PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
among
REDWOOD
TRUST, INC.
and
OBSIDIAN
CDO WAREHOUSE, LLC
________________
Dated
as
of May 23, 2007
________________
PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
($50,000,000
Aggregate Liquidation Amount of Subordinated Notes)
THIS
PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 23, 2007 (this “
Purchase
Agreement
”),
is
entered into among Redwood Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation
(the
“
Company
”),
and
Obsidian CDO Warehouse, LLC or its assignee (the “
Purchaser
”).
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS,
the Company proposes to issue and sell Fifty Million ($50,000,000) in principal
amount of the unsecured subordinated notes of the Company (the “
Securities
”),
bearing a variable rate, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR (as defined in the
Indenture (as defined below)) plus 2.25% per annum; and
WHEREAS,
the Securities will be issued pursuant to a Subordinated Indenture, dated as
of
the Closing Date (the “
Indenture
”),
between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, as trustee (in such capacity, the “
Indenture
Trustee
”).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and subject to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions
.
This
Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities are collectively referred
to herein as the “
Operative
Documents
.”
All
other capitalized terms used but not defined in this Purchase Agreement shall
have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
2.
Purchase
and Sale of the Securities
.
(a)
The
Company agrees to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase
from the Company, the Securities for an aggregate amount (the “
Purchase
Price
”)
equal
to Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000), net of the placement fee and expenses
as
set forth in the Flow of Funds, dated as of the date hereof. The Purchaser
shall
be responsible for the rating agency costs and expenses.
(b)
Delivery
or transfer of, and payment for, the Securities shall be made at 11:00 A.M.
New
York time, on May 23, 2007 or such later date (not later than 30 days later)
as
the parties may designate (such date and time of delivery and payment for the
Securities being herein called the “
Closing
Date
”).
The
Securities shall be transferred and delivered to the Purchaser against the
payment of the Purchase Price to the Company made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds on the Closing Date to a U.S. account designated
in
writing by the Company at least two business days prior to the Closing
Date.
(c)
Delivery
of the Securities shall be made at such location, and in such names and
denominations, as the Purchaser shall designate at least two business days
in
advance of the Closing Date. The Company agrees to have the Securities available
for inspection and checking by the Purchaser in Chicago, Illinois, not later
than 2:00 P.M. Chicago time on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
The
closing for the purchase and sale of the Securities shall occur at the offices
of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois
60606 or such other place as the parties hereto shall agree.
3.
Condition
s
.
The
obligations of the parties under this Purchase Agreement are subject to the
following conditions:
(a)
The
representations and warranties contained herein shall be accurate as of the
date
of delivery of the Securities.
(b)
Mayer
Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, counsel for the Company (the “
Company
Counsel
”),
shall
have delivered an opinion, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser
and Wilmington Trust Company, in substantially the form set out in
Annex
A-I
hereto
and the Company shall have furnished to the Purchaser a certificate signed
by
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, an Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, dated the Closing
Date, addressed to the Purchaser, in substantially the form set out in
Annex
A-II
hereto.
In rendering its opinion, the Company Counsel may rely as to factual matters
upon certificates or other documents furnished by officers, directors and
trustees of the Company and by government officials (provided, however, that
copies of any such certificates or documents are delivered to the Purchaser)
and
by and upon such other documents as such counsel may, in its reasonable opinion,
deem appropriate as a basis for the Company Counsel’s opinion. The Company
Counsel may specify the jurisdictions in which it is admitted to practice and
that it is not admitted to practice in any other jurisdiction and is not an
expert in the law of any other jurisdiction. Such Company Counsel Opinion shall
not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is otherwise
subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal
opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA
Section of Business Law (1991).
(c)
The
Purchaser shall have been furnished the opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP,
dated
the Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser and Wilmington Trust Company,
in
substantially the form set out in
Annex
B
hereto.
(d)
The
Purchaser shall have received the opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger,
P.A., counsel for the Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date, addressed
to
the Purchaser, in substantially the form set out in
Annex
C
hereto.
