Document:

Exhibit 10.35

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION

OF TRUST

 

by and among

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Institutional Trustee,

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Delaware Trustee,

CASTLEPOINT MANAGEMENT CORP.,

as Sponsor,

 

and

 

JOEL WEINER, JAMES DULLIGAN and

ROGER BROWN,

as Administrators,

Dated as of December 1, 2006

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF
CONTENTS

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Page

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE I.

  	
  INTERPRETATION AND
  DEFINITIONS

  	
  1

  
	
  Section 1.1.

  	
  Definitions

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II.

  	
  ORGANIZATION

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.1.

  	
  Name

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.2.

  	
  Office

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.3.

  	
  Purpose

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.4.

  	
  Authority

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.5.

  	
  Title to
  Property of the Trust

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.6.

  	
  Powers and
  Duties of the Trustees and the Administrators

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.7.

  	
  Prohibition
  of Actions by the Trust and the Institutional Trustee

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 2.8.

  	
  Powers and
  Duties of the Institutional Trustee

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 2.9.

  	
  Certain
  Duties and Responsibilities of the Institutional Trustee and Administrators

  	
  17

  
	
  Section
  2.10.

  	
  Certain
  Rights of Institutional Trustee

  	
  19

  
	
  Section
  2.11.

  	
  Delaware Trustee

  	
  21

  
	
  Section
  2.12.

  	
  Execution of
  Documents

  	
  21

  
	
  Section
  2.13.

  	
  Not
  Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

  	
  21

  
	
  Section
  2.14.

  	
  Duration of
  Trust

  	
  22

  
	
  Section
  2.15.

  	
  Mergers

  	
  22

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III.

  	
  SPONSOR

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 3.1.

  	
  Sponsor’s
  Purchase of Common Securities

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 3.2.

  	
  Responsibilities
  of the Sponsor

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 3.3.

  	
  Reports

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 3.4.

  	
  Expenses

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 3.5.

  	
  Right to
  Proceed

  	
  25

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV.

  	
  INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND
  ADMINISTRATORS

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 4.1.

  	
  Number of
  Trustees

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 4.2.

  	
  Delaware
  Trustee

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 4.3.

  	
  Institutional
  Trustee; Eligibility

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 4.4.

  	
  Certain
  Qualifications of the Delaware Trustee Generally

  	
  26

  
	
  Section 4.5.

  	
  Administrators

  	
  26

  
	
  Section 4.6.

  	
  Initial
  Delaware Trustee

  	
  26

  
	
  Section 4.7.

  	
  Appointment,
  Removal and Resignation of Institutional Trustee and Administrators

  	
  26

  
	
  Section 4.8.

  	
  Vacancies
  Among Trustees

  	
  28

  
	
  Section 4.9.

  	
  Effect of
  Vacancies

  	
  28

  
	
  Section
  4.10.

  	
  Meetings of
  the Trustees and the Administrators

  	
  28

  
	
  Section
  4.11.

  	
  Delegation
  of Power

  	
  29

  
	
  Section
  4.12.

  	
  Merger,
  Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

  	
  29

  
				

 

 

	
  ARTICLE V.

  	
  DISTRIBUTIONS

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 5.1.

  	
  Distributions

  	
  30

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI.

  	
  ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 6.1.

  	
  General Provisions
  Regarding Securities

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 6.2.

  	
  Paying Agent,
  Transfer Agent and Registrar

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 6.3.

  	
  Form and
  Dating

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 6.4.

  	
  Book-Entry
  Capital Securities

  	
  32

  
	
  Section 6.5.

  	
  Registration
  of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities Certificates

  	
  34

  
	
  Section 6.6.

  	
  Mutilated,
  Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 6.7.

  	
  Temporary
  Securities

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 6.8.

  	
  Cancellation

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 6.9.

  	
  CUSIP
  Numbers

  	
  36

  
	
  Section
  6.10.

  	
  Rights of Holders;
  Waivers of Past Defaults

  	
  36

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII.

  	
  DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
  OF TRUST

  	
  38

  
	
  Section 7.1.

  	
  Dissolution
  and Termination of Trust

  	
  38

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VIII.

  	
  TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

  	
  39

  
	
  Section 8.1.

  	
  General

  	
  39

  
	
  Section 8.2.

  	
  Transfer
  Procedures and Restrictions

  	
  40

  
	
  Section 8.3.

  	
  Deemed
  Security Holders

  	
  43

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IX.

  	
  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
  HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE OR OTHERS

  	
  44

  
	
  Section 9.1.

  	
  Liability

  	
  44

  
	
  Section 9.2.

  	
  Exculpation

  	
  44

  
	
  Section 9.3.

  	
  Fiduciary
  Duty

  	
  44

  
	
  Section 9.4.

  	
  Indemnification

  	
  45

  
	
  Section 9.5.

  	
  Outside
  Businesses

  	
  48

  
	
  Section 9.6.

  	
  Compensation;
  Fee

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE X.

  	
  TAX AND ACCOUNTING

  	
  49

  
	
  Section
  10.1.

  	
  Fiscal Year

  	
  49

  
	
  Section
  10.2.

  	
  Certain
  Accounting Matters

  	
  49

  
	
  Section
  10.3.

  	
  Banking

  	
  49

  
	
  Section
  10.4.

  	
  Withholding

  	
  50

  
	
  Section
  10.5.

  	
  Intention of
  the Parties

  	
  50

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XI.

  	
  AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

  	
  50

  
	
  Section
  11.1.

  	
  Amendments

  	
  50

  
	
  Section
  11.2.

  	
  Meetings of
  the Holders of the Securities; Action by Written Consent

  	
  52

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XII.

  	
  REPRESENTATIONS OF
  INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE

  	
  53

  
	
  Section
  12.1.

  	
  Representations
  and Warranties of Institutional Trustee

  	
  53

  
				

 

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  Section
  12.2.

  	
  Representations
  of the Delaware Trustee

  	
  54

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XIII.

  	
  MISCELLANEOUS

  	
  54

  
	
  Section
  13.1.

  	
  Notices

  	
  54

  
	
  Section
  13.2.

  	
  Governing
  Law

  	
  56

  
	
  Section
  13.3.

  	
  Intention of
  the Parties

  	
  56

  
	
  Section
  13.4.

  	
  Headings

  	
  56

  
	
  Section
  13.5.

  	
  Successors
  and Assigns

  	
  56

  
	
  Section
  13.6.

  	
  Partial
  Enforceability

  	
  56

  
	
  Section
  13.7.

  	
  Counterparts

  	
  56

  
				

 

	
  Annex I

  	
  Terms of Securities

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit A-1

  	
  Form of Capital Security Certificate

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit A-2

  	
  Form of Common Security Certificate

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit B-1

  	
  Form of Transferor
  Certificate to be Executed by QIBs

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit B-2

  	
  Form of Transferor
  Certificate to be Executed by Transferees Other than QIBs

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit C

  	
  Specimen of Initial Debenture

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit D

  	
  Placement Agreement

  	
   

  

 

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AMENDED
AND RESTATED

 

DECLARATION
OF TRUST

 

OF

 

CASTLEPOINT
MANAGEMENT STATUTORY TRUST I

 

December
1, 2006

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST (“Declaration”) dated and effective as of December
1, 2006, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the Administrators (as defined
herein), the Sponsor (as defined herein) and 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 CastlePoint Management Statutory
Trust I (the “Trust”), a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act
(as defined herein) pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated as of November 9,
2006 (the “Original Declaration”), and a Certificate of Trust filed with
the Secretary of the State of Delaware on November 21, 2006 (the “Certificate
of Trust”), for the sole purpose of issuing and selling the Securities (as
defined herein) representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust, investing the proceeds thereof in the Debentures (as defined herein)
of the Debenture Issuer (as defined herein) and engaging in those activities
necessary, advisable or incidental thereto;

 

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

 

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

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it being the
intention of the parties hereto to continue the Trust as a statutory trust
under the Statutory Trust Act and that this Declaration constitutes the
governing instrument of such statutory trust, Trustees declares 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, subject to the provisions of this
Declaration, and, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound hereby, amend and
restate in its entirety the Original Declaration and 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
and each Annex and Exhibit hereto, 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.

 

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

 

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

 

“Administrators”
means each of Joel Weiner, James Dulligan and Roger Brown, 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.

 

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

 

“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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Certificate” means
any certificate evidencing Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Creditor” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

 

“Debenture Issuer”
means CastlePoint Management Corp., a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as
issuer of the Debentures under the Indenture.

 

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

 

“Debentures” means
the Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due
2036 to be issued by the Debenture Issuer under the Indenture.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Distribution Period”
means (i) with respect to the first Distribution Payment Date, the period beginning
on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding)
the Distribution Payment Date in December 2006 and (ii) thereafter, with
respect to each Distribution Payment Date, the period beginning on (and
including) the preceding Distribution Payment Date and ending on (but
excluding) such current Distribution Payment Date.

 

“Distribution Rate”
means, for the period beginning on (and including) the date of original
issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment Date in
December 2011, the rate per annum of 8.66%, and for the period beginning on
(and including) the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011, and thereafter,
the Coupon Rate.

 

“DTC” means The
Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.

 

“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):

 

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(a)           the occurrence of an Indenture Event of Default; or

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Guarantee” means the
guarantee agreement, dated as of December 1, 2006, 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 December 1, 2006, between the Debenture Issuer and the
Debenture Trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the

 

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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 4.3

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Officers’ Certificates”
means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two Authorized
Officers of such Person, and, with respect to the Administrators, a certificate
signed by at least two Administrators. 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 individual signing the Officers’
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating
thereto;

 

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

 

(c)           a statement that each such individual signing the Officers’
Certificate has made such examination or investigation as, in such individual’s
opinion, is necessary to enable such 

 

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individual
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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“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.

 

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

 

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

 

“Quotation Agent”
shall be a designee of the Trustee, after receiving consent from the Company,
who is a Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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“Relevant Trustee”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).

 

“Responsible Officer”
means, with respect to the Institutional Trustee, any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee, including any
vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any assistant secretary, any
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
CastlePoint Management Corp., a Delaware corporation, or any successor entity
in a merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in its capacity as sponsor of the
Trust.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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“Successor Delaware Trustee”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(e).

 

“Successor Institutional
Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“3-Month LIBOR” has
the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Trust Property”
means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to,
the Property Account, and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of the
foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or deemed
to be held by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this
Declaration.

 

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

 

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

 

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ARTICLE II.

ORGANIZATION

 

Section 2.1.           Name. The Trust is
named “CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I,” as such name may be modified
from time to time by the Administrators following written notice to the
Institutional Trustee and the Holders of the Securities. The Trust’s activities
may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable
by the Administrators.

