption/Distribution Notice”) will be given by the Trust by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof which, in
the case of a redemption, will be the date fixed for redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given pursuant to this paragraph 4(e)(i), a
Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of such Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of such
Securities at the address of each such Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing thereof with respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or
exchange proceedings with respect to any other Holder. 
  
 (ii) If the Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a Redemption/ Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued if the Debentures are redeemed as set out in this paragraph 4 (which notice will be irrevocable), then,
provided that the Institutional Trustee has a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the Institutional Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, as
applicable, to the Holders of such Securities by check mailed to the address of each such Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the redemption date. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as
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called for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to receive the applicable Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price
specified in paragraph 4(a), but without interest on such Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price. If any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of any such Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price
payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made
on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date fixed for redemption. If payment of the Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is improperly withheld
or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the Debenture Issuer as guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Securities will continue to accrue at the Coupon Rate from the original redemption date to the actual date of
payment, in which case the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price. In the event of any redemption of the Capital Securities issued by the
Trust in part, the Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for redemption of the Capital Securities and ending at
the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of the Capital Securities to be so redeemed or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Capital Securities so
selected for redemption, in whole or in part except for the unredeemed portion of any Capital Securities being redeemed in part. 
  
 (iii) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Administrators on behalf of the Trust to (A) in respect of the Capital
Securities, the Holders thereof and (B) in respect of the Common Securities, the Holder thereof. 
  
 5. Voting Rights - Capital Securities. 
  
 (a) Except as provided under paragraphs 5(b) and 7 and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Capital Securities will have
no voting rights. The Administrators are required to call a meeting of the Holders of the Capital Securities if directed to do so by Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities. 
  
 (b) Subject to the requirements of obtaining a tax opinion by the
Institutional Trustee in certain circumstances set forth in the last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, voting separately as a class, have the right to direct the time, method, and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including the right to direct the Institutional Trustee, as
holder of the Debentures, to (i) exercise the remedies available under the Indenture as the holder of the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that
the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or (iv) consent on behalf of all the Holders of the Capital Securities to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be
required; provided, however, that, where a consent or action under the Indenture would require the consent or act of the holders of greater than a simple majority in aggregate principal amount of Debentures (a “Super
Majority”) affected thereby, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities outstanding which the
relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures after the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of such Capital
Securities have so directed the Institutional Trustee, to the fullest extent permitted by law, a Holder of the Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Debenture Issuer to enforce the Institutional Trustee’s

  

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rights under the Debentures without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date the interest or principal is payable (or in the
case of redemption, the redemption date), then a Holder of record of the Capital Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment on or after the respective due dates specified in the Debentures, to such Holder directly of
the principal of or interest on the Debentures having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder. The Institutional Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital Securities of
any default actually known to the Institutional Trustee with respect to the Debentures unless (x) such default has been cured prior to the giving of such notice or (y) the Institutional Trustee determines in good faith that the withholding of such
notice is in the interest of the Holders of such Capital Securities, except where the default relates to the payment of principal of or interest on any of the Debentures. Such notice shall state that such Indenture Event of Default also constitutes
an Event of Default hereunder. Except with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting a proceeding for a remedy, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any of the actions described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above unless the
Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of such action, the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. 
  
 In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee, as the holder of the
Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture, the Institutional Trustee shall request the direction of the Holders of the Securities with respect to such amendment
modification or termination and shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class; provided, however, that where a
consent under the Indenture would require the consent of a Super-Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent at the direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of such Trust Securities outstanding
which the relevant Super-Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. The Institutional Trustee shall not take any such action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities unless the
Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of such action, the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. 
  
 A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default will constitute a waiver of the
corresponding Event of Default hereunder. Any required approval or direction of Holders of the Capital Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders
of the Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent. The Institutional Trustee will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon which action by written consent of
such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of the Capital Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth the following information (i) the date of such meeting or the date by which such action is to be
taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents. No
vote or consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Capital Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the Securities. 
  
 Notwithstanding that Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to vote
or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the Capital Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor shall not entitle the Holder thereof to vote or consent and shall, for purposes of such vote or
consent, be treated as if such Capital Securities were not outstanding. 
  

