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MON-EX10.2_2015.5.31-Q3

EXHIBIT 10.2

MONSANTO COMPANY DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF MAY 1, 2015

1.NAME AND PURPOSES OF PLAN. This plan shall be known as the "The Monsanto Company Deferred Payment Plan" and is hereinafter referred to as this "Plan." The purposes of this Plan are to enable Monsanto Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and its Subsidiaries to retain qualified individuals to serve as employees by providing a means for them to elect to defer payment of certain compensation on a pre-tax basis.

2.EFFECTIVE DATE. This Plan as amended and restated shall be effective as of May 1, 2015 (the "Effective Date").

3.HISTORY OF PLAN. This Plan was originally effective September 1, 2000. An amended and restated Plan was effective as of January 1, 2004. The December 8, 2008 restatement of the Plan was intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A with respect to amounts credited to Account Balances under the Plan after December 31, 2004 and unpaid as of the December 8, 2008 amendment and restatement. The Plan was operated in good faith compliance with Code Section 409A with respect to amounts credited to Account Balances after December 31, 2004, and distributed before the December 8, 2008, amendment and restatement. Amounts credited to Account Balances prior to 2005, along with earnings on such amounts within the meaning of Section 409A, are subject to the terms of the plan in effect at that time. Attached as Appendix A is the Plan document applicable to amounts credited to Account Balances prior to 2005.

Additionally, The Plan was subsequently amended: (a) effective August 27, 2009 to provide that no new Deferral Elections may be made under the Plan after August 31, 2009 by Eligible Employees who have Change in Control Employment Security Agreements with the Company (including for this purpose each of those individuals whose eligibility for such an agreement was approved by resolution of the Company's People and Compensation Committee dated June 8, 2010); and (b) effective August 1, 2010 to provide that no new Deferral Elections may be made under the Plan after August 31, 2010 by any other Eligible Employees. Deferral Elections made by Eligible Employees on or before August 31, 2009 or August 31, 2010, as applicable, with respect to Eligible Compensation paid in 2010 or 2011 shall continue to be given effect on and after that date in accordance with their terms.

The Plan was subsequently amended effective January 1, 2013, and again effective January 1, 2015 to provide that the EBPC will be responsible for all ERISA related filing and disclosure requirements This amendment and restatement of the Plan, effective May 1, 2015, is intended to: (a) integrate all prior amendments into a single document for operational convenience and to help ensure the continued proper administration of the Plan; and (b) clarify that the People Committee has responsibility for administering the Plan with respect to the extent necessary or appropriate in view of Sections 16(a) and 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

4.    DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

"Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

"Beneficiaries" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.

"Beneficiary Designation" has the meaning set forth in Section 8. 

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

"Cash Account" means that portion of the Deferral Account that is credited monthly with interest credits at the Interest Rate.

"Committee" means the People Committee or the Internal People Committee, as the context may requite, as more fully set forth in Section 9.

"Company" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

"Daily Closing Price" means, for any given date, the last reported per-share sales price for a Share during normal business hours on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") for the immediately preceding trading date, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Effective December 8, 2008, Daily Closing Price means, for any given date, the last reported per-share sales price for a Share during normal business hours on the NYSE for that date, or if the Shares were not traded on the NYSE for that date, then on the most recent preceding date on which the Shares were traded, as reported by the official website of the NYSE.

"Date Certain" has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

"Date Certain Election" has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

"Deferral Account" means a bookkeeping account maintained by the Company for a Participant in accordance with Section 6, representing the amount the Participant is entitled to receive pursuant to this Plan. The "Deferral Account" is made up of both a "Cash Account" and a "Stock Unit Account."

"Deferral Election" means an election by a Participant to defer some or all of his or her Eligible Compensation under this Plan.

"Deferred Compensation" means any Eligible Compensation that is deferred in accordance with this Plan.

"Delivery Election" means an election by a Participant as to the time or times at which the balance in his or her Deferral Account will be distributed to the Participant.

"Eligible Compensation" means such portion or categories of the cash compensation payable to an Eligible Employee by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Company's Annual Incentive Plan or other cash compensation as the Company shall determine from time to time; provided, that Eligible Compensation shall exclude the amount necessary to satisfy the tax withholding obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to Deferred Compensation pursuant to Section 7(e) (ii), if such obligation is not otherwise satisfied by the Eligible Employee.

"Eligible Employee" means an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who (i) is designated by the Company as having an M05 classification or above and is a either a citizen of the United States residing in the United States or an employee permanently assigned to the United States or 

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(ii) is designated by the Committee as an Eligible Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may from time to time determine to exclude any such individual from the definition of "Eligible Employee".

"Employer" means Monsanto Company or the Subsidiary for whom an Eligible Employee performs services.

"EBPC" means the Employee Benefits Plans Committee of the Company or, to the extent necessary or appropriate in view of Sections 16(a) and 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the People Committee.

"Executive Participant" means a Participant who is subject to the Company's Stock Ownership Requirements.

"Fair Market Value" means, for any given date, .the average of the highest and lowest per-share sales prices for Shares during normal business hours on the NYSE for the immediately preceding trading date, as reported by such source as the Committee may select. Effective December 8, 2008, Fair Market Value means, for any given date, the closing per-share sales price for Shares on the NYSE for that date, or if the Shares were not traded on the NYSE for that date, then on the most recent preceding date on which the Shares were traded, as reported by the official website of the NYSE.

"Internal People Committee" means the Monsanto Company Internal People Committee.

"Interest Rate" for a calendar year means the average Moody's Baa Bond Index Rate in effect during the prior calendar year, or such other rate as may specified by the Committee from time to time.

"Matching Contribution Equivalents" means each of the following: (a) 60 percent of the amount of a Participant's Deferred Compensation for a year that is not in excess of seven percent of Eligible Compensation; and (b) the product of the Discretionary Percentage determined by the Company under the SIP Plan for the year and the Participant's Deferred Compensation for the year that is not in excess of 10 percent (or such other percentage determined by the Company under the SIP Plan for the year) of Eligible Compensation. Such matching amounts shall be determined without regard to the Participant's deferral rate under the Monsanto Company Savings and Investment Plan or the Monsanto Company ERISA Parity Savings and Investment Plan.

"NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange.

"Participant" means each Eligible Employee who has made a Deferral Election.

"Payment Date" for any particular Deferred Compensation means the date it would otherwise have been paid, if not subject to deferral under this Plan.

"People Committee" means the People and Compensation Committee of the Board or its delegate (to the extent appropriate in view of Sections 16(a) and 16(b) of the Act).

"Plan" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

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"Retirement" means a Participant's Termination of Employment after having attained age 55 and performed services through the fifth anniversary of the Participant's date of hire; provided, however, that with respect to Terminations of Employment prior to December 8, 2008, the term meant Termination of Employment after having attained age 50.

"Retirement Election" has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

"Section" means a section of this Plan.

"Share" means a share of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value.

"Stock Ownership Requirements" means the Monsanto Company Executive and Director Stock Ownership Requirements as the same may be amended from time to time.

"Stock Unit" means a hypothetical credit representing one Share.

"Stock Unit Account" means that portion of the Deferral Account that is measured by the performance of Shares.

"Subsidiary" means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, or other entity or enterprise that would be treated as a single employer with the Company under Code Section 414(b) or (c).

"Termination Date" for a Participant means the date such Participant experiences a Termination of Employment for any reason.

"Termination of Employment" shall mean a separation from service as defined under Code Section 409A and Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(h) (or any successor provision). For this purpose, a Participant shall have a Termination of Employment if the Participant ceases to be an employee of his Employer and all persons with whom the Employer shall be considered a single employer under Code Section 414(b) or (c) (the "Employer Group"). A Participant shall have a Termination of Employment if it is reasonably anticipated that no further services shall be performed by the Participant for the Employer Group, or that the level of services the Participant shall perform shall permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of services performed by the Participant over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the Participant's full period of service, if the Participant has been performing services for less than 36 months).

"United States" means the fifty states of the United States of America.

5.    DEFERRAL ELECTIONS. Each Eligible Employee shall be permitted to elect to participate in this Plan by making a Deferral Election in accordance with such procedures and subject to such limitations as may be established, consistent with Code Section 409A, by the Company from time to time. When making a Deferral Election, a Participant must elect in writing, upon a form provided by the Company, whether the Deferred Compensation subject to the Deferral Election will be credited to the Participant's Cash Account or the Participant's Stock Unit Account, or a combination of both, and must make a Delivery Election applicable to that Deferred Compensation in accordance with Section 7. A Deferral Election shall be made and shall become irrevocable no later than August 31 of the year prior to the year in which it applies or at such other time as may be determined by the Company consistent with Code Section 409A. If an Eligible Employee makes a Deferral Election but fails to elect whether the 

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Deferred Compensation subject to the Deferral Election shall be credited to the Participant's Cash Account and/or Stock Unit Account, such Deferred Compensation shall be credited to the Participant's Cash Account. A Deferral Election under this Section 5 cannot be changed or revoked after the last date of the period prescribed for making such Deferral Election

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, (a) no new Deferral Elections may be made under the Plan after August 31, 2009 by Eligible Employees who have Change in Control Employment Security Agreements with the Company (including for this purpose each of those individuals whose eligibility for such an agreement was approved by resolution of the Company's People and Compensation Committee dated June 8, 2010); and (b) no new Deferral Elections may be made under the Plan after August 31, 2010 by any other Eligible Employees. Deferral Elections made by Eligible Employees on or before August 31, 2009 or August 31, 2010, as applicable, with respect to Eligible Compensation paid in 2010 or 2011 shall continue to be given effect on and after that date in accordance with their terms. In addition, prior provisions of the Plan regarding automatic deferrals by Eligible Employees entering into Change in Control Employment Security Agreements with the Company after 2008 shall not apply for individuals who enter into such agreements on or after September 1, 2010, but, for individuals who enter into such agreements before September 1, 2010, such provisions shall continue to apply with respect to Eligible Compensation paid in 2010 and 2011, as applicable.