(e)
The
Company shall have furnished to the Purchaser a certificate of the Company,
signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or an Executive Vice President,
and Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of the Company,
dated the Closing Date, as to (i) and (ii) below:
(i)
the
representations and warranties in this Purchase Agreement are true and correct
on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing
Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all
the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
Date; and
(ii)
since
the
date of the Interim Financial Statements (as defined below), there has been
no
material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), earnings,
business or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, whether or not arising
from transactions occurring in the ordinary course of business (a “
Material
Adverse Change
”).
(f)
Subsequent
to the execution of this Purchase Agreement, there shall not have been any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the
condition (financial or other), earnings, business or assets of the Company
and
its subsidiaries, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business,
the effect of which is, in the Purchaser’s judgment, so material and adverse as
to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the purchase of the
Securities.
(g)
Prior
to
the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Purchaser and its
counsel such further information, certificates and documents as the Purchaser
or
its counsel may reasonably request.
If
any of
the conditions specified in this
Section 3
shall
not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Purchase Agreement, or
if
any of the opinions, certificates and documents mentioned above or elsewhere
in
this Purchase Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Purchaser or its counsel, this Purchase Agreement and all
the
Purchaser’s obligations hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to,
the Closing Date by the Purchaser. Notice of such cancellation shall be given
to
the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in
writing.
Each
certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Purchaser
or the Purchaser’s counsel in connection with the Operative Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty of the Company and not by such officer in any
individual capacity.
4.
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
.
The
Company represents and warrants to, and agree with the Purchaser, as
follows:
(a)
Neither
the Company nor any of its “Affiliates” (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation
D (“
Regulation
D
”)
under
the Securities Act (as defined below)), nor any person acting on its behalf,
has, directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security, or solicited
offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require the
registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “
Securities
Act
”).
(b)
Neither
the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its behalf,
has
engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within
the
meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of any of the
Securities.
(c)
The
Securities (i) are not and have not been listed on a national securities
exchange registered under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended (the “
Exchange
Act
”),
or
quoted on a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system and (ii) are not of
an
open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate
company that are, or are required to be, registered under Section 8 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “
Investment
Company Act
”),
and
the Securities otherwise satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3)
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“
Rule
144A(d)(3)
”).
(d)
Neither
the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its behalf,
has
engaged, or will engage, in any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of
Regulation S under the Securities Act with respect to the
Securities.
(e)
The
Company is not and, immediately following consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and the application of the net proceeds therefrom, will
not
be, an “investment company” within the meaning of Section 3(a) of the Investment
Company Act.
(f)
The
Company has not paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for
soliciting another to purchase any of the Securities, except for the placement
fee of three percent (3%) the Company has agreed to pay to J.P. Morgan
Securities, Inc. pursuant to the letter agreement between the Company and Coredo
Capital Management, LLC, dated April 16, 2007.
(g)
The
Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, on the Closing Date,
will
have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee, will be a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of
equity.
(h)
The
Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, on the Closing Date,
will have been duly executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
authentication in accordance with the Indenture and, when authenticated in
the
manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered to the Purchaser against
payment therefor in accordance herewith, will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity.
(i)
This
Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(j)
Neither
the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the execution and delivery of and
compliance with the Operative Documents by the Company, nor the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated herein or therein, (i) will conflict with or
constitute a violation or breach of the charter or bylaws or similar
organizational documents of the Company, (ii) will conflict with or constitute
a
violation or breach of the charter or bylaws or similar organizational documents
of any subsidiary of the Company or any applicable law, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, governmental
authority, agency or instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
properties or assets (collectively, the “
Governmental
Entities
”),
(iii)
will conflict with or constitute a violation or breach of, or a default or
Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any pledge, security interest, claim, lien or other encumbrance
of
any kind (each, a “
Lien
”)
upon
any property or assets of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries
pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease
or
other agreement or instrument to which (A) the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or (B)
any
of the property or assets of any of them is subject, or any judgment, order
or
decree of any court, Governmental Entity or arbitrator, except, in the case
of
this clauses (ii) or (iii), for such conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults,
Repayment Events (as defined below) or Liens which (X) would not, singly or
in
the aggregate, adversely affect the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Documents and (Y) would not, singly or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, liabilities or assets
(taken as a whole) of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether
or not occurring in the ordinary course of business (a “
Material
Adverse Effect
”)
or
(iv) require the consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
Governmental Entity (collectively, the “
Consents
”),
except any such Consent as has already been received or obtained. As used
herein, a “
Repayment
Event
”
means
any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other
evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the
right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion
of
such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries prior to its
scheduled maturity.