 

Section 2.2.           Office. The address of
the principal office of the Trust is c/o Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North
Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600. On at least 10 Business
Days written notice to the Institutional Trustee and 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, advisable or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not
borrow money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge
any of its assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any
activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States
federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(i)            Each
Administrator shall have the power, duty 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
acquire the Debentures with proceeds of the sale of the Securities; provided,
however, that the Administrators shall cause legal title to the Debentures to
be held of record in the name of the Institutional Trustee for the benefit of
the Holders;

 

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

 

(D)          ensuring
compliance with the Securities Act and applicable securities or blue sky laws
of states and other jurisdictions;

 

(E)           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 including notice of any notice received from the Debenture
Issuer of its election to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by
extending the interest payment period under the Indenture;

 

(F)           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;

 

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

 

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

 

(I)            unless
otherwise determined by the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Securities or as otherwise required by the Statutory 

 

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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;

 

(J)            the
taking of any action as the Sponsor or an Administrator may from time to time
determine is necessary, advisable or incidental to the foregoing 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);

 

(K)          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;

 

(L)           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.

 

(M)         to
negotiate the terms of, and the execution and delivery of, the Placement
Agreement providing for the sale of the Capital Securities;

 

(N)          to
employ or otherwise engage employees, agents (who may be designated as officers
with titles), managers, contractors, advisors, attorneys and consultants and
pay reasonable compensation for such services;

 

(O)          to
incur expenses that are necessary, advisable or incidental to carry out any of
the purposes of the Trust; and

 

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

 

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

 

(A)          the
establishment of the Property Account;

 

(B)           the
receipt of the Debentures;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(J)            to
take all action that may be necessary for the preservation and the continuation
of the Trust’s valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a
statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware 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)(E), (F) and
(G) 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 (A) to cause the
Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a “grantor trust” for United States 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(viii)        other
than as provided in this Declaration (including Annex I), (A) direct
the time, method and place of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (B) waive any past
default that is waivable under the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to
rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall
be due and payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be
required unless the Trust shall have received a written opinion of counsel

 

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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 4.7. Such vesting
and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents
with regard to the Debentures have been executed and delivered.

 

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

 

(c)           The
Institutional Trustee shall:

 

(i)            establish
and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing trust account (the “Property
Account”) in the name of and under the exclusive control of the
Institutional Trustee, 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 that arise 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 premium, if any, on or
principal of the Debentures on the date such interest, premium, if any, 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
premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal
to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital 

 

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Securities of such Holder (a “Direct Action”)
on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection
with such Direct Action, the rights of the Holders of the Common Securities
will be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of the Capital Securities to
the extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of the
Capital Securities in such Direct Action; provided, however, that
no Holder of the Common Securities may exercise such right of subrogation so
long as an Event of Default with respect to the Capital Securities has occurred
and is continuing.

 

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

 

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

 

(ii)           a
Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed and has accepted that
appointment in accordance with Section 4.7.

 

(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
Institutional Trustee 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 6.9), 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 Institutional Trustee and the Administrators
shall be as provided by this Declaration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
provision of this Declaration shall require the Institutional Trustee 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 the Institutional Trustee or
such Administrator shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such
funds or adequate protection against such risk of liability is not reasonably
assured to the Institutional Trustee or such Administrator. Whether or not
therein expressly so provided, every provision of this 

 

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Declaration relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Institutional Trustee or
Administrators shall be subject to the provisions of this Article. Nothing in
this Declaration shall be construed to relieve an Administrator or the
Institutional Trustee from liability for the Institutional Trustee’s or such
Administrator’s own negligent act, Institutional Trustee’s or such
Administrator’s own negligent failure to act, or the Institutional Trustee’s or
such Administrator’s own willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in
equity, the Institutional Trustee or an Administrator has duties and
liabilities relating to the Trust or to the Holders, the Institutional Trustee
or such Administrator shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Holder for the
Institutional Trustee’s or such Administrator’s good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the
extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrators or
the Institutional Trustee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by
the Sponsor and the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the
Administrators or the Institutional Trustee.

 

(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 any 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;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(a)           the
Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely and shall fully be protected in
acting, or refraining from acting, in good faith upon any resolution, opinion
of counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, appraisal, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the
proper party or parties;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(h)           the
Institutional Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture,
note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, unless
requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but the Institutional
Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(l)            when
the Institutional Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its
counsel) and the 

 

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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.        Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Declaration other than Section 4.2, the Delaware
Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware
Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of any of the Trustees or
the Administrators described in this Declaration (except as may be required
under the Statutory Trust Act). Except as set forth in Section 4.2, the
Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of
fulfilling the requirements of § 3807 of the Statutory Trust Act.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 2.15.        Mergers.

 

(a)           The
Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by,
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any corporation or other body, except as described in Sections
2.15(b) and (c) and except in connection with the liquidation of the Trust and
the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities pursuant to Section
7.1(a)(iv) of the Declaration or Section 3 of Annex I.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(iii)          such
merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect
the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Securities
(including any Successor Securities) in any material respect (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 a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization that rates securities issued by the
initial purchaser of the Capital Securities that it will not reduce or withdraw
the rating of any such securities because of such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation or replacement;

 

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

 

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

 

(A)          such
merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect
the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of 

 

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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);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(c)           Notwithstanding
Section 2.15(b), the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of
100% in aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by any other entity or permit
any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it
if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or replacement would 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 jurisdictions 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, advisable or incidental thereto in order to comply with the
applicable laws of any such jurisdictions;

 

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

 

(c)           to
prepare for filing and request the Administrators to cause the filing by the
Trust, as may be appropriate, of an application to the PORTAL system, for
listing or quotation upon notice of issuance of any Capital Securities, as
requested by Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities.

 

Section 3.3.           Reports. In the event that either (a) an Event of Default occurred and is continuing,
or (b) the Sponsor has elected to defer payments of interest on the
Debentures by extending the interest payment period under the Indenture,
Sponsor shall provide to the Institutional Trustee and the Institutional
Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Capital Securities (i) all public
filings with any governmental authority, (ii) all private filings with any
governmental authority, provided such governmental authority does not object to
sharing such private filings, (iii) all annual and quarterly financial
statements, including, but not limited to financial statements prepared in
accordance with GAAP and SAP, and (iv) any other information reasonably
requested by a Holder of Capital Securities.

 

Section 3.4.           Expenses. In connection with the offering,
sale and issuance of the Debentures to the Trust and in connection with the
sale of the Securities by the Trust, the Sponsor, in its capacity as Debenture
Issuer, shall:

 

(a)           pay
all reasonable costs and expenses 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 (including,
but not limited to, costs and expenses 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)           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 

 

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

 

ARTICLE IV.

INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND ADMINISTRATORS

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 4.2.           Delaware Trustee.  If
required by the Statutory Trust Act, one Trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”)
shall be:

 

(a)             a
natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware; or

 

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

 

Section 4.3.           Institutional Trustee; Eligibility.

 

(a)           There
shall at all times be one 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 national association organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S.
dollars 

 

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($50,000,000.00),
and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, state, or District of
Columbia authority. If such corporation or national association publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then for the
purposes of this Section 4.3(a)(iii), the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or national association shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

 

(b)           If
at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act
under Section 4.3(a), the Institutional Trustee shall immediately resign in the
manner and with the effect set forth in Section 4.7.

 

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

 

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

 

Section 4.4.           Certain Qualifications
of the Delaware Trustee Generally.  The Delaware Trustee shall be a
U.S. Person and either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a
legal entity that shall act through one or more Authorized Officers.

 

Section 4.5.           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 Joel Weiner, James
Dulligan and Roger Brown. 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 4.6.           Initial Delaware Trustee. The
initial Delaware Trustee shall be Wilmington Trust Company.

 

Section 4.7.           Appointment, Removal and Resignation of
Institutional Trustee 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 4.7.

 

(b)           Subject
to Section 4.7(a), a Relevant Trustee may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Holders of the Securities and by appointing a successor
Relevant Trustee. Upon the resignation of the Institutional Trustee, the
Institutional Trustee shall appoint a successor by requesting from at least
three Persons meeting the eligibility requirements their expenses and charges
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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 4.7 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 4.7.

 

(c)           Unless
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Trustee may be
removed at any time by an act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Common Securities. If any Trustee shall be so removed, the Holders of
the Common Securities, by act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities delivered to the Relevant Trustee, shall
promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee, and such Successor Institutional
Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of this Section 4.7. If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Institutional
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed by the act of
the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities,
delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of
the Trust). If the 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 4.7. 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 4.7, within 30 days
after delivery of an instrument of removal, the Relevant Trustee or any Holder
who has been a Holder of the Securities for at least 6 months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any Federal, state
or District of Columbia court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
the a successor Relevant Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing
such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a successor Relevant
Trustee or Trustees.

 

(d)           The
Institutional Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the
manner provided in Section 13.1(d) and 13.1(e) 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.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding
the foregoing or any other provision of this Declaration, in the event a
Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or is adjudged by a court to have
become incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death,
incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the Institutional Trustee following
the procedures in this Section 4.7 (with the successor being a Person who
satisfies the eligibility requirement for a Delaware Trustee set forth in this
Declaration) (the “Successor Delaware Trustee”).

 

(f)            In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring
Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Securities shall execute 

 

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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
Institutional Trustees co-trustees and upon the execution and delivery of such
amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant
Trustee; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee, such
retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money
held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities
and the Trust subject to the payment of all unpaid fees, expenses and
indemnities of such retiring Relevant Trustee.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 4.8.           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 4.7.

 

Section 4.9.           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 4.7, 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 4.10.        Meetings of the Trustees and the
Administrators. Meetings of the Administrators shall be
held from time to time upon the call of an Administrator. Regular meetings of
the Administrators may be held in person in the United States or by telephone,
at a 

 

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

 

Section 4.11.        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 4.12.        Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business. Any Person into which the
Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all
the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee shall be the successor of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this Article and, provided, further, that such
Person shall file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware as contemplated in Section 4.7(i).

 

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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 (including any Additional Interest or premium, if
any, and/or any principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee,
the Institutional Trustee shall and is directed to, to the extent funds are
available in the Property Account for that purpose, make a distribution (a “Distribution”)
of such amounts to Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, funds in the Property
Account shall be distributed to Holders to the extent of any taxes payable by
the Trust, in the case of withholding taxes, as determined by the Institutional
Trustee or any Paying Agent and, in the case of taxes other than withholding
taxes, as determined by the Administrators in a written notice to the
Institutional Trustee.

 

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, evidenced by a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust and having such terms as are set forth in Annex I and one series
of common securities, evidenced by a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I. The Trust shall issue
no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the
Capital Securities and the Common Securities. The Capital Securities rank pari passu to, and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata
with, the Common Securities except that, where an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities to payment in
respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of the Holders of the
Capital Securities as set forth in Annex I.

 

(b)           The
Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by one or more
Administrators. Such signature shall be the facsimile or manual signature of
any Administrator. In case any Administrator of the Trust who shall have signed
any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrator before the
Certificates so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates
nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates
had not ceased to be such Administrator, and any Certificate may be signed on
behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the actual date of execution of
such Security, shall be an Administrator of the Trust, although at the date of
the execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such an
Administrator. A Capital Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
facsimile or manual signature of an Authorized Officer of the Institutional
Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Capital Security
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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 and shall be valid upon execution by one or more administrators.