6.    DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS.

(a)    In General. The Company shall maintain a Deferral Account for each Participant, which shall be subdivided into a Cash Account and a Stock Unit Account. Each such Account shall be credited as of the relevant Payment Date with the amounts of all Deferred Compensation. Each Participant's Deferral Account shall be reduced by the amounts of all distributions as and when they are made pursuant to Section 7.

(b)    Cash Account. Each Participant's Cash Account shall be credited monthly with interest equivalents on the balance therein at the Interest Rate, as in effect from time to time.

(c)    Stock Unit Account. Whenever Deferred Compensation is credited to a Participant's Stock Unit Account, such Deferred Compensation shall be converted to a number of Stock Units equal to the amount of such Deferred Compensation divided by the average of the Fair Market Value of one Share for each of the ten consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the Payment Date. Whenever an ordinary cash dividend is paid, the Cash Account of each Participant who has a Stock Unit Account shall be credited with an amount of cash equal to (i) the number of Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account as of the record date of the dividend or other distribution multiplied by (ii) the per-share cash amount of such dividend.

(d)    Investment Election. The Company shall establish rules and procedures to allow each Participant to elect, during an annual election period that shall be specified from time to time by the Company, to have amounts credited to his or her Cash Account moved to his or her Stock Unit Account and vice versa.

(e)    Matching Contribution Equivalents. A Participant's Deferral Account shall be credited with Matching Contribution Equivalents as of the date the relevant matching contribution with respect to the Participant's Deferred Compensation would have been paid to the trustee under the Monsanto Company Savings and Investment Plan or the Monsanto Company ERISA Parity 

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Savings and Investment Plan, as applicable, had there been no deferral under this Plan. Matching Contribution Equivalents shall be credited to the Participant's Cash Account or Stock Unit Account, or a combination thereof, in accordance with the manner in which such Deferred Compensation is credited in accordance with Section 5.

(f)    No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, only full Stock Units may be credited to a Participant's Stock Unit Account, and any amounts that would otherwise be credited as a fractional Stock Unit shall instead be credited to (or remain in) the Participant's Cash Account.

7.    DISTRIBUTIONS OF ACCOUNT BALANCES.

(a)    Delivery Elections.

(i)    Timing of Deliveries. Each time a Participant makes an election to defer Eligible Compensation, he or she shall be provided the opportunity to make a Delivery Election in accordance with procedures established by the Company, consistent with Code Section 409A. A Delivery Election shall be made and shall become irrevocable at the same time as a Deferral Election under Section 5. Each such Delivery Election shall specify whether it is a Retirement Election or a Date Certain Election, which will determine (except to the extent otherwise set forth in this Section 7) the time or times at which the Deferred Compensation to which it relates, together with the interest and/or dividend equivalents credited thereto, shall be delivered. A "Retirement Election" means an election to have such delivery occur following the Participant's Retirement, as more fully described below. Each Retirement Election shall also specify whether deliveries pursuant to such Delivery Election shall be made in a lump sum or in monthly installments over a period of years as long as ten years, and whether such lump sum shall be paid, or such installments shall begin, during the next following January or July that is at least six month after the Participant's Termination Date on account of his or her Retirement or any subsequent January. A "Date Certain Election" means an election to have such delivery occur in a specified month and year (the applicable "Date Certain"), which must be later than the date on which the Deferred Compensation that is deferred would have been paid in full if no Deferral Election had been made. Payments of amounts subject to a Date Certain Election shall be made as soon as practicable after the date specified, and in all events by the later of (i) the end of the year in which the specified date falls and (ii) two and one-half months following the beginning of the month specified. A Delivery Election under this Section 7(a)(i) cannot be changed or revoked after the last date of the period prescribed for making a Deferral Election under Section 5.

(ii)    Form of Deliveries. A Participant who becomes entitled to receive delivery of his or her Stock Unit Account pursuant to a Date Certain Election or a Retirement Election shall be permitted to elect, in connection with such delivery, and in accordance with procedures established by the Company, consistent with Code Section 409A, to take such delivery (A) in the form of Shares equal to the number of Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account, or (B) in the form of a cash payment equal to the number of Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account multiplied by the Daily Closing Price of one Share as of (I) in the case of delivery pursuant to a Retirement Election, the Termination Date, and (II) in the case of delivery pursuant to a Date Certain Election, the applicable Date Certain. If the Participant fails to make such an election, any delivery pursuant to a Date Certain Election shall be made in the form of Shares and any delivery  pursuant to a Retirement Election shall be made in cash. Deliveries from a Cash Account, deliveries upon the death of the Participant, and 

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deliveries upon Termination of Employment other than a Retirement shall always be made in cash (with any Stock Units being converted to a cash equivalent based on the Daily Closing Price of Shares on the Participant's Termination Date or date of death, as applicable). In the case of cash payments pursuant to a Retirement Election, the Participant shall also receive interest equivalents on the amount of each cash payment at the applicable Interest Rate from the Termination Date through the date of payment.

(b)    Payment of Accounts. Any portion of a Participant's Deferral Account as to which a Date Certain Election is in effect shall be paid in accordance with such Date Certain Election; provided, however, if the Participant's Termination Date occurs before the applicable Date Certain, such amount shall be paid in a lump sum during the next following January 1 or July 1 that is at least six months following the Participant's Termination Date. Upon a Participant's Retirement, any portion of his or her Deferral Account as to which a Retirement Election is in effect shall be paid in accordance with Section 7(a) above relating to any such Retirement Election, and the remaining balance (if any) of his or her Deferral Account shall be paid in a single lump sum in cash during the next following January 1 or July 1 that is at least six months following the Participant's Termination Date. Upon a Participant's Termination of Employment other than a Retirement, the entire balance of his or her Deferral Account (whether subject to a Retirement Election or a Date Certain Election) shall be paid in a single lump sum, in cash, during the next following January 1 or July 1 that is at least six months following the Termination Date.

(c)    Death of Participant. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if a Participant dies before his or her entire Deferral Account has been paid, the remaining balance thereof shall be paid to his or her Beneficiaries as soon as practicable, but in no event more than 90 days following, the Participant's death in cash (with any Stock Units being converted to a cash equivalent based on the Daily Closing Price on the Participant's date of death).

(d)    Hardship Withdrawals. Upon the written request of a Participant or a Participant's legal representative, the Committee may (but shall not be required to) distribute, in the form of a cash payment, all or a portion of the Participant's Deferral Account, to the extent it determines to be necessary to alleviate a severe financial hardship to the Participant as a result of the illness or accidental injury of the Participant, the Participant's spouse, the Participant's beneficiary, or the Participant's dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Code Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), or (d)(1)(B)), a casualty loss of property not fully covered by insurance, or other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, (A) before making a distribution pursuant to this Section 7(d), the Committee shall first cancel any outstanding Deferral Election that the Participant has made with respect to Eligible Compensation for which the Payment Date has not yet occurred, and shall take such cancellation into account in determining whether and to what extent to make a such a distribution, and (B) a Participant who receives such a distribution shall not be permitted to make another Deferral Election until at least one year has elapsed from the date of such distribution. To the extent any cash payment needed for a hardship withdrawal is derived from a Participant's Stock Unit Account, the value of the Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account shall be determined based upon the Daily Closing Price as of the date the Committee grants the hardship withdrawal request. The determination of whether a Participant is entitled to a hardship withdrawal and the amount of the withdrawal permitted shall be made in accordance with Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(3) (or any successor provision). No hardship withdrawal shall be distributed during the period beginning with the Participant's Termination Date and ending with the first day of the seventh month following the Participant's Termination Date.

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(e)    Early Payment of Benefits. The Committee may authorize early payment of all or a portion of a Participant's Deferral Account to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(j)(4) (or any successor provision). Without limitation, payment may be accelerated:

(i)    To the extent necessary to fulfill a domestic relations order (as defined in Code Section 414(p)(1)(B));

(ii)    To pay any Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax imposed on compensation deferred under the Plan, to pay any federal, state, local, or foreign income tax imposed as a result of payment of the FICA tax amount, and to pay the additional income tax attributable to the pyramiding wages and taxes. The total payment may not exceed the aggregate FICA tax amount and the income tax withholding related to such FICA tax amount; or

(iii)    If the Plan fails to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A. The payment under this Section 7(e)(iii) may not exceed the amount required to be included in income as a result of such failure.

(f)    Reemployment. If a Participant who is receiving payments on account of Termination of Employment pursuant to Section 7 is reemployed by an Employer prior to the complete distribution of his or her Deferral Account, payment shall be made to the Participant at the scheduled time or times without regard to the Participant's reemployment. If the Participant is an Eligible Employee on reemployment or becomes an Eligible Employee after reemployment, the Participant shall be entitled to make Deferral Elections and a new Deferral Account shall be established reflecting post-reemployment amounts to which the Participant is entitled.