(k)
The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
in
good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with all requisite
corporate
power
and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct the business
it
transacts and proposes to transact, and is duly qualified to transact business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of its activities
requires such qualification, except where the failure of the Company to be
so
qualified would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(l)
The
Company has no subsidiaries that are material to its business, financial
condition or earnings other than those subsidiaries listed in
Schedule
1
attached
hereto (which
Schedule
1
includes
each of the Company’s “significant subsidiaries” as defined in Securities and
Exchange Commission Regulation S-X) (collectively, the “
Significant
Subsidiaries
”).
The
Significant Subsidiary is a corporation duly incorporated or organized or
formed, as the case may be, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws
of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized or formed, with all
requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company, as the case
may
be, power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct
the
business it transacts and proposes to transact. The Significant Subsidiary
is
duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of its activities requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, singly
or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The
Significant Subsidiary (other than a taxable REIT subsidiary, if any) is not
currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other
instrument, other than as required by applicable law, to which it is a party
or
is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other
distribution on such Significant Subsidiary’s capital stock or other Equity
Interests, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such
Significant Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
Significant Subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other
subsidiary of the Company. As used herein, the term “
Equity
Interests
”
means
the shares or stock interests (both common stock and preferred stock) in a
corporation.
(m)
Each
of
the Company and each of the Company’s subsidiaries holds all necessary
approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, consents, registrations,
qualifications, certificates and permits (collectively, the “
Governmental
Licenses
”)
of and
from Governmental Entities necessary to conduct its business as now being
conducted, and neither the Company nor any of the Company’s subsidiaries has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification
of
any such Government License, except where the failure to be so licensed or
approved or the receipt of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would
not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force
and
effect, except where the invalidity or the failure of such Governmental Licenses
to be in full force and effect, would not, singly or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and
its subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations,
judgments, orders, decrees and consents, except where the failure to be in
compliance would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(n)
All
of
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company and its Significant
Subsidiary are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; all of the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of the Significant Subsidiary are owned by
the
Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any Lien, claim
or
equitable right; and none of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of
the
Company or the Significant Subsidiary were issued in violation of any preemptive
or similar rights arising by operation of law, under the charter or by-laws
or
similar organizational documents of such entity or under any agreement to which
the Company or its Significant Subsidiary is a party.
(o)
Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its respective
charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents or (ii) in default in
the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease
or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is
a
party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property
or assets of any of them is subject, except, in the case of clause (ii), where
such violation or default would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p)
There
is
no action, suit or proceeding before or by any Governmental Entity, arbitrator
or court, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company
after due inquiry, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of the
Company’s subsidiaries, except for such actions, suits or proceedings that, if
adversely determined, would not, singly or in the aggregate, adversely affect
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents
or
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the aggregate
of
all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of
its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective properties or assets
is subject, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business,
are not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(q)
The
accountants of the Company who certified the Financial Statements (as defined
below) are independent public accountants of the Company and its subsidiaries
within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of
the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission
”)
thereunder.
(r)
The
audited consolidated financial statements (including the notes thereto) and
schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2006 (the “
Financial
Statements
”)
and
the interim unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and
its
consolidated subsidiaries for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 (the
“
Interim
Financial Statements
”)
provided to the Purchaser are the most recent available audited and unaudited
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, respectively, and fairly present in all material respects, in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“
GAAP
”),
the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the
results of operations and changes in financial condition as of the dates and
for
the periods therein specified, subject, in the case of Interim Financial
Statements, to year-end adjustments (which are expected to consist solely of
normal recurring adjustments). Such consolidated financial statements and
schedules have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted
therein).