 

(c)           The
Capital Securities issued to QIBs shall be, except as provided in Section 6.4,
Book-Entry Capital Securities issued in the form of one or more Global Capital
Securities registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee and
deposited with the Depositary or a custodian for the Depositary for credit by
the Depositary to the respective accounts of the Depositary Participants
thereof (or such other accounts as they may direct). The Capital Securities
issued to a Person other than a QIB shall be issued in the form of Definitive
Capital Securities Certificates.

 

(d)           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.

 

(e)           Upon
issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration, the Securities so
issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and, except as provided
in Section 9.1(b) with respect to the Common Securities, non-assessable.

 

(f)            Every
Person, by virtue of having become a Holder in accordance with the terms of
this Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the
terms of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration and the Guarantee.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 6.4.           Book-Entry Capital Securities.

 

(a)           A
Global Capital Security may be exchanged, in whole or in part, for Definitive
Capital Securities Certificates registered in the names of the Owners only if
such exchange complies with Section 6.5 and (i) the Depositary advises
the Administrators and the Institutional Trustee in writing that the Depositary
is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with
respect to the Global Capital Security, and no qualified successor is appointed
by the Administrators within ninety (90) days of receipt of such notice, (ii)
the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act
and the Administrators fail to appoint a qualified successor within ninety (90)
days of obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii) the Administrators at their
option advise the Institutional Trustee in writing that the Trust elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary or (iv) an Indenture
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the occurrence of any
event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Administrators
shall notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all Owners of
Book-Entry Capital Securities, the Delaware Trustee and the Trustee of the
occurrence of such event and of the availability of the Definitive Capital
Securities Certificates to Owners of the Capital Securities requesting the
same. Upon the issuance of Definitive Capital Securities Certificates, the
Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates as Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Owner of a
beneficial interest in a Global Capital Security wishes at any time to transfer
an interest in such Global Capital Security to a Person other than a QIB, such
transfer shall be effected, subject to the Applicable Depositary Procedures, in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4 and Section 6.5,
and the transferee shall receive a Definitive Capital Securities Certificate in
connection with such transfer. A holder of a Definitive Capital Securities
Certificate that is a QIB may, upon request and in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.4 and Section 6.5, exchange such
Definitive Capital Securities Certificate for a beneficial interest in a Global
Capital Security.

 

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(b)           If
any Global Capital Security is to be exchanged for Definitive Capital
Securities Certificates or canceled in part, or if any Definitive Capital
Securities Certificate is to be exchanged in whole or in part for any Global
Capital Security, then either (i) such Global Capital Security shall be so
surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article VI or (ii)
the aggregate Liquidation Amount represented by such Global Capital Security
shall be reduced, subject to Section 6.3, or increased by an amount equal to
the Liquidation Amount represented by that portion of the Global Capital
Security to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the Liquidation Amount
represented by such Definitive Capital Securities Certificates to be so
exchanged for any Global Capital Security, as the case may be, by means of an
appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Registrar, whereupon the
Institutional Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Depositary Procedures,
shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a
corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender to the
Administrators or the Registrar of any Global Capital Security or Securities by
the Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrators,
or any one of them, shall execute the Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Depositary. None of the
Registrar, Administrators or the Trustees shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully
protected in relying on, such instructions.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 6.5.           Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Capital Securities Certificates.

 

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

 

(b)           Subject
to this Section 6.5, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Capital Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section
6.5(f), the Administrators or any one of them shall execute by manual or
facsimile signature and deliver to the Institutional Trustee, and the
Institutional Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Capital Securities
Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount
as may be required by this Declaration dated the date of execution by such
Administrator or Administrators. At the option of a Holder, Capital Securities
Certificates may be exchanged for other Capital Securities Certificates in
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon
surrender of the Capital Securities Certificate to be exchanged at the office
or agency maintained pursuant to Section 6.5(f). Whenever any Capital
Securities Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Administrators or
any one of them shall execute by manual or facsimile signature and deliver to
the Institutional Trustee, and the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Capital Securities Certificates that the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.

 

(c)           The
Securities Registrar shall not be required, (i) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange any Capital Security during a period beginning at the opening of
business fifteen (15) days before the day of selection for redemption of such
Capital Securities pursuant to Section 4 of Annex I hereto and ending at the
close of business on the day of mailing of the notice of redemption or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Capital Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any such Capital
Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be redeemed.

 

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(d)           Every
Capital Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Registrar duly
executed by the Holder or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and
(i) if such Capital Securities Certificate is being transferred to a QIB,
accompanied by a certificate of the transferor substantially in the form set
forth as Exhibit B-1 hereto or (ii) if such Capital Securities
Certificate is being transferred otherwise than to a QIB, accompanied by a
certificate of the transferee substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit
B-2 hereto.

 

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

 

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

 

Section 6.6.           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 6.6, 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 6.7.           Temporary Securities. Until
definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Administrators may prepare
and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall
authenticate, temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially
in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the
Administrators consider appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
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prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities,
the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate, definitive Securities in exchange
for temporary Securities.

 

Section 6.8.           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 6.9.           CUSIP
Numbers. The Trust in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”
number (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Institutional Trustee shall
use CUSIP numbers in any notice of redemption as a convenience to Holders,
provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities
or as contained in any notice of redemption and that identification numbers
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any
defect in or omission of such numbers. The Trust shall promptly notify the
Institutional Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

Section 6.10.        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 of maturity with respect to the Debentures has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Debenture Trustee as provided in the Indenture, if the
Institutional Trustee, subject to the provisions hereof, fails to annul any
such declaration and waive such default, the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, by written notice to the
Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(i)            the
Debenture Issuer has paid or deposited with the Debenture Trustee a sum
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(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 due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.7 of the
Indenture.

 

The Holders of at least a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the
Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive any past default under the
Indenture or any Indenture Event of Default, except a default or Indenture
Event of Default in the payment of principal or interest (unless such default
or Indenture Event of Default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default under
the Indenture or an Indenture Event of Default in respect of a covenant or
provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holder of each outstanding Debenture. No such waiver 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 6.9.

 

(c)           Except
as otherwise provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.9, 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
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consequences. Upon such waiver, any such default or
Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any default or Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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 December 15, 2041, 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 (A) the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with
respect to the Sponsor, and (B)(I) upon the consent of Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class to file
a certificate of cancellation with respect to the Trust or (II) 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 following
the exercise of the right of the Holder of all of the outstanding Common
Securities to dissolve the Trust as provided in Section 3 of Annex I
hereto;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(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 aggregate liquidation amount 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
Capital Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
transfer or purported transfer of any Security not made in accordance with this
Declaration shall be null and void and will be deemed to be of no legal effect
whatsoever and any such transferee shall be deemed not to be the Holder of such
Capital Securities for any purpose, including but not limited to the receipt of
Distributions on such Capital Securities, and such transferee shall be deemed
to have no interest whatsoever in such Capital Securities.

 

(d)           The
Registrar shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities, which will be effected without charge but only upon payment (with
such indemnity as the Registrar may require) in respect of any tax or other
governmental charges that may be imposed in relation to it. Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Securities, the Registrar shall cause one or
more new Securities of the same tenor to be issued in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees. Any Security 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 Security surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange. 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 6.8. A transferee of
a Security shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
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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 satisfactory to the Institutional
Trustee, as may be reasonably required by the Trust, that neither the legend
nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that
transfers thereof comply with the provisions of the Securities Act. Upon
provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Institutional Trustee, at the
written direction of the Trust, shall authenticate and deliver Capital
Securities that do not bear the legend.

 

(b)           Without
the written consent of the Sponsor, Capital Securities may only be
transferred:  (i) to a QIB if the
instrument of transfer is accompanied by a certificate of the transferor
substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit B-1 hereto; or (ii) otherwise
than to a QIB if the instrument of transfer is accompanied by a certificate of
the transferee substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-2 hereto. Each
certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 8.2(b) may be an original or a
copy (which may be furnished by facsimile or other form of electronic
transmission).

 

(c)           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:

 

[IF THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY INSERT: THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS CAPITAL
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CAPITAL SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY (OTHER
THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC
OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER 

 

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NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE
REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

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

 

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

 

HEDGING TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY
BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT
SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS
INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO
PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR
ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE
RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS
EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR
ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF
ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY
PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN
TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING
ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY
USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE,
OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION
406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE
STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

 

THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED
AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF NOT LESS
THAN $100,000.00 (100 SECURITIES) AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN 

 

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EXCESS THEREOF. ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF SECURITIES IN A BLOCK HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF LESS
THAN $100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.

 

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

 

THIS SECURITY IS IN
REGISTERED FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION
1.871-14(c)(1)(i) FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND WITHHOLDING TAX PURPOSES.

 

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

 

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

 

(e)           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.

 

(f)            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

 

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ARTICLE IX.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF

HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE OR OTHERS

 

Section 9.1.           Liability.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 9.2.           Exculpation.

 

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

 

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

 

Section 9.3.           Fiduciary Duty.

 

(a)           To
the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties
(including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or
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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.

 

Section 9.4.           Indemnification.

 

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

 

(b)           The
Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Indemnified
Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Trust
to procure a judgment in its favor arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of this Declaration by reason of the fact that he
is or was an Indemnified Person against expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Trust; provided, however, that no such
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
Trust unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit
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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)           Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnified Party of notice of the commencement of any
action, such Indemnified Party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the Sponsor under this Section 9.4, notify the Sponsor in writing
of the commencement thereof; but the omission to so notify the Sponsor shall
not relieve it from any liability pursuant to Section 9.4 which the Sponsor may
have to any Indemnified Party unless and to the extent that the Sponsor did not
otherwise learn of such action and such failure by the Indemnified Party
results in the forfeiture by the Sponsor of substantial rights and defenses. In
case any such action is brought against any Indemnified Party and such
Indemnified Party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from the Sponsor, the
Sponsor shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it may
wish, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such Indemnified Party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action
include both the Indemnified Party and the Sponsor and the Indemnified Party
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict between the
positions of the Sponsor and the Indemnified Party in conducting the defense of
any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or
other Indemnified Parties which are different from or additional to those
available to the Sponsor, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to select
separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in
the defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Party. Upon receipt of
notice from the Sponsor to such Indemnified Party of their election to so
assume the defense of such action and approval by the Indemnified Party of
counsel, the Sponsor shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this
Section 9.4 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof unless (a) the
Indemnified Party shall have employed such counsel in connection with the
assumption of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso in the preceding
sentence (it being understood, however, that the Sponsor shall not be liable
for the expenses of more than one separate counsel representing the Indemnified
Parties who are parties to such action), or (b) the Sponsor shall not have
employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent
the Indemnified Party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of
the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel of such
Indemnified Party shall be at the expense of the Sponsor.

 

(d)           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.

 

(e)           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
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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.

 

(f)            To
the fullest extent permitted by law, and subject to paragraph (c) above,
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 and
promptly made (i) by the Administrators by a majority vote of a Quorum of
disinterested Administrators, (ii) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or,
even if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested Administrators so directs, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the Common
Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts known to the Administrators,
counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time such determination is made,
such Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such Indemnified
Person did not believe to be in the best interests of the Trust, or, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Indemnified Person believed or
had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any
advance be made in instances where the Administrators, independent legal
counsel or the Common Security Holder reasonably determine that such
Indemnified Person deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common or
Capital Security Holders.