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 In no event will Holders of the Capital Securities have the right to vote to appoint, remove or replace
the Administrators, which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Sponsor as the Holder of all of the Common Securities of the Trust. Under certain circumstances as more fully described in the Declaration, Holders of Capital Securities have the
right to vote to appoint, remove or replace the Institutional Trustee. 
  
 6. Voting Rights - Common Securities. 
  
 (a)
Except as provided under paragraphs 6(b), 6(c) and 7 and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Common Securities will have no voting rights. 
  
 (b) The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in accordance with Article IV of the Declaration, to vote to appoint, remove or replace any
Administrators. 
  
 (c) Subject to Section 6.7 of the Declaration
and only after each Event of Default (if any) with respect to the Capital Securities has been cured, waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirements of the second to last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including (i) directing the time, method, place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with
respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its consequences that is waivable under the Indenture, or (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable;
provided, however, that, where a consent or action under the Indenture would require a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the
proportion in liquidation amount of the Common Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. Notwithstanding this paragraph 6(c), the Institutional Trustee shall not revoke
any action previously authorized or approved by a vote or consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional
Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any action described in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that for the
purposes of United States federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of such action. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Declaration to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any Holder of the Common Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against any Person to enforce the Institutional Trustee’s rights under the Declaration, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Institutional
Trustee or any other Person. 
  
 Any approval or direction of
Holders of the Common Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of the Common Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of the Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent. The Administrators
will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of the Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to each Holder of the Common Securities. Each such
notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of
such matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents. 
  

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 No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and
cancel Common Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the Securities. 
  
 7. Amendments to Declaration and Indenture. 
  
 (a) In addition to any requirements under Section 11.1 of the Declaration, if any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the Trustees,
Sponsor or Administrators otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the Liquidation of
the Trust, other than as described in Section 7.1 of the Declaration, then the Holders of outstanding Securities, voting together as a single class, will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be
effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities, affected thereby; provided, however, if any amendment or proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect
only the Capital Securities or only the Common Securities, then only the affected class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of a Majority in
liquidation amount of such class of Securities. 
  
 (b) In the
event the consent of the Institutional Trustee as the holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the Institutional Trustee shall request the
written direction of the Holders of the Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification, or termination as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Securities voting together as a single class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent at the direction of the Holders of at least
the proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification may be made to the Declaration if such amendment or
modification would (i) cause the Trust to be classified for purposes of United States federal income taxation as other than a grantor trust, (ii) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the Institutional Trustee or (iii) cause the Trust
to be deemed an Investment Company which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act. 
  
 (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the Declaration, the right of any Holder of the Capital Securities to receive payment of distributions and other
payments upon redemption or otherwise, on or after their respective due dates, or to institute a suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
For the protection and enforcement of the foregoing provision, each and every Holder of the Capital Securities shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or equity. 
  
 8. Pro Rata. A reference in these terms of the Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being
“Pro Rata” shall mean pro rata to each Holder of the Securities according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities then outstanding
unless, in relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the Capital Securities Pro Rata according to the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Capital Securities outstanding, and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Capital Securities, to each Holder
of the Common Securities Pro Rata according to the aggregate 

  

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liquidation amount of the Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities outstanding.

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

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

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

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 EXHIBIT A-1 
  
 FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE 
  
 [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY] 
  
 THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY
OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. 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. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST,
(B) 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, (C) 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, (D) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2),
(3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS CAPITAL SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN
CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE SPONSOR’S AND THE TRUST’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY
SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION OF TRUST, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SPONSOR OR THE
TRUST. 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 DECLARATION TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. 
  