8.    BENEFICIARIES. Participants shall be provided with the opportunity to designate, in accordance with such procedures and subject to such limitations as may be established by the Company from time to time, the person or persons ("Beneficiaries") who will receive distributions of his or her interests in this Plan upon the death of the Participant (a "Beneficiary Designation"). Once made, a Beneficiary Designation may be superseded by another Beneficiary Designation. In the case of multiple Beneficiary Designations, the most recent valid Beneficiary Designation in effect as of the date of death shall be controlling. If a Participant does not have a valid Beneficiary Designation in effect as of the date of his or her death, his or her Beneficiary shall be his or her estate.

9.    ADMINISTRATION; AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

(a)The Company shall have full authority to establish, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan and to administer the Plan with respect to all Participants, generally. All ERISA related filing and disclosure requirements shall be the responsibility of and administered by the EBPC which shall also have the authority to construe the Plan and the rules and regulations hereunder in the case of benefit claims attributable to Participants who are not subject to Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Unless otherwise set forth to the contrary herein, the Plan and the rules and regulations hereunder shall be construed and interpreted by the Internal People Committee, or, to the extent necessary or appropriate, in view of Sections 16(a) and 16(b) of the Act, by the People Committee. The Company or the Committee, as appropriate, may delegate any of its authority, duties and responsibilities under the Plan to any other person, including any third party administrator selected by the Company. Any such delegation shall be in writing and shall specify the identity of the delegate and the responsibilities delegated to such person.

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(b)The Committee or its delegate may from time to time make such amendments to this Plan as it may deem proper and in the best interest of the Company, and it may terminate this Plan at any time; provided, that no such amendment or termination shall, without the consent of the affected Participant, reduce the amounts that have credited to any Deferral Account before such amendment or termination is approved by the Committee or accelerate or delay the payment of such amounts. Any changes hereunder to the timing of payment of such amounts shall be in accordance with Code section 409A.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, subject to the requirements of Code section 409A, the Committee may make such amendments to this Plan, to any procedures established under this Plan, and to any Deferral Election or Delivery Election hereunder, as it may determine to be necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation or requirement, including without limitation wage controls or guidelines. Such amendments need not apply uniformly to all Participants.

10.    CLAIMS PROCEDURES.

(a)Filing a Claim. Each individual who claims to be eligible for benefits under the Plan (a "Claimant") may submit a written claim for benefits (a "Claim") to the EBPC where the individual believes a benefit to which such individual is eligible has not been provided under the Plan. A Claim must be set forth in writing on a form provided or otherwise approved by the EBPC and must be submitted to the EBPC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Claim associated with a Claimant who is subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 must be submitted to the People Committee instead of the EBPC and the People Committee will apply the claim procedures described in this Section 10 in handling such Claim.

(b)Review of Claim. The EBPC shall evaluate each properly filed Claim and notify the Claimant of the approval or denial of the Claim within 90 days after the EBPC receives the Claim, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the Claim. If an extension of time for processing the Claim is required, the EBPC shall provide the Claimant with written notice of the extension before the expiration of the initial 90-day period, specifying the circumstances requiring an extension and the date by which a final decision will be reached (which date shall not be later than 180 days after the date on which the EBPC received the claim).

(c)Notice of Claim Denial. If a Claim is denied in whole or in part, the EBPC shall provide the Claimant with a written notice setting forth (i) the specific reasons for the denial, (ii) references to pertinent Plan provisions upon which the denial is based, (iii) a description of any additional material or information needed and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and (iv) the Claimant's right to seek review of the denial pursuant to subsection (d) below.

(d)Review of Claim Denial. If a Claim is denied, in whole or in part, the Claimant shall have the right to (i) request that the EBPC review the denial, (ii) review pertinent documents, and (iii) submit issues and comments in writing, provided that the Claimant files a written request for review with the EBPC within 60 days after the date on which the Claimant received written notice from the EBPC of the denial. Within 60 days after the EBPC receives a properly filed request for review, the EBPC shall conduct such review and advise the Claimant in writing of its decision on review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for conducting the review. If an extension of time for conducting the review is required, the EBPC shall provide the Claimant with written notice of the extension before the expiration of the initial 60-day period, specifying the 

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circumstances requiring an extension and the date by which such review shall be completed (which date shall not be later than 120 days after the date on which the EBPC received the request for review). The EBPC shall inform the Claimant of its decision on review in a written notice, setting forth the specific reason(s) for the decision and reference to Plan provisions upon which the decision is based and other required information. A decision on review shall be final and binding on all persons for all purposes.

(e)    Procedures Control. No Claimant or other individual may file any claim for benefits or request a review of a denial of any claim unless such person follows the provisions and timeframes of this Section. A Claimant or other individual shall not be entitled to bring any action in any court unless such person has exhausted such person's rights under this Section by timely submitting a Claim and requesting a review of a decision with respect to such Claim.

(f)    Compliance with Code Section 409A. Any claim for benefits under this Plan must be made by the Claimant no later than the time prescribed by Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(g) (or any successor provision). If a Claimant's claim or appeal is approved, any resulting payment of benefits will be made no later than the time prescribed for payment of benefits by Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(g) (or any successor provision).

11.    MISCELLANEOUS.

(a)Nothing contained in this Plan, or in any election form, booklet, summary plan description, prospectus or other document relating to, describing or referring to this Plan, shall be deemed to confer on any Eligible Employee or Participant the right to continue as an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or affect the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries to terminate the employment of any such person for any reason.

(b)The Company shall have the right to withhold from all payments pursuant to this Plan all taxes required by applicable law to be withheld. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall establish procedures for implementing such withholding by the withholding of Shares, that are otherwise distributable pursuant to this Plan. Taxes required by law to be withheld in the year of vesting shall be collected from the Participant in the year of vesting. The Company is authorized to satisfy any tax withholding in the year of vesting by deducting such taxes from any other compensation due the Participant, collecting from the Participant cash or a certified check, or through reduction of the Deferral Account in accordance with Section 7(e)(ii).

(c)This Plan and any actions taken hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the application of the conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Titles and headings to Sections are for purposes of reference only, and shall in no way limit, define or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of this Plan.

(d)It is presently intended that this Plan shall be unfunded. The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of amounts credited to Deferral Accounts under this Plan, and Participants shall at all times be general creditors of the Company with respect to such amounts.

(e)The rights and obligations under this Plan and any related documents shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Company, its successors and assigns, and the Participants and their Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Section 7(c) hereof regarding the death of a Participant, no bonus commitment, unpaid bonus award or any amount deferred shall be pledged 

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or transferred. If any Participant makes such a pledge or transfer in violation of this Plan, any obligation of the Company under this Plan to that Participant shall terminate.

(f)    The costs and expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company, and shall not be charged to any Deferral Account or to any Participant or Beneficiary.

(g)    In the event of any extraordinary or non-cash dividend, any change in corporate capitalization such as a stock split, any corporate transaction such as a merger, consolidation, separation, spin off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or not such reorganization comes within the definition of reorganization in Section 368 of the Code), or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Incentive Plan, the People Committee may (1) make appropriate substitution or adjustments in the number and kind of Shares represented by Stock Unit Accounts, (2) substitute securities of another entity for the Shares represented by Stock Unit Accounts, (3) convert Stock Unit Accounts to Cash Accounts based upon the value of the Shares as of a date determined by the People Committee, (4) credit appropriate dividend equivalent or similar amounts to Cash Accounts or Stock Unit Accounts, and/or (5) make such other equitable substitutions, adjustments and/or amendments to Stock Unit Accounts, Cash Accounts and this Plan as it may determine to be appropriate and consistent with Code Section 409A.

(h)    This Plan is intended to comply with Code Section 409A and shall be administered and construed consistent with Code Section 409A.

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APPENDIX A
MONSANTO COMPANY DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN

1.    NAME OF PLAN. This plan shall be known as the "The Monsanto Company Deferred Payment Plan" and is hereinafter referred to as this "Plan."

2.    PURPOSES OF PLAN. The purposes of this Plan are to enable Monsanto Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and its Subsidiaries to retain qualified individuals to serve as employees by providing a means for them to elect to defer payment of certain compensation on a pre-tax basis.

3.    EFFECTIVE DATE. This Plan was originally effective September 1, 2000. This Plan as amended and restated shall be effective as of January 1, 2004 (the "Effective Date").

4.    DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

"Beneficiaries" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.

"Beneficiary Designation" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

"Cash Account" means that portion of the Deferral Account that is credited monthly with interest credits at the Interest Rate.

"Committee" means the People Committee or the Internal People Committee, as the context may require, as more fully set forth in Section 9.

"Company" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

"Daily Closing Price" means, for any given date, the last reported per-share sales price for a Share during normal business hours on the New York Stock Exchange for the immediately preceding trading date, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

"Date Certain" has the meaning set forth in. Section 7(a).

"Date Certain Election" has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

"Deferral Account" means a bookkeeping account maintained by the Company for a Participant in accordance with Section 6, representing the amount the Participant is entitled to receive pursuant to this Plan. The "Deferral Account" is made up of both a "Cash Account" and a "Stock Unit Account."

"Deferral Election" means an election by a Participant to defer some or all of his or her Eligible Compensation under this Plan.

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"Deferred Compensation" means any Eligible Compensation that a Participant elects to defer in accordance with this Plan.

"Delivery Election" means an election by a Participant as to the time or times at which the balance in his or her Deferral Account will be distributed to the Participant.