 

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

 

(h)           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.

 

(i)            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.

 

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(j)            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.

 

(k)           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, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee
(subject to Section 4.3(c)) may engage in or possess an interest in other
business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others,
similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the
Holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and
to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and
the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the
Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. None of any Covered Person,
the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee shall be
obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the
Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust,
could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware
Trustee and the Institutional Trustee shall have the right to take for its own
account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others
any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Covered Person, the
Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee may engage or be interested in
any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the
Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any
committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor
or its Affiliates.

 

Section 9.6.           Compensation; Fee. The
Sponsor agrees:

 

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

 

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

 

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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.

TAX AND ACCOUNTING

 

Section 10.1.        Fiscal Year. The fiscal
year (the “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 (either separately or as part of
the Sponsor’s regularly prepared consolidated financial report) as of the end
of each Fiscal Year of the Trust by a firm of independent certified public accountants
selected by the Administrators.

 

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

 

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

 

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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.

 

Section 10.5.        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.

 

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, or (ii) if the amendment
affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Delaware
Trustee, by the Delaware Trustee.

 

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

 

(i)            the
Institutional Trustee shall have first received:

 

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

 

(B)           an
opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Sponsor or the Trust) that such
amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration
(including the terms of the Securities) and all conditions precedent to the
execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied; and

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(d)           In
addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Declaration,
without the consent of each affected Holder, this Declaration may not be
amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the
Securities or any redemption or liquidation provisions applicable to 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
(ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment on or after such date.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(i)            cure
any ambiguity;

 

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

 

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

 

(iv)          modify,
eliminate or add to any provision of this Declaration to such extent as may be
necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States federal
income tax purposes at all times as a grantor trust and will not be required to
register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act (including
without limitation to conform to any change in Rule 3a-5, Rule 3a-7
or any other 

 

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applicable rule
under the Investment Company Act or written change in interpretation or
application thereof by any legislative body, court, government agency or
regulatory authority) which amendment does not have a material adverse effect
on the rights, preferences or privileges of the Holders of Securities;

 

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

 

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

 

(a)           Meetings
of the Holders of the Capital Securities or the Common 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
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 Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the
Administrators one or more notices in a writing stating that the signing
Holders of such 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 liquidation amount of Securities 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
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the proxy. Every
proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder of the Securities
executing it. Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the
giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial
interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the
Holders of the Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; each
meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be conducted by the Administrators
or by such other Person that the Administrators may designate; and

 

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

 

ARTICLE XII.

REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE

 

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

 

(a)           the
Institutional Trustee is a banking corporation or national association with
trust powers, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof 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
Institutional Trustee has a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty
million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000);

 

(c)           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);

 

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(d)           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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

ARTICLE XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 13.1.        Notices. All notices
provided for in this Declaration shall be in writing, duly signed by the party
giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied (which telecopy 

 

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shall be followed by notice delivered or mailed by
first class mail) or mailed by first class mail, as follows:

 

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

 

CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I

c/o CastlePoint Management Corp.

120 Broadway

New York, New York 
10271

Attention:  Joel
Weiner

Telecopy:  (212)
847-9549

 

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

 

Wilmington Trust Company

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600

Attention: 
Corporate Trust Administration

Telecopy: 
302-636-4140

 

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

 

Wilmington Trust Company

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 
19890-1600

Attention: 
Corporate Trust Administration

Telecopy: 
302-636-4140

 

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

 

CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I

c/o CastlePoint Management Corp.

120 Broadway

New York, New York 
10271

Attention:  Joel
Weiner

Telecopy:  (212)
847-9549

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

	
   

  	
  WILMINGTON
  TRUST COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
  as Institutional
  Trustee

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ CHRISTOPHER
  J. SLAYBAUGH

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Christopher J. Slaybaugh

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Senior Financial Services Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  WILMINGTON
  TRUST COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
  as Delaware
  Trustee

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ CHRISTOPHER
  J. SLAYBAUGH

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Christopher J. Slaybaugh

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Senior Financial Services Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CASTLEPOINT
  MANAGEMENT CORP., as

  Sponsor

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ ROGER A.
  BROWN

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Roger A. Brown

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ JOEL S.
  WEINER

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Joel Weiner, Administrator

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ James
  Dulligan

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  James Dulligan, Administrator

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Roger A.
  Brown

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Roger Brown, 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 December 1,
2006 (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)           50,000 Fixed/Floating Rate Capital
Securities of CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I (the “Trust”), with an
aggregate stated liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of
Fifty Million dollars ($50,000,000) and a stated liquidation amount with
respect to the assets of the Trust of $1,000.00 per Capital Security, are
hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as the “Capital
Securities”.  The Capital Security
Certificates evidencing the Capital Securities shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions
thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or
practice.

 

(b)           1,547 Fixed/Floating Rate Common
Securities of the Trust (the “Common Securities”) will be evidenced by
Common Security Certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to
the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom
as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice.

 

2.             Distributions.

 

(a)           Distributions will be payable on each
Security for the period beginning on (and including) the date of original
issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment Date in
December 2011 at a rate per annum of 8.66% and shall bear interest for each
successive period beginning on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in
December 2011, and each succeeding Distribution Payment Date, and ending on
(but excluding) the next succeeding Distribution Payment Date (each, a “Distribution
Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the 3-Month LIBOR, determined as
described below, plus 3.50% (the “Coupon Rate”) applied to the stated
liquidation amount thereof, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the
Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee.  Distributions in arrears will bear interest
thereon compounded quarterly at the applicable Distribution Rate (to the extent
permitted by law).  Distributions, as
used herein, include cash distributions, any such compounded distributions and
any Additional Sums payable on the Debentures unless otherwise noted.  A Distribution is payable only to the extent
that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional
Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available
therefor.  The amount of the Distribution
payable (i) for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date of
original issuance but before the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, it
being understood that if a Distribution is payable on a non Business Day, and
the Distribution Payment Date is on the next succeeding Business Day, no
additional interest or other Distributions shall accrue in respect of any such
delay, and (ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on or after the
Distribution Payment Date in December 2011 and each succeeding Distribution
Period will be 

 

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calculated by applying
the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount outstanding at the
commencement of the Distribution Period and multiplying each such amount by the
actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned divided by 360.  All percentages resulting from any calculations
on the Capital Securities will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one
hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a
percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded
to 9.87655% (or .0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from
such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being
rounded upward)).

 

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

 

(1)           the rate (expressed
as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month
maturity that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the related Determination Date (as defined below).  “Telerate Page 3750” means the display
designated as “Page 3750” on the Moneyline Telerate Service or such other
page as may replace Page 3750 on that service or such other service or
services as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the
information vendor for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates
for U.S. dollar deposits;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

If the rate for
U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that initially appears on
Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related
Determination Date is superseded on the Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected
rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination Date, then the
corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable
3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.

 

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

 

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

 

“Interest Rate”
means for the period beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance
and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011
the rate per annum of 8.66% and for each Distribution Period thereafter, the
Coupon Rate.

 

“Maturity Date”
means December 15, 2036.

 

(b)           Distributions on the Securities will
be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original issuance, and will be
payable, subject to extension of distribution payment periods as described
herein, quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15
of each year or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding
Business Day (each a “Distribution Payment Date”), commencing on the
Distribution Payment Date in December 2006 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 20 consecutive quarterly
periods (each an “Extension Period”) at any time and from time to time,
subject to the conditions described below, during which Extension Period no
interest shall be due and payable. 
During any Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the
Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate
equal to the Distribution Rate in effect for each such Extension Period,
compounded quarterly (from the date such interest would have been payable were
it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest
referred to herein as “Additional Interest”) 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,
that during any such Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer shall not, and
shall not permit any Affiliate of the Debenture Issuer controlled by the
Debenture Issuer to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on,
or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to,
any of the Debenture Issuer’s or such Affiliates’ capital stock (other than
payments of dividends or distributions to the Debenture Issuer or a Subsidiary
of the Debenture Issuer) (the “Restricted Payments”) or make any payments
with respect to the Restricted Payments, (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 of the Debenture
Issuer controlled by the Debenture Issuer that rank pari passu
in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures or (iii) enter
into, amend or modify any contracts with shareholders holding more than 10% of
the outstanding shares of common stock of the Sponsor, other than with Tower
Group, Inc. or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, that could require cash
payments by the Sponsor to such shareholder (other than, with respect to
clauses (i) and (ii) above, (a) repurchases, redemptions or other
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Debenture Issuer or any
Subsidiary 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 of such Subsidiary (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,
reclassification, 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 in the case
of a Subsidiary of the Debenture Issuer, any class or series of such Subsidiary’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 (or in the case
of indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Debenture Issuer, of any class or series
of such Subsidiary’s indebtedness for any class or series of such Subsidiary’s
capital stock), (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Debenture Issuer’s capital stock (or the capital stock of a Subsidiary of the
Sponsor) pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital
stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of
a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of
rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the
redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (e) any dividend in
the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock
or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights
is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock and any cash
payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or
(f)  payments under the Capital Securities Guarantee).  Prior to the termination of any Extension Period,
the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such period
together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof
shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the
Maturity Date.  Upon the termination of
any Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest
and Additional Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension
Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. 
No interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an
Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of interest
that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period
shall bear Additional Interest.  During
any Extension Period, Distributions on the Securities shall be deferred for a
period equal to the Extension Period.  If
Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date
that the related Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the Securities as
they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date
immediately preceding such date. 
Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after
giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds
available for the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the
Trust.  The Trust’s funds available for
Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments
received from the Debenture Issuer.  The
payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the
Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

 

(c)           Distributions on the Securities will
be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of
the Trust on the relevant record dates. 
The relevant record dates shall be 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
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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 $1,000.00 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 contributions to Holders in liquidation of the Trust
(such amount being, the “Liquidation Distribution”), unless in
connection with such Liquidation, the Debentures in an aggregate stated
principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such
Securities, with an interest rate equal to the Distribution Rate of, and
bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accrued and
unpaid Distributions on, and having the same record date as, such Securities,
after paying or making reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations
of the Trust in accordance with the Statutory Trust Act, shall be distributed
on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the Securities in exchange for such
Securities.