  

 A-1-1 

			
	Certificate Number	 	Number of Capital Securities

  
 Certificate Evidencing
Capital Securities of 
  
 of 
  
 CenBank Statutory Trust I 
  
 (liquidation amount $ 1,000 per Capital Security) 
  
 CenBank Statutory Trust I, a statutory trust created under the laws of the
State of Connecticut (the “Trust”), hereby certifies that Preferred Term Securities, Ltd. (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust,
(liquidation amount $1,000 per capital security) (the “Capital Securities”). Subject to the Declaration (as defined below), the Capital Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust in person or by a duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities represented hereby are issued
pursuant to, and shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of September 7, 2000, among Paul W. Taylor and William R. Farr as Administrators, State Street Bank and Trust
Company of Connecticut, National Association, as Institutional Trustee, Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc., as Sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, including the designation of the
terms of the Capital Securities as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration of Trust dated September 7, 2000 as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Declaration”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the
meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee, and the Indenture to the Holder without charge upon
written request to the Trust at its principal place of business. 
  
 Upon receipt of this Security, the Holder is bound by the Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder. 
  
 By acceptance of this Security, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Capital
Securities as evidence of beneficial ownership in the Debentures. 
  
 This Capital Security is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Connecticut, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has duly executed this certificate. 
  

			
	CenBank Statutory Trust I
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	Administrator

  
 Dated: September 7, 2000

  
  

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

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

	as the Institutional Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	 	 	Authorized Officer

  

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 [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY] 
  
 Distributions payable on each Capital Security will be payable at an annual rate of 10.60% (the “Coupon Rate”) of
the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Capital Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than a semi-annual period will bear interest
thereon compounded semi-annually at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term “Distributions” as used herein includes interest payments (including Additional Interest and principal on the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee) and any such compounded interest payable on the Debentures unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the
extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full semi-annual Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
  
 Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Capital Securities
will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original issuance and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 7 and September 7 of each year, commencing on March 7, 2001. The Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer
payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period for up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (each an “Extension Period”) on the Debentures, subject to the conditions described below, although such interest
would continue to accrue on the Debentures at an annual rate equal to the Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually to the extent permitted by law during any Extension Period. No Extension Period may end on a date other than an interest Payment Date. At
the end of any such Extension Period the Sponsor shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debt Securities (together with Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the
Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Sponsor may further extend such period, provided that such period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 10 consecutive
semi-annual 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 Sponsor 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. If Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the
record date immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds available for the payment of such distributions in
the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust’s funds available for Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments received from the Debenture Issuer. The payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is
guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee. 
  
 The
Capital Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration. 
  
  

 A-1-4 

 ASSIGNMENT 
  

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

	             _______________________________________________________________
  
  

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

	             _______________________________________________________________
  
  

	             _______________________________________________________________
  
  

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

	             _______________________________________________________________
  
  

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

  

					
	 	 	Date:                     
			
	 	 	Signature:	 	  

  
 (Sign exactly as your
name appears on the other side of this Capital Security Certificate) 
  
 Signature Guarantee:1 
  

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

  

 A-1-5 

 EXHIBIT A-2 
  
 FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE 
  

THIS COMMON SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 8.1 OF THE DECLARATION. 
  

			
	Certificate Number	 	Number of Common Securities
	
	Certificate Evidencing Common Securities        
	
	of        
	
	CenBank Statutory Trust I        

  
 CenBank Statutory
Trust I, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Connecticut (the “Trust”), hereby certifies that Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of common securities of the Trust
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (the “Common Securities”). The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities represented hereby are
issued pursuant to, and shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of September 7, 2000, among Paul W. Taylor and William R. Farr as Administrators, State Street Bank
and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, as Institutional Trustee, Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. as Sponsor and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust including the designation of
the terms of the Common Securities as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Declaration”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the
Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee and the Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor
at its principal place of business. 
  
 As set forth in the
Declaration, where an Event of Default has occurred and continuing, the rights of Holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon Liquidation, redemption or otherwise are subordinated to the rights of payment of
Holders of the Capital Securities. 
  
 Upon receipt of this
Certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder. 
  
 By acceptance of this Certificate, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the
Common Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial ownership in the Debentures. 
  
 This Common Security is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Connecticut, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. 
  
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this 7th day of September, 2000. 