"Eligible Compensation" means such portion or categories of the cash compensation payable to an Eligible Employee by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Company's Annual Incentive Plan or other cash compensation as the Committee shall determine from time to time; provided, that Eligible Compensation shall exclude the amount necessary to satisfy the tax withholding obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to Deferred Compensation if such obligation is not otherwise satisfied by the Eligible Employee.

"Eligible Employee" means an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who (i) is designated by the Company as having an M05 classification or above and is a either a citizen of the United States residing in the United States or an employee permanently assigned to the United States or (ii) is designated by the Committee as an Eligible Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may from time to time determine to exclude any such individual from the definition of "Eligible Employee".

"Executive Participant" means a Participant who is subject to the Company's Stock Ownership Requirements.

"Fair Market Value" means, for any given date, the average of the highest and lowest per-share sales prices for Shares during normal business hours on the New York Stock Exchange for the immediately preceding trading date, as reported by such source as the Committee may select.

"Internal People Committee" means the Monsanto Company Internal People Committee.

"Interest Rate" for a calendar year means the average Moody's Baa Bond Index Rate in effect during the prior calendar year, or such other rate as may specified by the People Committee from time to time.

"Matching Contribution Equivalents" means an amount equivalent to that portion of the benefit which would have been payable to or contributed on behalf of a Participant by the Company under the provisions of the Monsanto Company Savings and Investment Plan or the Monsanto Company ERISA Parity Savings and Investment Plan, as the case may be, but for a Participant's election to defer all or a portion of his Eligible Compensation attributable to the Annual Incentive Plan under this Plan.

"Participant" means each Eligible Employee who has made a Deferral Election and each employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries who made a Prior Election and whose participation in the Prior Plan was transferred to this Plan.

"Payment Date" for any particular Deferred Compensation means the date it would otherwise have been paid, if it had not been subject to a Deferral Election or a Prior Election, as applicable.

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"People Committee" means the People and Compensation Committee of the Board.

"Plan" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

"Prior Election" means an election made by a Participant under the Prior Plan to defer all or a portion of his or her compensation payable by Pharmacia Corporation in accordance with the Prior Plan. Each Participant's deferral election in effect under the Prior Plan shall be deemed a valid deferral election under this Plan and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.

"Prior Plan" means the Deferred Payment Plan maintained by Pharmacia Corporation for any year prior to and including 2000.

"Retirement" of a Participant means the Participant's Termination of Employment after the Participant has reached age 50.

"Retirement Election" has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

"Section" means a section of this Plan.

"Share" means a share of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value.

"Stock Ownership Requirements" means the Monsanto Company Executive and Director Stock Ownership Requirements as the same may be amended from time to time.

"Stock Unit" means a hypothetical credit representing one Share.

"Stock Unit Account" means that portion of the Deferral Account that is measured by the performance of Shares.

"Subsidiary" means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, or other entity or enterprise of which the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the outstanding shares of stock normally entitled to vote for the election of directors, or of comparable equity participation and voting power, and (ii) any other entity designated by the Committee as a Subsidiary.

"Termination Date" for a Participant means the date such Participant experiences a Termination of Employment for any reason.

"Termination of Employment" of a Participant occurs when the Participant is no longer either an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation because the entity that employs the Participant has ceased to be a Subsidiary.

"United States" means the fifty states of the United States of America

5.    DEFERRAL ELECTIONS. Each Eligible Employee shall be permitted to elect to participate in this Plan by making a Deferral Election in accordance with such procedures and subject to such limitations as may be established by the Committee from time to time. When making a Deferral Election, a Participant must elect in writing, upon a form provided by the Committee or its delegate, whether the Deferred Compensation subject to the Deferral Election will be credited to the Participant's 

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Cash Account or the Participant's Stock Unit Account, or a combination of both, and must make a Delivery Election applicable to that Deferred Compensation in accordance with Section 7. If an Eligible Employee makes a Deferral Election but fails to elect whether the Deferred Compensation subject to the Deferral Election shall be credited to the Participant's Cash Account and/or Stock Unit Account, such Deferred Compensation shall be credited to the Participant's Cash Account.

6.    DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS.

(a)In General. The Company shall maintain a Deferral Account for each Participant, which shall be subdivided into a Cash Account and a Stock Unit Account; provided, that the balance of each Participant's Deferral Account as of the Effective Date shall be considered to be invested in the Cash Account. Each such Account shall be credited as of the relevant Payment Date with the amounts of all Deferred Compensation, including to the extent applicable Deferred Compensation pursuant to a Prior Election. Each Participant's Deferral Account shall be reduced by the amounts of all distributions as and when they are made pursuant to Section 7.

(b)Cash Account. Each Participant's Cash Account shall be credited monthly with interest equivalents on the balance therein at the Interest Rate, as in effect from time to time.

(c)Stock Unit Account. Whenever Deferred Compensation is credited to a Participant's Stock Unit Account, such Deferred Compensation shall be converted to a number of Stock Units equal to the amount of such Deferred Compensation divided by the average of the Fair Market Value of one Share for each of the ten consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the Payment Date. Whenever an ordinary cash dividend is paid, the Cash Account of each Participant who has a Stock Unit Account shall be credited with an amount of cash equal to (i) the number of Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account as of the record date of the dividend or other distribution multiplied by (ii) the per-share cash amount of such dividend.

(d)Investment Election. The Committee shall establish rules and procedures to allow each Participant to elect, during an annual election period that shall be specified from time to time by the Committee, to have amounts credited to his or her Cash Account moved to his or her Stock Unit Account and vice versa. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Executive Participant must receive prior written approval from both the Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel of the Company to transfer deferred amounts from his or her Stock Unit Account to his or her Cash Account if such transfer would decrease the Executive Participant's ownership level below the Company's Stock Ownership Requirements; provided, that if the Executive Participant in question is the Chief Executive Officer or the General Counsel, the Executive Participant must receive the prior written approval to make such transfer from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company as well as that of the General Counsel or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable.

(e)    Matching Contribution Equivalents. A Participant's Deferral Account shall be credited with Matching Contribution Equivalents to the extent such Participant's Deferred Compensation which relates to Eligible Compensation payable under the Annual Incentive Plan would have been eligible for a Company matching contribution under the Monsanto Company Savings and Investment Plan or the Monsanto Company ERISA Parity Savings and Investment Plan. Matching Contribution Equivalents shall be credited, as of the date the relevant matching contribution would have been paid to the trustee under the Monsanto Company Savings and Investment Plan or the Monsanto Company ERISA Parity Savings and Investment Plan, as applicable, to the Participant's Cash Account or 

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Stock Unit Account, or a combination thereof, in accordance with the manner in which the Deferred Compensation to which it relates is credited in accordance with Section 5.

(f)    No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, only full Stock Units may be credited to a Participant's Stock Unit Account, and any amounts that would otherwise be credited as a fractional Stock Unit shall instead be credited to (or remain in) the Participant's Cash Account.

7.    DISTRIBUTIONS OF ACCOUNT BALANCES.

(a)    Delivery Elections.

(i)    Timing of Deliveries. Each time a Participant makes an election to defer Eligible Compensation, he or she shall be provided the opportunity to make a Delivery Election in accordance with procedures established by the Committee. Each such Delivery Election shall specify whether it is a Retirement Election or a Date Certain Election, which will determine (except to the extent otherwise set forth in this Section 7) the time or times at which the Deferred Compensation to which it relates, together with the interest and/or dividend equivalents credited thereto, shall be delivered. A "Retirement Election" means an election to have such delivery occur following the Participant's Retirement, as more fully described below. Each Retirement Election shall also specify whether deliveries pursuant to such Delivery Election shall be made in a lump sum or in installments, as more fully explained below, and whether such lump sum shall be paid, or such installments shall begin, during the January next following the date of the Participant's Termination Date on account of his or her Retirement or any subsequent January. A "Date Certain Election" means an election to have such delivery occur as promptly as practicable following a specified date (the applicable "Date Certain"), which must be later than the date on which the Deferred Compensation that is deferred would have been paid in full if no Deferral Election had been made. Once made, Delivery Elections shall be irrevocable.

(ii)    Form of Deliveries. A Participant who becomes entitled to receive delivery of his or her Stock Unit Account pursuant to a Date Certain Election or a Retirement Election shall be permitted to elect, in connection with such delivery, and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, to take such delivery (A) in the form of Shares equal to the number of Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account, or (B) in the form of a cash payment equal to the number of Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account multiplied by the Daily Closing Price of one Share as of (I) in the case of delivery pursuant to a Retirement Election, the Termination Date, and (II) in the case of delivery pursuant to a Date Certain Election, the applicable Date Certain. If the Participant fails to make such an election, any delivery pursuant to a Date Certain Election shall be made in the form of Shares and any delivery pursuant to a Retirement Election shall be made in cash. Deliveries from a Cash Account, deliveries upon the death of the Participant, and deliveries upon Termination of Employment other than a Retirement shall always be made in cash (with any Stock Units being converted to a cash equivalent based on the Daily Closing Price of Shares on the Participant's Termination Date or date of death, as applicable). In the case of cash payments pursuant to a Retirement Election, the Participant shall also receive interest on the amount of each cash payment at the applicable Interest Rate from the Termination Date through the date of payment.

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(iii)    Amounts that are deferred under this Plan pursuant to a Prior Election shall be treated as subject to a Retirement Election or a Date Certain Election, as specified in the Prior Election.