 

The Sponsor, as the Holder of all of the Common
Securities, has the right at any time to dissolve the Trust (including, without
limitation, upon the occurrence of a Special Event) and, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the Trust, cause the Debentures to be distributed
to the Holders of the Securities on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with the
aggregate stated liquidation amount thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

4.             Redemption
and Distribution.

 

(a)           The Debentures will mature on
December 15, 2036.  The Debentures may be
redeemed by the Debenture Issuer, in whole or in part on any Distribution
Payment Date on or after the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011, at the
Optional Redemption Price. In addition, the Debentures may be redeemed by the
Debenture Issuer at the Special Redemption Price, in whole but not in part, at
any Distribution Payment Date, upon the occurrence and continuation of a
Special Event within 120 days following the occurrence of such Special
Event at the Special Redemption Price, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days’ notice to holders of such Debentures so long as such Special
Event is continuing.  The Sponsor shall
appoint a Quotation Agent 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 Debentures or
the Capital Securities by the Debenture Trustee, the Quotation Agent or the
Institutional Trustee, as the case may be, shall (in the absence of willful
default, bad faith or manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding on the holders
of the Debentures and the Capital Securities, the Trust and the Sponsor, and no
liability shall attach (except as provided above) to the Debenture Trustee, the
Quotation Agent or the Institutional Trustee in connection with the exercise or
non-exercise by any of them of their respective powers, duties and discretion.

 

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

 

“Comparable Treasury
Price” means (a) the average of five 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 five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all
such Quotations.

 

“Federal Reserve”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any successor
federal agency.

 

“Fixed Rate Period
Remaining Life” means, with respect to any Debenture, the period from the
Special Redemption Date for such Debenture to the Distribution Payment Date in
December 2011.

 

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

 

“Optional Redemption Date” shall mean the date
fixed for the redemption of Capital Securities, which shall be any Distribution
Payment Date on or after the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011.

 

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

 

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

 

“Quotation Agent”
shall be a designee of the Trustee, after receiving consent from the Company,
who is a Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

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

 

“Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Special Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation
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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 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day
preceding such Redemption Date.

 

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

 

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

 

“Special Redemption Price” means (a) if
the Special Redemption Date occurs before the Distribution Payment Date in
December 2011, the greater of (i) 107.5% of the principal amount of the
Debentures, plus accrued and unpaid Interest on the Debentures to the
occurrence of the Special Redemption Date, or (ii) as determined by the
Quotation Agent, (A) the sum of the present values of the scheduled payments of
principal and Interest on the Debentures during the Fixed Rate Period Remaining
Life of the Debentures (assuming the Debentures matured on the Distribution
Payment Date in December 2011 discounted to the Special Redemption Date on a
quarterly basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at
the Treasury Rate, plus (B) accrued and unpaid Interest on the Debentures to
such Special Redemption Date, or (b) if the Special Redemption Date occurs on
or after the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011, 100% of the principal
amount of the Debentures being redeemed, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid
interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Debentures to the Special
Redemption Date.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(e)           Redemption or Distribution
Procedures.

 

(i)            Notice
of any redemption of or notice of distribution of the Debentures in exchange
for, the Securities (a “Redemption/Distribution Notice”) will be given
by the Trust by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed or exchanged
not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption or
exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the date fixed for
redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the calculation of the date of
redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given pursuant to
this paragraph 4(e)(i), a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed
to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to Holders of such Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice
shall be addressed to the Holders of such Securities at the address of each
such Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the
Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing thereof with respect to any
Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange proceedings with
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(ii)           If
the Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a Redemption/
Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued if the Debentures are
redeemed as set out in this paragraph 4 (which notice will be
irrevocable), then, provided that the Institutional Trustee has a
sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity
of the Debentures, the Institutional Trustee will, with respect to Book Entry
Capital Securities, irrevocably deposit with the Depositary for such Book Entry
Capital Securities, to the extent available therefor, funds sufficient to pay
the relevant Optional Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price and will
give such Depositary irrevocable instructions and authority to pay such
Optional Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, as applicable, to the
Owners of the Capital Securities and with respect to Capital Securities that
are not Book Entry Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee will pay, to
the extent available therefor, the relevant Optional 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 Optional Redemption Date or Special Redemption
Date.  If a Redemption/Distribution
Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as required then immediately
prior to the close of business on the date of such deposit Distributions will cease
to accrue on the Securities so called for redemption and all rights of Holders
of such Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the
Holders of such Securities to receive the applicable Optional Redemption Price
or Special Redemption Price specified in paragraph 4(a), but without
interest on such Optional Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price.  If any date fixed for redemption of
Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of any such Optional Redemption
Price or Special Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day. 
If payment of the Optional Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price
in respect of any Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either
by the Trust or by the Debenture Issuer as guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee,
Distributions on such Securities will continue to accrue at the Distribution
Rate from the original Optional Redemption Date or Special 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
Optional 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.

 

(iv)          Subject
to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without limitation, United
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Holder of the Common Securities or the obligor under
the Indenture, the Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries may at any time and from
time to time purchase outstanding Capital Securities by tender, in the open
market or by private agreement.

 

5.             Voting
Rights - Capital Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default will
constitute a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default hereunder. Any
required approval or direction of Holders of the Capital Securities may be
given at a separate meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities convened for
such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of the Securities in the Trust
or pursuant to written consent. The Institutional Trustee will cause a notice
of any meeting at which Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to vote,
or of any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be
taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of the Capital Securities. Each
such notice will 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.

 

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
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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 6.10 of the
Declaration and only after each Event of Default (if any) with respect to the
Capital Securities has been cured, waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject
to the requirements of the second to last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders
of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities, voting separately
as a class, may direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust
or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under the Declaration,
including (i) directing the time, method, place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Debentures, (ii) waiving any past default and its consequences that is
waivable under the Indenture, or (iii) exercising any right to rescind or
annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and
payable; provided, however, that, where a consent or action under
the Indenture would require a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may
only give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the
Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. Notwithstanding this
paragraph 6(c), the Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any action
previously authorized or approved by a vote or consent of the Holders of the
Capital Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Institutional Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the
Institutional Trustee shall not take any action described in (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax
counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States federal income tax
the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of
such action. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights 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 Securities 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, liquidation 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”
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to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to
the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities then outstanding unless, in
relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in
which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each
Holder of the Capital Securities Pro Rata according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Capital Securities
outstanding, and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of
the Capital Securities, to each Holder of the Common Securities Pro Rata
according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities held by
the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common
Securities outstanding.

 

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

 

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

 

11.           No
Preemptive Rights. The Holders of the Securities shall have no, and the
issuance of the Securities is not subject to, 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]

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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CERTIFICATION
AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
DECLARATION (DEFINED HEREIN), A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SPONSOR
OR THE TRUST.  HEDGING TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT.

 

HEDGING TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY
BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT
SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS
INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO
PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE SECURITIES
OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR
EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT
PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING.  ANY PURCHASER
OR HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO
WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING
ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY
USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE,
OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION
406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE
STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

 

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

 

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

 

THIS SECURITY IS IN
REGISTERED FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION
1.871-14(c)(1)(i) FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND WITHHOLDING TAX PURPOSES.

 

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

 

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  Certificate Number P-1

  	
   

  	
  CUSIP No. 148554 AA 6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  50,000 Capital Securities

  

 

December 1, 2006

 

Certificate Evidencing
Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities

 

of

 

CastlePoint Management
Statutory Trust I

 

(liquidation amount
$1,000.00 per Capital Security)

 

CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I, a statutory
trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), hereby
certifies that Cede & Co. (the “Holder”), as nominee of The Depository
Trust Company is the registered owner of 50,000 capital securities [if the Capital Security is a Global Security, then insert –
or such other number of Capital Securities represented hereby as may be set
forth in the records of the Securities Registrar hereinafter referred to in
accordance with the Declaration (as defined below)] of the Trust representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, (liquidation amount
$1,000.00 per capital security) (the “Capital Securities”). Subject to the
Declaration, the Capital Securities are transferable on the books and records
of the Trust in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The Capital
Securities represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and the designation,
rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of
the Capital Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions of
the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of December
1, 2006, among Joel Weiner, James Dulligan and Roger Brown, as Administrators,
Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as
Institutional Trustee, CastlePoint Management Corp., as Sponsor, and the
holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust, including the designation of the terms of the Capital Securities as
set forth in Annex I to such amended and restated declaration as the same
may be amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to
the benefits of the Guarantee and the Indenture 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.

 

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 shall be
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard
to principles of conflict of laws.

 

Signatures
appear on following page

 

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

 

	
   

  	
  CASTLEPOINT
  MANAGEMENT STATUTORY

  TRUST I

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Administrator

  	
   

  

 

CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

	
   

  	
  WILMINGTON TRUST
  COMPANY,

  
	
   

  	
  as the
  Institutional Trustee

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Authorized
  Officer

  	
   

  

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF
CAPITAL SECURITY]

 

Distributions payable on each Capital Security will be
payable at an annual rate equal to 8.66% beginning on (and including) the date
of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment
Date (defined herein) in December 2011, and at an annual rate for each
successive period beginning on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in
December 2011, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Distribution
Payment Date (each such period, a “Distribution Period”), equal to 3-Month
LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 3.50% (the “Coupon Rate”), applied
to the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Capital Security, such rate
being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the
Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears will bear interest thereon
compounded quarterly at the Distribution Rate (to the extent permitted by
applicable law).  The term “Distributions”
as used herein includes payments of cash distributions and any such compounded
distributions and any Additional Sums payable on the Debentures unless
otherwise noted.  The term “Distribution
Payment Date” as used herein means each March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15 of each year or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next
succeeding Business Day.  A Distribution
is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the
Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the extent the
Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor.  As used herein, “Determination Date” means
the date that is two London Banking Days (i.e., a business day in which
dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market)
preceding the commencement of the relevant Distribution Period.  The amount of the Distribution payable for
any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date of the original
issuance but before the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011 will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, it being
understood that if a Distribution is payable on a non Business Day, and the
Distribution Payment Date is on the next succeeding Business Day, no additional
interest or other Distributions shall accrue in respect of any such delay, and
(ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on or after the Distribution
Payment Date in December 2011 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be
computed on the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount outstanding
at the commencement of the Distribution Period and multiplying each such amount
by the actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned divided by
360.

 

“3-Month LIBOR” as used herein, means the London
interbank offered interest rate for three-month U.S. dollar deposits determined
by the Debenture Trustee in the following order of priority:  (i) the rate (expressed as a percentage per
annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that appears on
Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination
Date (“Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Page 3750” on the
Moneyline Telerate Service or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that
service or such other service or services as may be nominated by the British
Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying
London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits); (ii) if such rate
cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Debenture Trustee
will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the London
interbank market to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as
percentages per annum) to prime banks in the London interbank market for U.S.
dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
such Determination Date.  If at least two
such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations; (iii) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as
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four major New York City
banks to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per
annum) to leading European banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such Determination Date. 
If at least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the
arithmetic mean of such quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such
quotations are provided as requested in clause (iii) above, 3-Month LIBOR will
be a 3-Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period
immediately preceding such current Distribution Period.  If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having a
three-month maturity that initially appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the
Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such
Determination Date, then the corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable
page will be the applicable 3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.

 

“Interest Rate” means for the period beginning
on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding)
the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011 the rate per annum of 8.66% and
for each Distribution Period thereafter, the Coupon Rate.