 

			
	CENBANK STATUTORY TRUST I
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	Administrator

  

 A-2-2 

 [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY] 
  
 Distributions payable on each Common Security will be identical in amount to the Distributions payable on each Capital
Security, which is at an annual rate of 10.60% (the “Coupon Rate”) of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Capital Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee.
Distributions in arrears for more than one period will bear interest thereon compounded at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term “Distributions” as used herein includes interest payments (including
Additional Interest and principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee) and any such compounded interest payable on the Debentures unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect
of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full semi-annual Distribution period on 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months. 
  
 Except as otherwise described
below, Distributions on the Common Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original issuance and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 7 and September 7 of each year, commencing on March 7, 2001. The Debenture Issuer
has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period for up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (each an “Extension Period”) on the Debentures, subject to the
conditions described below, although such interest would continue to accrue on the Debentures at an annual rate equal to the Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually to the extent permitted by law during any Extension Period. No Extension Period may end
on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period the Sponsor shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debt Securities (together with Additional Interest thereon); provided, however,
that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Sponsor may further extend such period, provided that such period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions
thereof shall not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual 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 Sponsor 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. If Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the Securities as they appear on the
books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds available for
the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust’s funds available for Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments received from the Debenture Issuer. The payment of Distributions
out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee. 
  
 The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration. 
  
  

 A-2-3 

 ASSIGNMENT 
  

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

	             _______________________________________________________________
  
  

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

	             _______________________________________________________________
  
  

	             _______________________________________________________________
  
  

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

	             _______________________________________________________________

  

	
	 ______________________________________________agent

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

							
				
	 	 	 Signature:
	 	  

	 	 

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

							
				
	 	 	 Signature:
	 	  

	 	 

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

  
 Signature
Guarantee2 
  

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

  

 A-2-4Guarantee Agreement, dated September 7, 2000

 EXHIBIT 4.4 

  
 GUARANTEE AGREEMENT 
  
 by and between 
  
 CENTENNIAL BANK HOLDINGS, INC. 
  
 and 
  
 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 
 OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
  
 Dated as of September 7, 2000 
  

 GUARANTEE AGREEMENT 
  
 This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the “Guarantee”), dated as of September 7, 2000, is executed and delivered by Centennial
Bank Holdings, Inc., a Colorado 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 CenBank Statutory Trust I, a Connecticut statutory trust (the “Issuer”).

  
 WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust (the “Declaration”), dated as of September 7, 2000, among the trustees named therein of the Issuer, Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc., 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 up to $10,310,000, (the “Capital Securities”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders 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 Agreement is located at 225 Asylum Street, Goodwin Square, Hartford, Connecticut 06103. 
  
 “Covered Person” means any Holder of Capital Securities. 
  
 “Debt Securities” means the debt securities of the Guarantor designated the 10.60% Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2030 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 Debt Securities 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 Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. 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. 
  
 “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of September 7,
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but solely as trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the Debt Securities 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.

  
 “Special Redemption Price” has the meaning
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 “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 cured or 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 to the
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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 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 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 

  

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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
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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 Debt Securities or any extension of the maturity date of the Debt Securities 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. 
  
 Section 4.4. Rights of Holders. 
  

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 (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. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
  
 LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION 
  
 Section 5.1. Limitation of Transactions. So long as any Capital
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(b) the Guarantor shall have selected an Extension Period as provided in the Declaration and such period, or any extension thereof, shall 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 Debt Securities (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 stockholder’s rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholder’s 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 thereunder. 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. 
  
 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, (ii) upon the distribution of the Debt Securities 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. 
  

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 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 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 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 

  

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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 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
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 (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): 
  
 Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. 
 100 Oak Street 
 Eaton, Colorado 80615 
 Attention: Paul Taylor 
 Telecopy: (970) 454-2457 
  
 (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 Holders of the Capital Securities and, subject to Section 2.1(a), is
not separately transferable from the Capital Securities. 
  
 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. 
  
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 THIS GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	CENTENNIAL BANK HOLDINGS, INC.,
	as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	 /s/    PAUL W. TAYLOR

	Name:	 	Paul W. Taylor
	Title:	 	EVP
	
	 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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