(b)    Payment of Accounts. Any portion of a Participant's Deferral Account as to which a Date Certain Election is in effect shall be paid in accordance with such Date Certain Election, unless the Participant's Termination Date occurs before the applicable Date Certain. Upon a Participant's Retirement, any portion of his or her Deferral Account as to which a Retirement Election is in effect shall be paid in accordance Section 7(a) above relating to any such Retirement Election, and the remaining balance (if any) of his or her Deferral Account shall be paid in a single lump sum in cash as soon as reasonably practicable following the Termination Date. Upon a Participant's Termination of Employment other than a Retirement, the entire balance of his or her Deferral Account (whether subject to a Retirement Election or a Date Certain Election) shall be paid in a single lump sum, in cash, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Termination Date.

(c)    Death of Participant. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if a Participant dies before his or her entire Deferral Account has been paid, the remaining balance thereof shall be paid to his or her Beneficiaries as soon as practicable in cash (with any Stock Units being converted to a cash equivalent based on the Daily Closing Price on the Participant's date of death).

(d)    Hardship Withdrawals. Upon the written request of a Participant or a Participant's legal representative, the Committee may (but shall not be required to) distribute, in the form of a cash payment, all or a portion of the Participant's Deferral Account, to the extent it determines to be necessary (i) to alleviate an unforeseeable financial hardship to the Participant as a result of the illness or accidental injury of the Participant or a dependent of the Participant, a casualty loss of property not fully covered by insurance, or other similar financial hardship caused by unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of the Participant or (ii) as a result of the Participant's total and permanent disability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, (A) before making a distribution pursuant to this Section 7(d), the Committee shall first cancel any outstanding Deferral Election that the Participant has made with respect to Eligible Compensation for which the Payment Date has not yet occurred, and shall take such cancellation into account in determining whether and to what extent to make a such a distribution, and (B) a Participant who receives such a distribution shall not be permitted to make another Deferral Election until at least one year has elapsed from the date of such distribution. To the extent any cash payment needed for a hardship withdrawal is derived from a Participant's Stock Unit Account, the value of the Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account shall be determined based upon the Daily Closing Price as of the date the Committee grants the hardship withdrawal request.

8.    BENEFICIARIES. Participants shall be provided with the opportunity to designate, in accordance with such procedures and subject to such limitations as may be established by the Committee from time to time, the person or persons ("Beneficiaries") who will receive distributions of his or her interests in this Plan upon the death of the Participant (a "Beneficiary Designation"). Once made, a Beneficiary Designation may be superseded by another Beneficiary Designation. In the case of multiple Beneficiary Designations, the most recent valid Beneficiary Designation in effect as of the date of death shall be controlling. If a Participant does not have a valid Beneficiary Designation in effect as of the date of his or her death, his or her Beneficiary shall be his or her estate.

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9.    ADMINISTRATION; AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

(a)The Internal People Committee shall have full authority to establish, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan and administer this Plan with respect to all Participants, generally. Unless otherwise set forth to the contrary herein, this Plan and the rules and regulations hereunder shall be construed and interpreted by the Internal People Committee, or, to the extent necessary or appropriate in view of Sections 16(a) and 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by the People Committee. The Committee may delegate any of its authority, duties and responsibilities under this Plan to any other person. Any such delegation shall be in writing and shall specify the identity of the delegate and the responsibilities delegated to such person.

(b)The People Committee may from time to time make such amendments to this Plan as it may deem proper and in the best interest of the Company, and it may terminate this Plan at any time; provided, that no such amendment or termination shall, without the consent of the affected Participant, reduce the amounts that have credited to any Deferral Account before such amendment or termination is approved by the People Committee or accelerate or delay the payment of such amounts.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Committee may make such amendments to this Plan, to any procedures established under this Plan, and to any Deferral Election or Delivery Election hereunder, as it may determine to be necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation or requirement, including without limitation wage controls or guidelines. Such amendments need not apply uniformly to all Participants.

10.    MISCELLANEOUS.

(a)    Nothing contained in this Plan, or in any election form, booklet, summary plan description, prospectus or other document relating to, describing or referring to this Plan, shall be deemed to confer on any Eligible Employee or Participant the right to continue as an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or affect the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries to terminate the employment of any such person for any reason.

(b)    The Company shall have the right to withhold from all payments pursuant to this Plan all taxes required by applicable law to be withheld. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall establish procedures for implementing such withholding by the withholding of Shares that are otherwise distributable pursuant to this Plan.

(c)    This Plan and any actions taken hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the application of the conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Titles and headings to Sections are for purposes of reference only, and shall in no way limit, define or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of this Plan.

(d)    It is presently intended that this Plan shall be unfunded. The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of amounts credited to Deferral Accounts under this Plan, and Participants shall at all times be general creditors of the Company with respect to such amounts.

(e)    The rights and obligations under this Plan and any related documents shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Company, its successors and assigns, and the Participants and their Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Section 7(c) hereof regarding the death of a 

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Participant, no bonus commitment, unpaid bonus award or any amount deferred shall be pledged or transferred. If any Participant makes such a pledge or transfer in violation of this Plan, any obligation of the Company under this Plan to that Participant shall terminate.

(f)    The costs and expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company, and shall not be charged to any Deferral Account or to any Participant or Beneficiary.

(g)    In the event of any extraordinary or non-cash dividend, any change in corporate capitalization such as a stock split, any corporate transaction such as a merger, consolidation, separation, spin off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or not such reorganization comes within the definition of reorganization in Section 368 of the Code), or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Incentive Plan, the People Committee may (1) make appropriate substitution or adjustments in the number and kind of Shares represented by Stock Unit Accounts, (2) substitute securities of another entity for the Shares represented by Stock Unit Accounts, (3) convert Stock Unit Accounts to Cash Accounts based upon the value of the Shares as of a date determined by the People Committee, (4) credit appropriate dividend equivalent or similar amounts to Cash Accounts or Stock Unit Accounts, and/or (5) make such other equitable substitutions, adjustments and/or amendments to Stock Unit Accounts, Cash Accounts and this Plan as it may determine to be appropriate.

19Exhibit 4.1

 

	
 
    

 

COBIZ FINANCIAL INC.,

 

as Issuer

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of June 25, 2015

 

 

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Trustee

 

	
 
    

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY   REFERENCE
    	
 
    	
1
    
	
Section 1.1
    	
Definitions
    	
 
    	
1
    
	
Section 1.2
    	
Other Definitions
    	
 
    	
5
    
	
Section 1.3
    	
Incorporation by Reference of   Trust Indenture Act
    	
 
    	
6
    
	
Section 1.4
    	
Rules Of Construction
    	
 
    	
6
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES
    	
 
    	
6
    
	
Section 2.1
    	
Issuable In Series
    	
 
    	
6
    
	
Section 2.2
    	
Establishment Of Terms Of   Series Of Securities
    	
 
    	
7
    
	
Section 2.3
    	
Execution and Authentication
    	
 
    	
8
    
	
Section 2.4
    	
Registrar and Paying Agent
    	
 
    	
9
    
	
Section 2.5
    	
Paying   Agent to Hold Money in Trust
    	
 
    	
10
    
	
Section 2.6
    	
Securityholder Lists
    	
 
    	
10
    
	
Section 2.7
    	
Transfer and Exchange
    	
 
    	
11
    
	
Section 2.8
    	
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and   Stolen Securities
    	
 
    	
11
    
	
Section 2.9
    	
Outstanding Securities
    	
 
    	
12
    
	
Section 2.10
    	
Treasury Securities
    	
 
    	
12
    
	
Section 2.11
    	
Temporary Securities
    	
 
    	
12
    
	
Section 2.12
    	
Cancellation
    	
 
    	
13
    
	
Section 2.13
    	
Defaulted Interest
    	
 
    	
13
    
	
Section 2.14
    	
Global Securities
    	
 
    	
13
    
	
Section 2.15
    	
CUSIP Numbers
    	
 
    	
14
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE III REDEMPTION
    	
 
    	
15
    
	
Section 3.1
    	
Notice To Trustee
    	
 
    	
15
    
	
Section 3.2
    	
Selection of Securities to be   Redeemed
    	
 
    	
15
    
	
Section 3.3
    	
Notice of Redemption
    	
 
    	
15
    
	
Section 3.4
    	
Effect of Notice of Redemption
    	
 
    	
16
    
	
Section 3.5
    	
Deposit of Redemption Price
    	
 
    	
16
    
	
Section 3.6
    	
Securities Redeemed in Part
    	
 
    	
16
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS
    	
 
    	
16
    
	
Section 4.1
    	
Payment of Principal and   Interest
    	
 
    	
16
    
	
Section 4.2
    	
Commission Reports
    	
 
    	
17
    
	
Section 4.3
    	
Compliance Certificate
    	
 
    	
17
    
	
Section 4.4
    	
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
    	
 
    	
17
    
	
Section 4.5
    	
Corporate Existence
    	
 
    	
17
    
	
Section 4.6
    	
Taxes
    	
 
    	
18
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE V SUCCESSORS
    	
 
    	
18
    
	
Section 5.1
    	
When Company May Merge,   Etc.
    	