(s)
None
of
the Company nor any of the Company’s subsidiaries has any material liability
required to be reflected in the Financial Statements and Interim Financial
Statements in accordance with GAAP, whether asserted or unasserted, whether
absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or
unliquidated, and whether due or to become due, including any liability for
taxes (and there is no past or present fact, situation, circumstance, condition
or other basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing,
charge, complaint, claim or demand against the Company or its subsidiaries
that
could give rise to any such liability), except for (i) liabilities set
forth in the Financial Statements or the Interim Financial Statements and
(ii) normal fluctuations in the amount of the liabilities referred to in
clause (i) above occurring in the ordinary course of business of the
Company and/or its subsidiaries since the date of the most recent balance sheet
included in such Financial Statements.
(t)
Since
the
respective dates of the Financial Statements and the Interim Financial
Statements, there has not been (A) any Material Adverse Change or (B) any
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company
on
any class of its capital stock other than regular quarterly or yearly special
dividends on the Company’s common stock.
(u)
The
documents of the Company filed with the Commission in accordance with the
Exchange Act, from and including the commencement of the fiscal year covered
by
the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, at the time they were or
hereafter are filed by the Company with the Commission (collectively, the
“
1934
Act Reports
”),
complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of
the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the
“
1934
Act Regulations
”),
and,
at the date of this Purchase Agreement and on the Closing Date, do not and
will
not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
and other than such instruments, agreements, contracts and other documents
as
are filed as exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K, there are no instruments,
agreements, contracts or documents of a character described in Item 601 of
Regulation S-K promulgated by the Commission to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party. The Company is in compliance with all currently
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act that were added by the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v)
No
labor
dispute with the employees of the Company or the Significant Subsidiary exists
or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of the Company, is imminent,
except those which would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w)
No
filing
with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity, other than those that
have
been made or obtained, is necessary or required for the performance by the
Company of their respective obligations under the Operative Documents, as
applicable, or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
by the Operative Documents.
(x)
Commencing
with its taxable year ended December 31, 1994 the Company has been, and upon
the
completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company will continue
to
be, organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a “
REIT
”)
under
sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“
Code
”),
and
the Company’s proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet
the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and
no
actions have been taken (or not taken which are required to be taken) which
would cause such qualification to be lost. The Company expects to continue
to be
organized and to operate in a manner so as to qualify as a REIT in the taxable
year ending December 31, 2007 and succeeding taxable years for so long as the
Company determines that it is in its best interest to remain qualified as a
REIT.
(y)
Each
of
the Company and the Significant Subsidiary has timely and duly filed all Tax
Returns (as defined below) required to be filed by them, and all such Tax
Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects. The Company
and
the Significant Subsidiary have timely and duly paid in full all material Taxes
(as defined below) required to be paid by them (whether or not such amounts
are
shown as due on any Tax Return). There are no federal, state, or other Tax
audits or deficiency assessments proposed or pending with respect to the Company
or the Significant Subsidiary, and no such audits or assessments are threatened.
As used herein, the terms “
Tax
”
or
“
Taxes
”
mean
(i) all federal, state, local, and foreign taxes, and other assessments of
a
similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including
any
interest, additions to tax, or penalties applicable thereto, imposed by any
Governmental Entity, and (ii) all liabilities in respect of such amounts arising
as a result of being a member of any affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary
or similar group, as a successor to another person or by contract. As used
herein, the term “
Tax
Returns
”
means
all federal, state, local, and foreign Tax returns, declarations, statements,
reports, schedules, forms, and information returns and any amendments thereto
filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Entity.