 

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

 

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

 

Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on
the Capital Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of
original issuance and will be payable quarterly in arrears on each Distribution
Payment Date, commencing on the Distribution Payment Date in December 2006.  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 extending the
interest payment period for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each an “Extension
Period”) at any time and from time to time on the Debentures, subject to the
conditions described below, during which Extension Period no interest shall be
due and payable.  During any Extension
Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on
such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Distribution
Rate in effect for each such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the
date such interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension
Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest referred to herein as “Additional
Interest”). No Extension Period may end on a date other than a Distribution
Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period the Debenture Issuer
shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with
Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no
Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date.  Prior to the termination of any Extension
Period, the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such
period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions
thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the
Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the
payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the
Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements.  No interest or Additional Interest
shall 

 

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be due and payable during
an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of
interest that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension
Period shall bear Additional Interest.  During
any Extension Period, Distributions on the Capital Securities shall be deferred
for a period equal to the Extension Period. 
If Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on
the date that the related Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the
Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record
date immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities must be
paid on the dates payable (after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the
extent that the Trust has funds available for the payment of such distributions
in the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust’s funds available for
Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments
received from the Debenture Issuer. The payment of Distributions out of moneys
held by the Trust is guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

 

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Signature:

  	
   

  	
   

  
				

 

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

 

Signature Guarantee:(1)

 

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

 

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EXHIBIT A-2

 

FORM OF COMMON SECURITY
CERTIFICATE

 

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

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 8.1 OF THE DECLARATION (DEFINED HEREIN).

 

THIS COMMON SECURITY IS IN REGISTERED FORM WITHIN THE
MEANING OF TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.871-14(c)(1)(i) FOR U.S. FEDERAL
INCOME AND WITHHOLDING TAX PURPOSES.

 

	
  Certificate Number C-1

  	
   

  	
  1,547 Common Securities

  

 

December 1, 2006

 

Certificate Evidencing
Fixed/Floating Rate Common Securities

 

of

 

CastlePoint Management
Statutory Trust I

 

CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I, a statutory
trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), hereby
certifies that CastlePoint Management Corp. (the “Holder”) is the registered
owner of common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust (the “Common Securities”).  Subject to the Declaration (as defined
below), the Common 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 Common
Securities represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and the designation,
rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of
the Common Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions of
the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of December
1, 2006, among Joel Weiner, James Dulligan and Roger Brown, as Administrators,
Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as
Institutional Trustee, CastlePoint Management Corp. as Sponsor, and the holders
from time to time of undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust
including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth in
Annex I to such amended and restated declaration, as the same may be amended
from time to time (the “Declaration”). 
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning
given them in the Declaration.  The
Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and the Indenture to the
extent provided therein.  The Sponsor
will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee and the Indenture to the
Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal
place of business.

 

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

 

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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 Fixed/Floating
Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures (“Debentures”) as
indebtedness and the Common Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial
ownership in the Debentures.

 

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

 

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

 

	
   

  	
  CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Administrator

  	
   

  

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF
COMMON SECURITY]

 

Distributions payable on each Common Security will be
payable at an annual rate equal to 8.66%(2) beginning on (and including) the
date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution
Payment Date (defined herein) in December 2011 and at an annual rate for each
successive period beginning on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in
December 2011, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Distribution
Payment Date (each such period, a “Distribution Period”), equal to 3-Month
LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 3.50% (the “Coupon Rate”), applied
to the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Common Security, such rate
being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the
Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears will bear interest thereon
compounded quarterly at the Distribution Rate (to the extent permitted by
applicable law).  The term “Distributions”
as used herein includes payments of cash distributions and any such compounded
distributions and any Additional Sums payable on the Debentures unless
otherwise noted.  The term “Distribution
Payment Date” as under herein means each March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15 of each year or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next
succeeding Business Day.  A Distribution
is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the
Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the extent the
Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor.  As used herein, “Determination Date” means the
date that is two London Banking Days (i.e., a business day in which dealings in
deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market)
preceding the commencement of the relevant Distribution Period.  The amount of the Distribution payable (i)
for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date of the original
issuance but before the Distribution Payment Date in December 2011 will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, it being
understood that if a Distribution is payable on a non Business Day, and the
Distribution Payment Date is on the next succeeding Business Day, no additional
interest or other Distributions shall accrue in respect of any such delay, and
(ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on or after the Distribution
Payment Date in December 2011 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be
calculated by applying the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount
outstanding at the commencement of the Distribution Period and multiplying each
such amount by the actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned
divided by 360.

 

“3-Month LIBOR” as used herein, means the London
interbank offered interest rate for three-month U.S. dollar deposits determined
by the Debenture Trustee in the following order of priority:  (i) the rate (expressed as a percentage per
annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that appears on
Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination
Date (“Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Page 3750” on the
Moneyline Telerate Service or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that
service or such other service or services as may be nominated by the British
Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying
London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits); (ii) if such rate
cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Debenture Trustee
will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the London
interbank market to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as
percentages per annum) to prime banks in the London interbank market for U.S.
dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
such Determination Date.  If at least two
quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations; (iii) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested
in clause (ii) above, the Debenture Trustee will request 

 

(2) This Rate equals the Spread plus LIBOR as of Pricing.

 

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four major New York City
banks to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per
annum) to leading European banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such Determination Date. 
If at least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the
arithmetic mean of such quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such quotations
are provided as requested in clause (iii) above, 3-Month LIBOR will be a
3-Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period immediately
preceding such current Distribution Period. 
If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that
initially appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
related Determination Date is superseded on the Telerate Page 3750 by a
corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination Date, then the
corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable
3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.

 

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

 

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

 

Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on
the Common Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original
issuance and will be payable quarterly in arrears on each Distribution Payment
Date, commencing on the Distribution Payment Date December 2006.  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 extending the
interest payment period for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each
an “Extension Period”) at any time and from time to time on the Debentures,
subject to the conditions described below, during which Extension Period no
interest shall be due and payable. 
During any Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the
Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate
equal to the Distribution Rate in effect for each such Extension Period,
compounded quarterly from the date such interest would have been payable were
it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest
referred to herein as “Additional Interest”). No Extension Period may end on a
date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension
Period the Debenture Issuer shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on
the Debentures (together with Additional Interest thereon); provided, however,
that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date.  Prior to the termination of any Extension
Period, the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such
period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions
thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the
Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the
payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the
Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements. No interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable
during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of
interest that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension
Period shall bear Additional Interest. During any Extension Period,
Distributions on the Common Securities shall be deferred for a period equal to
the Extension Period. If Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due
shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates, to
Holders of the Common Securities as they appear on the books and records of the
Trust on the 

 

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record date immediately
preceding such date. Distributions on the Common 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 Common Securities will be limited to payments received from
the Debenture Issuer.

 

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

 

and irrevocably appoints

 

 

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

 

	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  Signature:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

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

  
				

 

Signature Guarantee(3)

 

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

 

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EXHIBIT
B-1

Form
of Transferor Certificate

to be Executed by QIBs

 

              ,
[     ]

 

CastlePoint Management
Statutory Trust I

c/o CastlePoint
Management Corp.

128 Broadway

New York, New York  10005-1116

 

Re:                               Purchase
of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Fixed/Floating Rate

Capital Securities (the “Capital Securities”) of CastlePoint Management Statutory
Trust I

 

Reference is
hereby made to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of CastlePoint
Management Statutory Trust I, dated as of December 1, 2006 (the “Declaration”),
among Joel Weiner, James Dulligan and Roger Brown, as Administrators,
Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as
Institutional Trustee, CastlePoint Management Corp., as Sponsor, and the
holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of CastlePoint
Management Statutory Trust I. 
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given them in the Declaration.

 

This letter
relates to $                  aggregate
liquidation amount of Capital Securities which are held in the name of [name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).

 

In accordance with
Article VI of the Declaration, the Transferor hereby certifies that such
Capital Securities are being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Capital Securities and (ii) Rule 144A under
the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), to a transferee that the Transferor
reasonably believes is purchasing the Capital Securities for its own account or
an account with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment
discretion and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified
institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in a transaction
meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.

 

You are entitled
to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter
or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

	
   

  	
  (Name of Transferor)

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
							

 

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EXHIBIT
B-2

Form of Transferee
Certificate

to be Executed by Transferees other than QIBs

 

             ,
[     ]

 

CastlePoint Management
Statutory Trust I

c/o CastlePoint
Management Corp.

120 Broadway

New York, New York  10271

 

Re:                               Purchase
of $              stated
liquidation amount of Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities (the “Capital Securities”)
of CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In connection
with our purchase of the Capital Securities we confirm that:

 

1.             We understand that the
Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities (the “Capital Securities”) of
CastlePoint Management Statutory Trust I (the “Trust”) (including the guarantee
(the “Guarantee”) of CastlePoint Management Corp. (the “Company”) executed in
connection therewith) and the Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debenture due 2036 of the Company (the “Debenture”) (the
entire amount of the Trust’s outstanding Capital Securities, the Guarantee and
the Debenture together being referred to herein as the “Offered Securities”),
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following
sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for
which we are purchasing the Offered Securities that, if we decide to offer,
sell or otherwise transfer any such Offered Securities, (i) such offer,
sale or transfer will be made only (a) to the Company or the Trust, (b) to a
person we reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) (as
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 144A, (c) to an institutional “accredited 

 

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investor”
within the meaning of subparagraph (a) (1), (2), (3), (7) or (8) of
Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring Offered Securities for
its own account, or for the account of such an “accredited investor,” for
investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection
with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, (d) pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (e)
pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act, in each case in accordance
with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any
other applicable jurisdiction and, in the case of (c) or (e), subject to the
right of the Trust and the depositor to require an opinion of counsel and other
information satisfactory to each of them. The foregoing restrictions on resale
will not apply subsequent to the date on which, in the written opinion of
counsel, the Capital Securities are not “restricted securities” within the
meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.  If any resale or other transfer of the
Offered Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (c) or (e) above,
the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the
form of this letter to the Institutional Trustee as Securities Registrar, which
shall provide as applicable, among other things, that the transferee is an
institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a)
(1), (2), (3), (7) or (8) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is
acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in
violation of the Securities Act. We acknowledge on our behalf and on behalf of
any investor account for which we are purchasing Securities that the Trust and
the Company reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer
pursuant to clause (c) or (e) to require the delivery of any opinion of
counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Trust and
the Company.  We understand that the
certificates for any Offered Security that we receive will bear a legend
substantially to the effect of the foregoing.

 

2.             We are an institutional “accredited
investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a) (1), (2), (3), (7) or (8)
of Rule 501 under the Securities Act purchasing for our own account or for
the account of such an “accredited investor,” and we are acquiring the Offered
Securities for investment purposes and not with view to, or for offer or sale
in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act, and we
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Offered
Securities, and we and any account for which we are acting are each able to
bear the economic risks of our or its investment.

 

3.             We are acquiring the Offered
Securities purchased by us for our own account (or for one or more accounts as
to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion and have authority to
make, and do make, the statements contained in this letter) and not with a view
to any distribution of the Offered Securities, subject, nevertheless, to the
understanding that the disposition of our property will at all times be and
remain within our control.

 

4.             In the event that we purchase any
Capital Securities or any Debentures, we will acquire such Capital Securities
having an aggregate stated liquidation amount of not less than $100,000 or such
Debentures having an aggregate principal amount not less than $100,000, for our
own account and for each separate account for which we are acting.