 
    	
18
    
	
Section 5.2
    	
Successor Corporation   Substituted
    	
 
    	
18
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
    	
 
    	
19
    
	
Section 6.1
    	
Events of Default
    	
 
    	
19
    

 

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Section 6.2
    	
Acceleration of Maturity
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
Section 6.3
    	
Collection Of Indebtedness And   Suits For Enforcement By Trustee
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
Section 6.4
    	
Trustee May File Proofs Of   Claim
    	
 
    	
21
    
	
Section 6.5
    	
Trustee May Enforce Claims   Without Possession Of Securities
    	
 
    	
22
    
	
Section 6.6
    	
Application of Money Collected
    	
 
    	
22
    
	
Section 6.7
    	
Limitation On Suits
    	
 
    	
22
    
	
Section 6.8
    	
Unconditional Right of Holders   to Receive Principal and Interest
    	
 
    	
23
    
	
Section 6.9
    	
Restoration of Rights and   Remedies
    	
 
    	
23
    
	
Section 6.10
    	
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
    	
 
    	
23
    
	
Section 6.11
    	
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
    	
 
    	
23
    
	
Section 6.12
    	
Control by Holders
    	
 
    	
24
    
	
Section 6.13
    	
Waiver Of Past Defaults
    	
 
    	
24
    
	
Section 6.14
    	
Undertaking For Costs
    	
 
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE
    	
 
    	
25
    
	
Section 7.1
    	
Duties of Trustee
    	
 
    	
25
    
	
Section 7.2
    	
Rights of Trustee
    	
 
    	
26
    
	
Section 7.3
    	
Individual Rights of Trustee
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 7.4
    	
Trustee’s Disclaimer
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 7.5
    	
Notice Of Defaults
    	
 
    	
28
    
	
Section 7.6
    	
Reports by Trustee to Holders
    	
 
    	
28
    
	
Section 7.7
    	
Compensation and Indemnity
    	
 
    	
28
    
	
Section 7.8
    	
Replacement of Trustee
    	
 
    	
29
    
	
Section 7.9
    	
Successor Trustee by Merger,   Etc.
    	
 
    	
30
    
	
Section 7.10
    	
Eligibility; Disqualification
    	
 
    	
30
    
	
Section 7.11
    	
Referential Collection of   Claims Against Company
    	
 
    	
30
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VIII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE;   DEFEASANCE
    	
 
    	
30
    
	
Section 8.1
    	
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
    	
 
    	
30
    
	
Section 8.2
    	
Application of Trust Funds;   Indemnification
    	
 
    	
31
    
	
Section 8.3
    	
[Reserved]
    	
 
    	
31
    
	
Section 8.4
    	
Repayment to Company
    	
 
    	
31
    
	
Section 8.5
    	
Effect on Subordination   Provisions
    	
 
    	
32
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
    	
 
    	
32
    
	
Section 9.1
    	
Without Consent of Holders
    	
 
    	
32
    
	
Section 9.2
    	
With Consent of Holders
    	
 
    	
33
    
	
Section 9.3
    	
Limitations
    	
 
    	
33
    
	
Section 9.4
    	
Compliance With Trust Indenture   Act
    	
 
    	
34
    
	
Section 9.5
    	
Revocation and Effect of   Consents
    	
 
    	
34
    
	
Section 9.6
    	
Notation on or Exchange of   Securities
    	
 
    	
34
    
	
Section 9.7
    	
Trustee Protected
    	
 
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
    	
 
    	
35
    
	
Section 10.1
    	
Trust Indenture Act Controls
    	
 
    	
35
    
	
Section 10.2
    	
Notices
    	
 
    	
35
    
	
Section 10.3
    	
Communication by Holders with   Other Holders
    	
 
    	
36
    

 

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Section 10.4
    	
Certificate and Opinion as to   Conditions Precedent
    	
 
    	
36
    
	
Section 10.5
    	
Statements Required in   Certificate or Opinion
    	
 
    	
36
    
	
Section 10.6
    	
Rules by Trustee and   Agents
    	
 
    	
36
    
	
Section 10.7
    	
Legal Holidays
    	
 
    	
36
    
	
Section 10.8
    	
No Recourse Against Others
    	
 
    	
37
    
	
Section 10.9
    	
Counterparts
    	
 
    	
37
    
	
Section 10.10
    	
Governing Laws
    	
 
    	
37
    
	
Section 10.11
    	
No Adverse Interpretation of   Other Agreements
    	
 
    	
37
    
	
Section 10.12
    	
Successors
    	
 
    	
37
    
	
Section 10.13
    	
Severability
    	
 
    	
37
    
	
Section 10.14
    	
Table of Contents, Headings,   Etc.
    	
 
    	
37
    
	
Section 10.15
    	
USA Patriot Act
    	
 
    	
37
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XI [RESERVED]
    	
 
    	
38
    
	
ARTICLE XII SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
    	
 
    	
38
    
	
Section 12.1
    	
Agreement of Subordination
    	
 
    	
38
    
	
Section 12.2
    	
Payments to Holders
    	
 
    	
38
    
	
Section 12.3
    	
Subrogation of Securities
    	
 
    	
41
    
	
Section 12.4
    	
Authorization to Effect   Subordination
    	
 
    	
42
    
	
Section 12.5
    	
Notice to Trustee
    	
 
    	
42
    
	
Section 12.6
    	
Trustee’s Relation to Senior   Indebtedness
    	
 
    	
43
    
	
Section 12.7
    	
No Impairment of Subordination
    	
 
    	
43
    
	
Section 12.8
    	
Article Applicable to   Paying Agents
    	
 
    	
43
    
	
Section 12.9
    	
Senior Indebtedness Entitled to   Rely
    	
 
    	
43
    

 

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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE

 

	
Trust Indenture
    	
 
    	
Indenture
    
	
Act Section
    	
 
    	
Section
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 310
    	
 (a)(1)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
 
    	
 (a)(2)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
 
    	
 (a)(3)
    	
 
    	
N/A
    
	
 
    	
 (a)(4)
    	
 
    	
N/A
    
	
 
    	
(a)(5)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
Section 311 
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
7.11
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.11
    
	
 
    	
(c)
    	
 
    	
N/A
    
	
Section 312 
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
2.6
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
10.3
    
	
 
    	
(c)
    	
 
    	
10.3
    
	
Section 313 
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
7.6
    
	
 
    	
(b)(1)
    	
 
    	
7.6
    
	
 
    	
(b)(2)
    	
 
    	
7.6
    
	
 
    	
(c)(1)
    	
 
    	
7.6
    
	
 
    	
(d)
    	
 
    	
7.6
    
	
Section 314 
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
4.2, 10.5
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
N/A
    
	
 
    	
(c)(1)
    	
 
    	
10.4
    
	
 
    	
(c)(2)
    	
 
    	
10.4
    
	
 
    	
(c)(3)
    	
 
    	
N/A
    
	
 
    	
(d)
    	
 
    	
N/A
    
	
 
    	
(e)
    	
 
    	
10.5
    
	
 
    	
(f)
    	
 
    	
N/A
    
	
Section 315 
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
7.1
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.5
    
	
 
    	
(c)
    	
 
    	
7.1
    
	
 
    	
(d)
    	
 
    	
7.1
    
	
 
    	
(e)
    	
 
    	
6.14
    
	
Section 316 
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
2.10
    
	
 
    	
(a)(1)(A)
    	
 
    	
6.12
    
	
 
    	
(a)(1)(B)
    	
 
    	
6.13
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
6.8
    
	
Section 317 
    	
(a)(1)
    	
 
    	
6.3
    
	
 
    	
(a)(2)
    	
 
    	
6.4
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
2.5
    
	
Section 318 
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
10.1
    

 

*                 This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE dated as of June 25, 2015 between COBIZ FINANCIAL INC., a Colorado corporation (“Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (“Trustee”).

 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture:

 

ARTICLE I
 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.1                                   Definitions.

 

“Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified herein or therein and which are owing to such Holders.

 

“Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise.

 

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.

 

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used.  If it shall be impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof that is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.

 

“Bearer” means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security.

 

“Bearer Security” means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that does not provide for the identification of the Holder thereof.

 

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

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

 

 

“Business Day” means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of equity.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

 

“Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee identified in Section 10.2 hereof, as may be changed from time to time in accordance with Section 10.2.

 

“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

“Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depository for such Series by the Company, which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depository” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities of such Series.

 

“Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

 

“Dollars” and “$” means the currency of The United States of America.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect as of the date of determination.

 

“Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.

 

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“Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.

 

“indebtedness” means, with respect to any person, and without duplication, (a) all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person for borrowed money, including overdrafts, foreign exchange contracts, currency exchange agreements, interest rate protection agreements, and any loans or advances from banks or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or to only a portion thereof), other than any account payable or other accrued current liability or obligation incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services, (b) all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances, (c) all obligations and liabilities in respect of leases of such person required in conformity with GAAP to be accounted for as capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet of such person, (d) all obligations and other liabilities under any lease or related document in connection with the lease of real property which provides that such person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third party to purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a minimum residual value of the leased property to the lessor and such person’s obligations under the lease or related document to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase the leased property, (e) all obligations of such person with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase agreement or other similar instrument or agreement, (f) all direct or indirect guarantees or similar agreements by such person in respect of, and obligations or liabilities of such person to purchase, acquire or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of others of the type described in clauses (a) through (e), (g) any indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses (a) through (f) secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by such person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by such person and (h) any and all refinancings, replacements, deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (a) through (g).

 

“Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

 

“interest” with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

 

“Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise.

 

“Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

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“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.  The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

 

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

 

“principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.

 

“Representative” means the (a) indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Indebtedness or (b) with respect to any Senior Indebtedness that does not have any such trustee, agent or other representative, (i) in the case of such Senior Indebtedness issued pursuant to an agreement providing for voting arrangements as among the holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness, any holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness acting with the consent of the required persons necessary to bind such holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness and (ii) in the case of all other such Senior Indebtedness, the holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

“Responsible Officer” any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters in the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office or to whom a matter concerning the Indenture may be referred.