(z)
Interest
payable by the Company on the Securities is deductible by the Company, in whole
or in part, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. To the knowledge of the
Company, there are no audits, investigations or similar proceedings before
the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service or comparable federal, state, local or foreign
government bodies which involve or affect the Company or any subsidiary, which,
if the subject of an action unfavorable to the Company or any subsidiary, would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa)
The
books, records and accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries accurately
and
fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, the transactions in, and dispositions
of,
the assets of, and the results of operations of, the Company and its
subsidiaries. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain
asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(bb)
The
Company and the Significant Subsidiary are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
in
all material respects as are customary in the businesses in which they are
engaged or propose to engage after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby including but not limited to, real or personal property
owned or leased against theft, damage, destruction, act of vandalism and all
other risks customarily insured against. All policies of insurance and fidelity
or surety bonds insuring the Company or the Significant Subsidiary or the
Company’s or Significant Subsidiary’s respective businesses, assets, employees,
officers and directors are in full force and effect. The Company and each of
the
subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments
in all material respects. Neither the Company nor the Significant Subsidiary
has
reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Within
the
past twelve months, neither the Company nor the Significant Subsidiary has
been
denied any insurance coverage that it has sought or for which it has
applied.
(cc)
None
of
the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any person acting on behalf of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries including, without limitation, any director,
officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has,
directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii)
made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or
employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from
corporate funds; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any other unlawful payment.
5.
Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser
.
The
Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company as
follows:
(a)
The
Purchaser is aware that the Securities have not been and will not be registered
under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States
or to “U.S. persons” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act)
except in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S under the Securities Act
or
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act.
(b)
The
Purchaser is an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act.
(c)
Neither
the Purchaser, nor any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates, nor any person acting on
the Purchaser’s or any Purchaser’s Affiliate’s behalf has engaged, or will
engage, in any form of “general solicitation or general advertising” (within the
meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with any offer
or sale of the Securities.
(d)
The
Purchaser understands and acknowledges that (i) no public market exists for
any
of the Securities and that it is unlikely that a public market will ever exist
for the Securities, (ii) the Purchaser is purchasing the Securities for its
own
account, for investment and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in
connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act
or
other applicable securities laws, subject to any requirement of law that the
disposition of its property be at all times within its control and subject
to
its ability to resell such Securities pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption therefrom or
in a
transaction not subject thereto, and the Purchaser agrees to the legends and
transfer restrictions applicable to the Securities contained in the Indenture,
and (iii) the Purchaser has had the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive
answers and request additional information from, the Company and is aware that
it may be required to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities.
(e)
The
Purchaser is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction in which it is organized with all requisite (i) power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform the Operative Documents to which
it is
a party, to make the representations and warranties specified herein and therein
and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein and (ii) right and power
to purchase the Securities.
(f)
This
Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Purchaser and no filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license,
order registration, qualification or decree of, any governmental body, agency
or
court having jurisdiction over the Purchaser, other than those that have been
made or obtained, is necessary or required for the performance by the Purchaser
of its obligations under this Purchase Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated herein.
(g)
The
Purchaser is a “Qualified Purchaser” as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(51)
of the Investment Company Act.
6.
Covenants
and Agreements of the Company
.
The
Company agrees with the Purchaser as follows:
(a)
During
the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, the Company
shall use its best efforts and take all action necessary or appropriate to
cause
its representations and warranties contained in
Section
4
hereof
to be true as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Purchase Agreement, as if made on and as of the Closing
Date.
(b)
The
Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Affiliates to, nor will it
permit any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Purchaser)
to,
resell any Securities that have been acquired by any of them.
(c)
The
Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Affiliates or any person acting
on its or their behalf to, engage in any “directed selling efforts” within the
meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act with respect to the
Securities.
(d)
The
Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Affiliates to, nor will it
permit any person acting on its or their behalf to, directly or indirectly,
make
offers or sales of any security, or solicit offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would require the registration of any of the Securities
under
the Securities Act.
(e)
The
Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Affiliates to, nor will it
permit any person acting on its or their behalf to, engage in any form of
“general solicitation or general advertising” (within the meaning of Regulation
D) in connection with any offer or sale of the any of the
Securities.
(f)
So
long
as any of the Securities are outstanding, (i) the Securities shall not be listed
on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange
Act
or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system and (ii) the Company
shall not be an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or
face-amount certificate company that is, or is required to be, registered under
Section 8 of the Investment Company Act, and, the Securities shall otherwise
satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3).