 

5.             We acknowledge that we are not a
fiduciary of (i) an employee benefit, individual retirement account or other
plan or arrangement subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (each a “Plan”); or (ii) an
entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of any Plan’s
investment in the entity, and are not purchasing any of the Offered Securities
on behalf of or with “plan assets” by reason of any Plan’s investment in the
entity.

 

6.             We acknowledge that the Trust and
the Company and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing
acknowledgments, representations, warranties and agreements and agree that if
any of the acknowledgments, representations, warranties and agreements deemed
to have been made by our purchase of any of the Offered Securities are no
longer accurate, we shall promptly notify the Company.  If we are acquiring any Offered Securities as
a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, we represent that we
have sole discretion with respect to each such investor account and that we
have full power to make the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and
agreement on behalf of each such investor account.

 

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  (Name of Purchaser)

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
   

  
					

 

Upon transfer, the
Capital Securities (having a stated liquidation amount of $                )
would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows.

 

	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Address:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Taxpayer ID Number:

  	
   

  	
   

  
						

 

B-2-3EXHIBIT 10.36

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

PARENT GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

CASTLEPOINT HOLDINGS, LTD.

 

and

 

WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY

 

Dated as of December 14, 2006

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
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  ARTICLE I

  	
   

  	
  DEFINITIONS
  AND INTERPRETATION

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 1.1

  	
   

  	
  Definitions and Interpretation

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II

  	
   

  	
  POWERS,
  DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 2.1

  	
   

  	
  Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
  Section 2.2

  	
   

  	
  Certain Rights of the Guarantee Trustee

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
  Section 2.3

  	
   

  	
  Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
  Guarantee

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 2.4

  	
   

  	
  Events of Default; Waiver

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 2.5

  	
   

  	
  Events of Default; Notice

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III

  	
   

  	
  GUARANTEE
  TRUSTEE

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 3.1

  	
   

  	
  Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 3.2

  	
   

  	
  Appointment, Removal and
  Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV

  	
   

  	
  GUARANTEE

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 4.1

  	
   

  	
  Guarantee

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 4.2

  	
   

  	
  Waiver of Notice and Demand

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 4.3

  	
   

  	
  Obligations Not Affected

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 4.4

  	
   

  	
  Rights of Holders

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 4.5

  	
   

  	
  Guarantee of Payment

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 4.6

  	
   

  	
  Subrogation

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 4.7

  	
   

  	
  Independent Obligations

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 4.8

  	
   

  	
  Enforcement by a Beneficiary

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V

  	
   

  	
  LIMITATION
  OF TRANSACTIONS; RANKING

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 5.1

  	
   

  	
  Limitation of Transactions

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 5.2

  	
   

  	
  Ranking

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI

  	
   

  	
  TERMINATION

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 6.1

  	
   

  	
  Termination

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII

  	
   

  	
  INDEMNIFICATION

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 7.1

  	
   

  	
  Exculpation

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 7.2

  	
   

  	
  Indemnification

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 7.3

  	
   

  	
  Compensation;
  Reimbursement of Expenses

  	
   

  	
  18

  

 

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  ARTICLE VIII

  	
   

  	
  MISCELLANEOUS

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 8.1

  	
   

  	
  Successors and
  Assigns

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 8.2

  	
   

  	
  Company May
  Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 8.3

  	
   

  	
  Amendments

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 8.4

  	
   

  	
  Notices

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 8.5

  	
   

  	
  Benefit

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 8.6

  	
   

  	
  Governing Law

  	
   

  	
  21

  
	
  Section 8.7

  	
   

  	
  Counterparts

  	
   

  	
  21

  
	
  Section 8.8

  	
   

  	
  Separability

  	
   

  	
  22

  

 

ii

 

PARENT GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 

This PARENT
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (this “Guarantee”), dated as of December 14, 2006, is
executed and delivered by CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda corporation
(the “Guarantor”), and Wilmington Trust Company, a banking corporation,
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, (the “Guarantee Trustee”),
for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the
Debentures (as defined herein) of CastlePoint Management Corp., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Guarantor (the “Company”), and
the Capital Securities (as defined herein) of CastlePoint Management Statutory
Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”).

 

WHEREAS,
pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration”),
dated as of the date hereof among Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity but solely as institutional trustee, the administrators of
the Issuer named therein, the Company, as sponsor of the Issuer, 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 $50,000,000 (the “Capital
Securities”);

 

WHEREAS,
pursuant to a guarantee (the “Company Guarantee”) dated the date hereof
executed and delivered by the Company and the guarantee trustee named therein
for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Capital Securities, the
Company has agreed to make certain payments with respect to the Capital
Securities and to make certain other payments with respect to obligations and
liabilities of the Issuer;

 

WHEREAS,
pursuant to an indenture of trust (the “Indenture”) dated as of the date hereof
between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee, the Company is issuing on the date hereof
$51,547,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures (the “Debentures”);

 

WHEREAS, the
Issuer desires to issue the Capital Securities and to use the proceeds thereof
to purchase the Debentures; and

 

WHEREAS, as
incentive for the Holders of the Debentures to purchase the Debentures from the
Company and for the Holders of the Capital Securities to purchase the Capital
Securities from the Issuer, 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).

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase of the Debentures by each Debenture
Holder and of the Capital Securities by each Holder of 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.

 

“Additional
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).

 

“Additional
Junior Indebtedness” means, without duplication and other than the
Guarantee Payments, (a) any indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of the
Guarantor, or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor, under debt securities (or
guarantees in respect of debt securities) initially issued on or after the date
of this Guarantee to any trust, or a trustee of a trust, partnership or other
entity affiliated with the Guarantor that is, directly or indirectly, a finance
subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940) or other financing vehicle of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of
the Guarantor in connection with the issuance by that entity of preferred
securities, (b) other securities that are issued either junior and subordinate
to or on a pari passu basis with
the Guarantee Payments or (c) any guarantees of the Guarantor in respect
of the equity or other securities of any entity referred to in clause (a).

 

“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.

 

“Authorized
Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.

 

“Beneficiaries”
means any Person to whom the Company, under the terms of this Guarantee, is
obligated to pay any sum or hereafter becomes indebted or liable.

 

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

 

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

 

“Company”
means CastlePoint Management Corp. and each of its successors and assigns.

 

“Company
Guarantee” means the guarantee dated the date hereof executed and delivered
by the Company and the guarantee trustee named therein for the benefit of the
holders from time to time of the Capital Securities.

 

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

 

“Covered
Person” means any Holder of Debentures or Capital Securities.

 

“Debentures”
means the debt securities of the Company designated the Floating Rate Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2034 held by the Institutional
Trustee (as defined in the Declaration) of the Issuer.

 

“Declaration”
has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

“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).

 

“Foreign
Jurisdiction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).

 

“Foreign
Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).

 

“Guarantee
Payments” means the following payments or distributions, without
duplication, to the extent not paid or made by the Company:  (i) with respect to the Debentures, any
payment that the Company is obligated to make under the Debentures and/or the
Indenture; and (ii) with respect to the Capital Securities, any payments that
the Company is obligated to make with respect to the Company Guarantee.

 

“Guarantee
Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, 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 CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd. and each of its successors and assigns.

 

“Holder”
means (i) any holder, as registered on the books and records of the Indenture
Trustee, of any Debenture or (ii) any holder, as registered on the books and
records of the Issuer, of any Capital Securities; provided, however,
that, in determining whether the Holders

 

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of the
requisite percentage of Debentures and 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 the date hereof between the Company and
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee,
and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to
be issued to the institutional trustee of the Issuer.

 

“Indenture
Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee under
the Indenture, and its permitted successors and assigns.

 

“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.

 

“Majority
of principal amount of the Debentures” means Holder(s) of outstanding
Debentures, voting together as a class, of more than 50% of the aggregate
principal amount of all Debentures then outstanding.

 

“Majority
of the Holders of Debentures and Capital Securities” means Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities and Majority of principal amount
of the Debentures.

 

“New York
Court” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.

 

“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 the
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 the
officer in rendering the Officer’s Certificate;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Responsible
Officer” means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any 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.

 

“Senior
Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Guarantor, (i) the principal,
premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the
Guarantor for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities,
debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Guarantor;
(ii) all capital lease obligations of the Guarantor; (iii) all
obligations of the Guarantor issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price
of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Guarantor and all
obligations of the Guarantor under any title retention agreement; (iv) all
obligations of the Guarantor for the reimbursement of any letter of credit, any
banker’s acceptance, any security purchase facility, any repurchase agreement
or similar arrangement, any interest rate swap, any other hedging arrangement,
any obligation under options or any similar credit or other transaction;
(v) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(iv) above of other Persons for the payment of which the Guarantor is
responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and (vi) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of
other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Guarantor
(whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Guarantor), whether incurred
on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior
Indebtedness” shall not include (1) any Additional Junior Indebtedness,
(2) trade accounts payable of the Guarantor arising in the ordinary course
of business (such trade accounts payable being pari passu
in right of payment to the Guarantee Payments), or (3) obligations with respect
to which (a) in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to
which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are pari passu, junior or otherwise not superior in right of
payment to the Guarantee Payments and (b) the Guarantor, prior to the issuance
thereof, has, if required, notified the relevant state insurance regulatory
agency.  Senior Indebtedness shall continue
to be Senior Indebtedness and be entitled to the subordination provisions
irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such
Senior Indebtedness.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

ARTICLE II

POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE

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 Debentures and the Holders of the Capital Securities, and the Guarantee
Trustee shall not transfer this Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of
Debentures or 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 Debentures and/or the
Holders of the Capital Securities.

 

(c)           The
Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of 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
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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
Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Guarantee; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Guarantee;

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 2.2            Certain
Rights of the 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 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.

 

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(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
Debentures and 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 a Majority of the Holders of Debentures and 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.

 

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)           A
Majority of the Holders of Debentures and Capital Securities may, voting or
consenting as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Debentures and
the Capital Securities,

 

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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
Debentures and 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 Debentures and 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 banking
corporation or national association 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
fifty 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 or national association
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 or national association shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.

 

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

 

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(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 the 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
of the Debentures or the Capital Securities, as the case may be, the Guarantee
Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Company), as
and when due, regardless of any defense (except the defense of payment by the
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the Company 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 of the Debentures or the
Capital Securities, as the case may be, or by causing the Company to pay such
amounts to the Holders of the Debentures or the Capital Securities, as the case
may be.