 

“Securities” means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

“Senior Indebtedness” means the principal, premium, if any, interest, including any interest accruing after bankruptcy, and rent or termination payment on or other amounts due on our current or future Indebtedness, whether created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by us, including any deferrals, renewals, extensions, refundings, amendments, modifications or supplements to the above.  However, Senior Indebtedness does not include:  (i) indebtedness that expressly provides that it shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities or expressly provides that it is on the same basis or junior to the Securities; (ii) our indebtedness to any of our majority-owned subsidiaries; and (iii) the Securities.

 

“Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.

 

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

 

“Subsidiary” of any specified person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power

 

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of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

“Trustee” means the person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.

 

“U.S.  Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, and which in the case of (i) and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S.  Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S.  Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.  Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

Section 1.2       Other Definitions.

 

	
Term
    	
 
    	
Defined in Section
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
“Bankruptcy Law”
    	
 
    	
6.1
    
	
“Custodian”
    	
 
    	
6.1
    
	
“Event of Default”
    	
 
    	
6.1
    
	
“Legal Holiday”
    	
 
    	
10.7
    
	
“Paying Agent”
    	
 
    	
2.4
    
	
“Payment Blockage Notice
    	
 
    	
12.2
    
	
“Registrar”
    	
 
    	
2.4
    
	
“Service Agent”
    	
 
    	
2.4
    
	
“successor person”
    	
 
    	
5.1
    

 

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Section 1.3                                   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.  The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

“indenture securities” means the Securities.

 

“indenture security holder” means a Securityholder.

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

 

Section 1.4                                   Rules Of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)                                 a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(b)                                 an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)                                  “or” is not exclusive;

 

(d)                                 words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and

 

(e)                                  provisions apply to successive events and transactions.

 

ARTICLE II

 

THE SECURITIES

 

Section 2.1                                   Issuable In Series.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.  The Securities may be issued in one or more Series.  All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution.  In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to

 

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authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined.  Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, but all Securities issued hereunder shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article XII, to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company.

 

Section 2.2                                   Establishment Of Terms Of Series Of Securities.

 

At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.17) by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate:

 

2.2.1.                  the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);

 

2.2.2.                  the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;

 

2.2.3.                  any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);

 

2.2.4.                  the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;

 

2.2.5.                  the rate or rates (which may be fixed and/or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;

 

2.2.6.                  the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

 

2.2.7.                  if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

 

2.2.8.                  the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions

 

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upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

2.2.9.                  if applicable, the period or periods within which, and the price or prices at which, the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;

 

2.2.10.           if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;

 

2.2.11.           the forms of the Securities of the Series in Bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities);

 

2.2.12.           if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;

 

2.2.13.           the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series;

 

2.2.14.           any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;

 

2.2.15.           any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;

 

2.2.16.           any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series); and

 

2.2.17.           any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed herein.

 

All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

Section 2.3                                   Execution and Authentication.

 

Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

 

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A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.  The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order.  Such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing.  Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.

 

Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.

 

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be taken lawfully; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Vice Presidents shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities.  An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so.  Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.  An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Section 2.4                                   Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be made or served (“Service Agent”).  The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address,

 

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and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent.  The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent.

 

The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.

 

Section 2.5                                   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment.  While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money.  If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.

 

Section 2.6                                   Securityholder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a).  If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities.

 

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Section 2.7                                   Transfer and Exchange.

 

Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met.  To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities of the same Series at the Registrar’s request.  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).

 

Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

 

Section 2.8                                   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time

 

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enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.

 

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

 

Section 2.9                                   Outstanding Securities.

 

The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.

 

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.

 

If the Paying Agent holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

 

A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

 

Section 2.10                            Treasury Securities.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities of a Series owned by the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

Section 2.11                            Temporary Securities.

 

Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order.  Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities.  Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of

 

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the same Series and date of Maturity in exchange for temporary Securities.  Until so exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.

 

Section 2.12                            Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.  The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and deliver such canceled Securities to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs; provided that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy Securities.  The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.13                            Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date.  The Company shall fix the record date and payment date.  At least 10 days before the record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.  The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

 

Section 2.14                            Global Securities.

 

2.14.1.  Terms Of Securities.  A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository for such Global Security or Securities.

 

2.14.2.  Transfer And Exchange.  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depository for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depository registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing.  Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities of the same Series registered in such names as the Depository shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.

 

Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository, by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such

 

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Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.

 

2.14.3.  Legend.  Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository.  This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.”

 

2.14.4.  Acts Of Holders.  The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.

 

2.14.5.  Payments.  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.

 

2.14.6.  Consents, Declaration And Directions.  Except as provided in Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depository with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Section 2.15                            CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

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ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.1                                   Notice To Trustee.

 

The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities.  If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed.  The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

 

Section 3.2                                   Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

 

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.  The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption.  The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have denominations larger than $2,000.  Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof.  Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.

 

Section 3.3                                   Notice of Redemption.

 

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail or send electronically in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository in the case of Global Securities, to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper.

 

The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(a)                                 the redemption date;

 

(b)                                 the redemption price;

 

(c)                                  the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

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(d)                                 that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(e)                                  that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(f)                                   the CUSIP number, if any; and

 

(g)                                  any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.

 

At the Company’s written request delivered at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (unless the Trustee shall agree to a shorter period), the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.

 

Section 3.4                                   Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price.  Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price including accrued interest to the redemption date, provided that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the redemption date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities (or one or more predecessor Securities) registered at the close of business on the relevant record date therefor according to their terms and the terms of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.5                                   Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all Securities to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 3.6                                   Securities Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same Maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

 

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.1                                   Payment of Principal and Interest.

 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

 

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Section 4.2                                   Commission Reports.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the Commission copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).  Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).

 

Section 4.3                                   Compliance Certificate.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his/her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he may have knowledge).

 

The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.4                                   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 4.5                                   Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company, except as provided in Section 5.1; provided,

 

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however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

Section 4.6                                   Taxes.

 

The Company shall pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

 

ARTICLE V

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.1                                   When Company May Merge, Etc.

 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a “successor person”) unless:

 

(a)                                 the Company is the surviving corporation or the successor person (if other than the Company) is a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture; and

 

(b)                                 immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and the related supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and such supplemental indenture is enforceable against such successor person.

 

Section 5.2                                   Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, conveyance or other disposition (other than a lease) shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

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ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.1                                   Events of Default.

 

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:

 

(a)                                 default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or

 

(b)                                 default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Security of that Series, when due and payable; or

 

(c)                                  default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any Security of that Series; or

 

(d)                                 default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty for which the consequences of nonperformance or breach are addressed elsewhere in this Section 6.1 and other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(e)                                  the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i)                                     commences a voluntary case,

 

(ii)                                  consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

 

(iii)                               consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

 

(iv)                              makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

(v)                                 generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or

 

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(f)                                   a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(i)                                     is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case,

 

(ii)                                  appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property,

 

(iii)                               orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company,

 

(iv)                              adjudges the Company as bankrupt or insolvent, or

 

(v)                                 approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or compensation of or in respect of the Company under any Bankruptcy Law,

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or

 

(g)                                  any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.14.

 

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S.  Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors.  The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 6.2                                   Acceleration of Maturity.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) shall occur with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities of such Series shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

Section 6.3                                   Collection Of Indebtedness And Suits For Enforcement By Trustee.

 

The Company covenants that if:

 

(a)                           default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

 

(b)                           default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or

 

(c)                            default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security,

 

then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on

 

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any overdue principal and any overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

Section 6.4                                   Trustee May File Proofs Of Claim.

 

In case of the pendency of any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, winding up, or similar proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.

 

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

 

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Section 6.5                                   Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession Of Securities.

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

Section 6.6                                   Application of Money Collected.

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under this Indenture;

 

Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and

 

Third: To the Company.

 

Section 6.7                                   Limitation On Suits.

 

No Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

 

(a)                                 such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series;

 

(b)                                 the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(c)                                  such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(d)                                 the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(e)                                  no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the

 

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outstanding Securities of that Series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.

 

Section 6.8                                   Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.9                                   Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

 

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

 

Section 6.10                            Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 6.11                            Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

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Section 6.12                            Control by Holders.

 

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that:

 

(a)                                 such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

 

(b)                                 the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and

 

(c)                                  subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 6.13                            Waiver Of Past Defaults.

 

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default (i) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such Series or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security of such Series affected.  Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.14                            Undertaking For Costs.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).

 

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ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.1                                   Duties of Trustee.

 

(a)                                 If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

(b)                                 Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)                                     The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others.

 

(ii)                                  In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c)                                  The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)                                     This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section.

 

(ii)                                  The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

 

(iii)                               The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series.

 

(d)                           Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

 

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(e)                            The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power at the request or direction of any Holder unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f)                             The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.  Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(g)                            No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(h)                           The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections, immunities and standard of care as are set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section with respect to the Trustee.

 

Section 7.2                                   Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)                                 The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed in good faith by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person.  The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b)                                 Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate.

 

(c)                                  The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.  No Depository shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depository.

 

(d)                                 The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute negligence or bad faith.

 

(e)                                  The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder without negligence and in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(f)                                   The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or

 

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indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

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

 

(h)                                 The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities generally or the Securities of a particular Series and this Indenture.

 

(i)                                     In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

(j)                                    The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation: acts of God; earthquakes; fires; floods; wars; civil or military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications service; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority; or governmental actions (it being understood that the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances).