(g)
The
Company shall furnish to (i) the holders, and subsequent holders, of the
Securities, (ii) Coredo Capital Management, LLC (at 712 5th Avenue, 10th Floor,
New York, New York 10019, or such other address as designated by Coredo Capital
Management, LLC) and (iii) any beneficial owner of the Securities reasonably
identified to the Company (which identification may be made by either such
beneficial owner or by Coredo Capital Management, LLC), a duly completed and
executed certificate in the form attached hereto as
Annex
D
,
including the financial statements referenced in such Annex, which certificate
and financial statements shall be so furnished by the Company not later than
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters
of
each fiscal year of the Company and not later than ninety (90) days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company.
(h)
The
Company will, during any period in which it is not subject to and in compliance
with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or it is not exempt from such
reporting requirements pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Exchange Act, provide to each holder of the Securities and to each
prospective purchaser (as designated by such holder) of the Securities, upon
the
request of such holder or prospective purchaser, any information required to
be
provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. If the Company is required
to register under the Exchange Act, such reports filed in compliance with Rule
12g3-2(b) shall be sufficient information as required above. This covenant
is
intended to be for the benefit of the Purchaser, the holders of the Securities,
and the prospective purchasers designated by the Purchaser and such holders,
from time to time, of the Securities.
(i)
The
Company will not, until one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing
Date, without the Purchaser’s prior written consent, offer, sell, contract to
sell, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, (i) any Securities or other securities substantially similar to
the
Securities other than as contemplated by this Purchase Agreement or (ii) any
other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any
Securities or other securities substantially similar to the Securities, unless
the Company, upon the request of the Purchaser, provides the Purchaser with
an
opinion of counsel (such counsel to have experience and sophistication in the
matters addressed in such opinion) addressed to the Purchaser stating that
any
such offer, sale, contract, option or other disposition will not result in
the
Securities being required to be registered under the Securities Act. For the
avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto agree that any securities issued by
the
Company with an interest rate, interest payment dates and maturity date that
are
different from the Securities would not be deemed to be substantially similar
to
the Securities.
(j)
The
Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements to qualify as a
REIT
under sections 856 through 860 of the Code, effective for the taxable year
ending December 31, 2007 (and each fiscal quarter of such year) and succeeding
taxable years for so long as the Company determines that it is in its best
interest to remain qualified as a REIT.
(k)
The
Company will not identify any of the Indemnified Parties (as defined below)
in a
press release or any other public statement without the prior written consent
of
such Indemnified Party. For purposes of clarification, none of the Company's
financial statements, press releases or other statements may disclose the
identity of the Indemnified Parties, but may identify the Indenture Trustee;
provided,
however,
that
nothing to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall the Company be
precluded from filing any 1934 Act Reports or any other filings with the
Commission under the Securities Act, which the Company believes are reasonably
and legally necessary to be filed with the Commission.
7.
Payment
of Expenses
.
The
Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of
the
obligations of the Company under this Purchase Agreement, whether or not the
transactions contemplated herein are consummated or this Purchase Agreement
is
terminated, including all costs and expenses incident to (i) the authorization,
issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in
connection therewith; (ii) the fees and expenses of qualifying the
Securities under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided
in
Section
6(b)
;
(iii) the fees and expenses of the counsel, the accountants and any other
experts or advisors retained by the Company; (iv) the fees and all reasonable
expenses of the Indenture Trustee and any other trustee or paying agent
appointed under the Operative Documents, including the fees and disbursements
of
counsel for such trustees, which fees of the Indenture Trustee shall not exceed
a one time fee of $15,000; (v) $35,000 for the fees and expenses of DLA Piper
US
LLP, special counsel retained by Coredo Capital Management, LLC; (vi) a due
diligence fee equal to $14,5000; and (vii) a PORTAL eligibility fee of
$2,000.
If
the
sale of the Securities provided for in this Purchase Agreement is not
consummated because any condition set forth in
Section
3
hereof
to be satisfied by either the Company is not satisfied, because this Purchase
Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section
9
or
because of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to
perform all obligations and satisfy all conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied hereunder other than by reason of a default by the Purchaser,
the
Company will reimburse the Purchaser upon demand for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of each of the
Purchaser’s counsel specified in the immediately preceding paragraph) that shall
have been incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the proposed purchase
and
sale of the Securities. The Company shall not in any event be liable to the
Purchaser for the loss of anticipated profits from the transactions contemplated
by this Purchase Agreement
.