 

(b)           All
Guarantee Payments made from time to time with respect to this Guarantee shall
be in U.S. dollars and shall be payable free and clear of, and without
deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present or future
taxes, duties, assessments, levies and other governmental charges of any nature
whatsoever now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by
or on behalf of any jurisdiction from which such payments are made, or any
territory or political subdivision thereof, unless such deduction or
withholding is required by law (“Foreign Taxes”).  If by operation of law or otherwise, Foreign
Taxes are required to be deducted or withheld from any amounts payable to a
Holder, the Guarantor agrees to pay such additional amounts to each Holder (the
“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount
actually received by the Holder, after deduction of any Foreign Taxes imposed
with respect to the payment of such Additional Amounts, shall equal the amount
the Holder would have received if Foreign Taxes had been deducted or withheld
from such payment; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts
shall be so payable for or on account of:

 

(i)            any Foreign Taxes
which would not have been imposed but for the fact that any Holder:

 

(A)          had a present or former
personal or business connection with any jurisdiction from which payments are
made, or any territory or political subdivision thereof (a “Foreign
Jurisdiction”) other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under,
the Debentures or Capital Securities;

 

(B)           presented such
Debentures or Capital Securities for payment in any Foreign Jurisdiction unless
such Debentures or Capital Securities could not have been presented for payment
elsewhere; or

 

(C)           presented a Debenture
or Capital Security for payment more than fifteen (15) days after the date on
which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof
is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

 

(ii)           any estate,
inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment
or other governmental charge; or

 

(iii)          any Foreign Taxes which
are payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction.

 

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 Company or any other Person before
proceeding against the

 

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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 Company of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term
or condition relating to the Debentures or the Capital Securities to be
performed or observed by the Company;

 

(b)           the
extension of time for the payment by the Company of all or any portion of the
interest (or Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)), principal (or
premium), Optional Redemption Price, Special Redemption Price or any other sums
payable under the terms of the Debentures or the extension of time for the
performance of any other obligation under, arising out of or in connection
with, the Debentures (other than an extension of time for payment of interest
(or Additional Interest), principal (or premium), Optional Redemption Price,
Special Redemption Price or other sum payable that results from the extension
of any interest payment period on the Debentures or any extension of the
maturity date of the Debentures permitted by the Indenture);

 

(c)           the
extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion of the
Distributions, Optional 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, Optional Redemption Price,
Special Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that
results from the extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures or any
extension of the maturity date of the Debentures permitted by the Indenture);

 

(d)           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 Debentures or the Capital Securities,
or any action on the part of the Company or Issuer granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;

 

(e)           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 Company or the Issuer or any of the assets
of the Company or the Issuer;

 

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

 

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

 

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(h)           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.

 

(a)           The
Majority of the Holders of Debentures and 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 Debentures or 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
Company, 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 Company or 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 the Debentures and
the Capital Securities against the Company 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 applicable
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 Company with respect to the Debentures and of the obligations of the
Issuer

 

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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 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 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 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 Guarantee, if at the time of any such
payment, and after giving effect to such payment, any amounts are due and
unpaid under this Guarantee.

 

ARTICLE V

LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; RANKING

 

Section 5.1            Limitation
of Transactions.

 

So long as any
Debentures or Capital Securities remain outstanding, if (a) there shall
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or a Declaration Event of
Default or (b) the dollar amount of the Guarantor’s and the subsidiaries’ gross
written premiums on a consolidated basis from insurance policies in any
calendar year fails to exceed 51% of the Guarantor’s and the subsidiaries’
gross written premiums on a consolidated basis from insurance policies in the
previous calendar year; (c) the Guarantor and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis sell more than 51% of its rights to renew insurance policies
in any single transaction or series of related transactions; (d) any
Significant Subsidiary (as defined in Section 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X to
the Securities Act (the “Significant Subsidiaries”)) of the Guarantor which is
rated by A.M. Best Company, Inc. (x) receives a rating from A.M. Best Company
Inc. of B- or lower; or (y) submits a request to withdraw its rating by A.M
Best Company, Inc.; (e) the Company shall be in default with respect to
its payment of any obligations under the Capital Securities Guarantee; or
(f) the Company shall have selected an Extension Period as provided in the
Declaration and such period, or any extension thereof, shall have commenced and
be continuing, then the Guarantor shall not and shall not permit any Subsidiary
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 Subsidiary’s capital stock (other than payments of
dividends or distributions to the Company or the Guarantor or any Subsidiary
thereof) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing;
(y) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company or the Guarantor
or any Subsidiary thereof that rank pari
passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures;
or (z) enter into, amend or modify any contract with a shareholder owning more
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Guarantor that
could require cash payments by the Guarantor to such shareholder, other than
with Tower Group, Inc. or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, that could
require cash payments by the Sponsor to such shareholder (other than, with
respect to clauses (x) and (y) above, (i) repurchases, redemptions or
other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company or the Guarantor
or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with any employment contract, benefit
plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more
employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend
reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the
issuance of capital stock of the Company or the Guarantor, or of such
Subsidiary, as the case may be (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 selection of an Extension Period by the Company, as applicable,
(ii) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of
the Company’s or the Guarantor’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a
Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor) for any class or series of the
Company’s or the Guarantor’s capital stock, as the case may be (or in the case
of a Subsidiary of the Company or Guarantor, any class or series of such
Subsidiary’s capital stock), or of any class or series of the Company’s or the
Guarantor’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Company or the
Guarantor’s capital stock, as the case may be (or in the case of indebtedness
of a Subsidiary of the Company or Guarantor, of any class or series of such
Subsidiary’s indebtedness for any class or series of such Subsidiary’s capital
stock), (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Company’s or the Guarantor’s capital stock (or the capital stock of a
Subsidiary of the Guarantor) pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions
of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged,
(iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’
rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant
thereto, (v) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other
rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such
warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend
is being paid or ranks pari passu
with or junior to such stock and any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares
issued in connection therewith, or (vi) payments under this Guarantee).

 

Section 5.2            Ranking.

 

This Guarantee
will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank
subordinate and junior in right of payment to all present and future Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor.  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.  The Guarantor’s
obligations in respect of this Guarantee shall rank pari passu with the
Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee Agreement by and between the
Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, dated as of December 1, 2006.  Accordingly, the Guarantor’s obligations
under this Guarantee will be effectively subordinated to all existing and
future liabilities of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries, and claimants should look
only to the assets of the Guarantor for payments hereunder.  This Guarantee does not limit the incurrence
or issuance of other secured or unsecured debt of the Guarantor under any
indenture or other instrument that the Guarantor may enter into in the future
or otherwise.

 

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ARTICLE VI

TERMINATION

 

Section 6.1            Termination.

 

This Guarantee
shall terminate as to the Capital Securities and the Debentures (i) upon
full payment of (A) the Optional Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price
of all Debentures then outstanding and (B) the Optional Redemption Price or
Special Redemption Price of all Capital Securities then outstanding or
(ii) (A) upon full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the
Declaration upon dissolution of the Issuer and (B) upon discharge of the
Indenture pursuant to Article XII thereof. 
This Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as
the case may be, if at any time any Holder of the Debentures or the Capital
Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under the Debentures or the
Capital Securities or under this Guarantee.

 

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 7.1            Exculpation.

 

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

 

(b)           An
Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the
records of the Company, the Issuer or the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company, 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 payments to Holders of Debentures or Distributions to Holders of Capital
Securities might properly be paid.

 

Section 7.2            Indemnification.

 

(a)           The
Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold each
Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim
or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the
Indemnified Person, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including, but not limited to,
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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 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

 

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(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 Debentures and 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 Section 8.2, the Guarantor may not assign its rights or delegate its
obligations under this Guarantee without the prior approval of the Majority of
the Holders of Debentures and Capital Securities.

 

Section 8.2            Company
May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.

 

Nothing
contained in this Guarantee shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the
Guarantor with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the
Guarantor) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Guarantor or
its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any
sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property or capital
stock of the Guarantor or its successor or successors as an entirety, or
substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated
with the Guarantor, or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and
operate the same; provided, however, that the Guarantor hereby covenants and
agrees that, upon any such consolidation, merger (where the Guarantor is not
the surviving corporation), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition,
the due and punctual payment of the any and all obligations of the Guarantor
under this Guarantee and the performance and observance of all the covenants
and conditions of this Guarantee to be kept or performed by the Guarantor,
shall be expressly assumed in a guarantee satisfactory in form to the Guarantee
Trustee executed and delivered to the Guarantee Trustee by the entity formed by
such consolidation, or into which the Guarantor shall have been merged, or by
the entity which shall have acquired such property or capital stock.

 

Section 8.3            Amendments.

 

Except with
respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the rights of Holders of
the Debentures or 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 Majority of the Holders of Debentures and Capital
Securities and the Guarantor.

 

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The provisions
of the Declaration with respect to amendments thereof apply to the giving of
such approval.

 

Section 8.4            Notices.

 

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

 

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

 

Wilmington
Trust Company

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attention:  Corporate Trust
Administration

Telecopy:  302-636-4140

 

(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
Debentures and the Capital Securities and to the Guarantee Trustee):

 

CastlePoint
Holdings, Ltd.

Clarendon House

2 Church Street

Hamilton HM

Bermuda

Attention:  Joel Weiner, Chief Financial
Officer

Telecopy:  441-292-4720

 

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

 

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 8.5            Benefit.

 

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

 

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Section 8.6            Governing
Law.

 

(a)           PURSUANT
TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THIS
GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS.

 

(b)           The
Guarantor agrees that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it arising
out of or related to this Guarantee may be brought in the United States federal
courts located in the Borough of Manhattan or the courts of the State of New
York located in the Borough of Manhattan (each a “New York Court”) and hereby
irrevocably accepts and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
aforementioned courts, in  personam, generally and
unconditionally, with respect to any suit, action or proceeding in connection
with or arising out of this Guarantee for itself and its respective properties,
assets and revenues.  The Guarantor
agrees that a final unappealable judgment in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Guarantee shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
any other jurisdiction otherwise having jurisdiction over the Guarantor by suit
on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  The Guarantor irrevocably waives any immunity
to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled or become entitled
(including immunity to pre-judgment attachment and execution) in any legal
suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby which is instituted in any New York Court or
in any foreign court.

 

(c)           The
Guarantor designates and appoints CT Corporation System in New York City as its
authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon which process may be served in
any such action arising out of or relating to this Guarantee which may be
instituted in any New York Court by the Guarantee Trustee or the Holders, in
accordance with legal procedures prescribed for such courts, expressly consents
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such
action, and waives any other requirements of or objections to personal
jurisdiction with respect thereto.  Such
appointment shall be irrevocable.  The
Guarantor represents and warrants that its Authorized Agent has agreed to act
as said agent for service of process and the Guarantor agrees to take any and
all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that
may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as
aforesaid.  Service of process upon the
Authorized Agent and written notice of such service of process to it shall be
deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Guarantor.  Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to
limit the ability of the Guarantee Trustee or the Holders to serve any such legal
process, summons, notices and documents in any other manner permitted by
applicable law or to obtain jurisdiction over the Guarantor or bring actions,
suits or proceedings against the Guarantor in such other jurisdictions, and in
such manner, as may be permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 8.7            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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Section 8.8            Separability.

 

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

 

Signatures appear on the following page

 

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

 

	
   

  	
  CASTLEPOINT HOLDINGS, LTD.,
  as

  Guarantor

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ JOEL S. WEINER

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Joel S. Weiner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Senior Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
  as

  Guarantee Trustee

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ CHRISTOPHER J. SLAYBAUGH

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Christopher J. Slaybaugh

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Senior Financial Services Officer

  
					

 

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