 

Section 7.3                                   Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  Any Agent may do the same with like rights.  The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

Section 7.4                                   Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its authentication.

 

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Section 7.5                                   Notice Of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall send to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default.  Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.

 

Section 7.6                                   Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail or send electronically in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository in the case of Global Securities to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish in an Authorized Newspaper, a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, Trust Indenture Act Section 313.

 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange.

 

Section 7.7                                   Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree upon in writing.  The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it.  Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any loss, liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it except as set forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent.  The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.  The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense.  The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.  The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.

 

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The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or bad faith.

 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on particular Securities of that Series.

 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

 

Section 7.8                                   Replacement of Trustee.

 

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.

 

The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation.  The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company.  The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:

 

(a)                                 the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(b)                                 the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(c)                                  a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d)                                 the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.  Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company.  Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture.  A successor Trustee shall mail or send electronically in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository in the case of Global Securities a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper.  Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.

 

Section 7.9                                   Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10                            Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5).  The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.  The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).

 

Section 7.11                            Referential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b).  A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.1                                   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments reasonably requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

 

(a)                                 either:

 

(i)                                     all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

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(ii)                                  all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable, or (2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company; and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;

 

(b)                                 the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

 

(c)                                  the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 shall survive.

 

Section 8.2                                   Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.4, all money and U.S.  Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S.  Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such money and property has been deposited with or received by the Trustee.

 

Section 8.3                                   [Reserved]

 

Section 8.4                                   Repayment to Company.

 

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest that remains unclaimed for two years.  After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for

 

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payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

 

Section 8.5                                   Effect on Subordination Provisions.

 

Unless otherwise expressly provided pursuant to Section 2.2 with respect to the Securities of any Series, the provisions for subordination of the Securities set forth in Article XII hereof are hereby expressly made subject to the provisions for satisfaction and discharge set forth in Section 8.1 hereof and, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the effectiveness of such satisfaction and discharge pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof, such Securities shall thereupon cease to be so subordinated and shall no longer be subject to the provisions of Article XII hereof and, without limitation to the foregoing, all moneys, U.S. Government Obligations and other securities or property deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) in trust in connection with such satisfaction and discharge shall be applied to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such Series as and when the same shall become due and payable notwithstanding the provisions of Article XII.

 

ARTICLE IX

 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

Section 9.1                                   Without Consent of Holders.

 

The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:

 

(a)                                 to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(b)                                 to comply with Article V;

 

(c)                                  to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

 

(d)                                 to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder;

 

(e)                                  to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;

 

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

 

(g)                                  to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

 

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(h)                                 to conform this Indenture or the terms of the Securities to any terms set forth in the prospectus for any Securities.

 

Section 9.2                                   With Consent of Holders.

 

The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series.  Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.  After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail or send electronically in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository in the case of Global Securities to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver.  Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Section 9.3                                   Limitations.

 

Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

 

(a)                                 reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(b)                                 reduce the rate of (or change the calculation of the rate) or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;

 

(c)                                  change any of the redemption or repurchase terms and conditions applicable to any Security;

 

(d)                                 reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security;

 

(e)                                  reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;

 

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(f)                                   reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof;

 

(g)                                  waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security;

 

(h)                                 make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security; or

 

(i)                                     make any change in Sections 6.8 or 6.13 or this Section 9.3.

 

Section 9.4                                   Compliance With Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

 

Section 9.5                                   Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment is set forth in a supplemental indenture or a waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security.  However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date of the supplemental indenture or the date the waiver becomes effective.

 

Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in Section 9.3.  In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

 

Section 9.6                                   Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated.  The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.

 

Section 9.7                                   Trustee Protected.

 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.  The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights.

 

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ARTICLE X

 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.1                            Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.

 

Section 10.2                            Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder to the Company or the Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:

 

if to the Company:

 

CoBiz Financial Inc.

821 Seventeenth Street

Denver, Colorado 80202

Attention: Lyne Andrich

Telephone: (303) 293-2265

Facsimile: (303) 244-9700

 

if to the Trustee:

 

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

One Federal Street, 3rd Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: S. Gomes (CoBiz Notes)

Telephone: (617) 603-6549

Facsimile: (866) 676-6882

 

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar or sent electronically in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository in the case of Global Securities and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, published in an Authorized Newspaper.  Failure to send a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.

 

If a notice or communication is sent or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it.

 

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If the Company sends a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Section 10.3                            Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

 

Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series.  The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).

 

Section 10.4                            Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.  Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with.

 

Section 10.5                            Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(e) and shall include:

 

(a)                                 a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(b)                                 a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(c)                                  a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(d)                                 a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 10.6                            Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series.  Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 10.7                            Legal Holidays.

 

Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day.

 

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Section 10.8                            No Recourse Against Others.

 

A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

Section 10.9                            Counterparts.

 

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

 

Section 10.10                     Governing Laws.

 

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 10.11                     No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.  Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 10.12                     Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its permitted successor.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its permitted successor.

 

Section 10.13                     Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 10.14                     Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 10.15                     USA Patriot Act.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that

 

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identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee.  The Parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirement of the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

ARTICLE XI

 [RESERVED]

 

ARTICLE XII

 SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

 

Section 12.1                            Agreement of Subordination.

 

The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article XII; and each Person holding any Security, whether upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.

 

The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities called for redemption in accordance with Article III as provided in the Indenture) issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.

 

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

 

Section 12.2                            Payments to Holders.

 

No payment shall be made with respect to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities to be called for redemption in accordance with Article III as provided in the Indenture), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph of Section 12.5, if:

 

(a)                                 a default (a “payment default”) in the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, rent or other obligations due on any Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing (or, in the case of Senior Indebtedness for which there is a period of grace, in the event of such a default that continues beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument or lease evidencing such Senior Indebtedness), unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist; or

 

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(b)                                 a default, other than a payment default (a “non-payment default”), on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of such Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of the default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from a Representative or the Company.

 

No non-payment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless the non-payment default is based upon facts or events arising after the date of delivery of such Payment Blockage Notice.

 

The Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect of the Securities upon the earlier of:

 

(1)   in the case of a payment default, upon the date which such default is cured or waived or ceases to exist, or

 

(2)   in the case of a non-payment default, the earlier of the date upon which such non-payment default is cured or waived or ceases to exist and 179 days after the date on which the Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee if the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness has not been accelerated.

 

Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or similar proceeding, all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or payment thereof in accordance with its terms provided for in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment is made on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (except payments made pursuant to Article VIII from monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior to commencement of proceedings for such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization); and upon any such insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or similar proceeding, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled, except for the provision of this Article XII, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it after the commencement of such proceedings after default, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, or as otherwise required by law or a court order) or their Representative or Representatives as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution or provision therefor is made to the Holders of the Securities or to the Trustee.

 

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For purposes of this Article XII, the words, “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XII with respect to the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be outstanding; provided that (i) the Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (other than leases which are not assumed by the Company or the new corporation, as the case may be) are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment.  The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another person upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article V, shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 12.2 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, comply with the conditions stated in Article V.

 

In the event of the acceleration of the Securities pursuant to this Indenture, no payment or distribution shall be made to the Trustee or any Holder of Securities in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities called for redemption in accordance with Article III as provided in the Indenture), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph of Section 12.5, until all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.  If payment of the Securities is accelerated pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration at the address set forth in the notice from the Agent (or successor agent) to the Trustee as being the address to which the Trustee should send its notice pursuant to this Section 12.2, unless there are no payment obligations of the Company thereunder and all obligations thereunder to extend credit have been terminated or expired.

 

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (including, without limitation, by way of setoff or otherwise), prohibited by the foregoing shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or provision is made for such payment thereof in accordance with its terms in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their Representative or Representatives as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

Nothing in this Section 12.2 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7.  This Section 12.2 shall be subject to the further provisions of Section 12.5.

 

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Section 12.3                            Subrogation of Securities.

 

Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which ranks equally with the Securities and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XII, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII to or for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities to or for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this Article XII which would otherwise have been paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or for the account of the Securities.  It is understood that the provisions of this Article XII are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.

 

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

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XII, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such bankruptcy, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XII.

 

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Section 12.4                            Authorization to Effect Subordination.

 

Each Holder of a Security by the Holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on the Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article XII and appoints the Trustee to act as the Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.  If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.3 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness or their Representatives are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Securities.

 

Section 12.5                            Notice to Trustee.

 

The Company shall give prompt written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate to a the Trustee and to any Paying Agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XII or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office from the Company (in the form of an Officers’ Certificate) or a Representative or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee thereof; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided that if on a date not fewer than two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security) the Trustee shall not have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for in this Section 12.5, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such prior date.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Article XII to the contrary, nothing shall prevent any payment by the Trustee to the Holders of monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.1, and any such payment shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 12.1 or 12.2.

 

The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Representative or a person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders.  In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XII, the Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such person, the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such

 

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person under this Article XII, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment.

 

Section 12.6                            Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness.

 

The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XII in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 7.11 or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

 

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or any other person money or assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XII or otherwise.

 

Section 12.7                            No Impairment of Subordination.

 

No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

 

Section 12.8                            Article Applicable to Paying Agents.

 

If at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that the first paragraph of Section 12.5 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.

 

Section 12.9                            Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely.

 

The holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the right to rely upon this Article XII, and no amendment or modification of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the rights of such holders unless such holders shall have agreed in writing thereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

	
 
    	
COBIZ FINANCIAL INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee  
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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