8.
Indemnification
.
(a)
The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, the Purchaser’s
affiliates, Coredo Capital Management, LLC, and their respective affiliates
(collectively, the “
Indemnified
Parties
”)
each
person, if any, who controls any of the Indemnified Parties within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the Indemnified Parties’
respective directors, officers, employees and agents against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Indemnified Parties
may
become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal
or
state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out
of or are connected with the execution and delivery by the Company, and the
consummation thereby of the transactions contemplated by, this Purchase
Agreement or any other Operative Document. The Company agrees to reimburse
the
Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the
Indemnified Parties in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss,
claim, damage or liability or action arising out of or being connected with
the
execution and delivery by the Company, and the consummation by the Company
of
the transactions contemplated by, this Purchase Agreement or the other Operative
Documents. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that
any of the Company may otherwise have.
(b)
Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnified Party under this
Section 8
of
notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
this
Section 8
,
promptly notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve
the indemnifying party from liability under paragraph (a) above unless and
to
the extent that such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying
party
of material rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve
the indemnifying party from any obligations to any Indemnified Party. The
Purchaser shall be entitled to appoint counsel to represent the Indemnified
Party in any action for which indemnification is sought. An indemnifying party
may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action;
provided
,
that
counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the
Indemnified Party) also be counsel to the Indemnified Party. In no event shall
the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one
counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel
for
all Indemnified Parties in connection with any one action or separate but
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, unless an Indemnified Party believes
that
its interests are not aligned with the interests of another Indemnified Party
or
that a conflict of interest might result. An indemnifying party will not,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Parties, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending
or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Indemnified Parties
are actual or potential parties to such claim, action, suit or proceeding)
unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release
of each Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim, action,
suit or proceeding.
9.
Termination;
Representations and Indemnities to Survive
.
This
Purchase Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion
of
the Purchaser, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment
for the Securities, if prior to such time (i) a downgrading shall have occurred
in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is used by the
Commission in Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, or such
organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or
review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the Company’s debt
securities, (ii) the Company shall be unable to sell and deliver to the
Purchaser at least $50,000,000 in stated liquidation value of Securities, (iii)
a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally shall
have occurred on the New York Stock Exchange, (iv) a suspension or material
limitation in trading in any of the Company’s securities shall have occurred on
the exchange or quotation system upon which the Company’ securities are traded,
if any, (v) a general moratorium on commercial business activities shall
have been declared either by federal, California or Maryland authorities or
(vi) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities,
or declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other
calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make
it, in the Purchaser’s judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering or delivery of the Securities. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company
or
its officers and of the Purchaser set forth in or made pursuant to this Purchase
Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Purchaser or the Company or any of the their
respective officers, directors or controlling persons, and will survive delivery
of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of
Sections
7
and
8
shall
survive the termination or cancellation of this Purchase Agreement.
10.
Amendments
.
This
Purchase Agreement may not be modified, amended, altered or supplemented, except
upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement by each of the parties
hereto.
11.
Notices
.
All
communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt,
and,
if sent to the Purchaser, will be mailed, delivered by hand or courier or sent
by facsimile and confirmed to the Purchaser, c/o Coredo Capital Management,
LLC,
712 5th Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Dar Patel,
Facsimile: (215) 640-6376; or other address as the Purchaser shall
designate for such purpose in a notice to the Company; and if sent to the
Company, will be mailed, delivered by hand or courier or sent by facsimile
and
confirmed to it at Redwood Trust, Inc., One Belvedere Place, Suite 300, Mill
Valley, California 94941,
Attention:
Martin S. Hughes, Facsimile: (415) 381-1773; with a copy to Mayer, Brown, Rowe
& Maw, LLP, 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, Attention:
Samantha B. Whitehouse, Facsimile: (312) 701-7711.
12.
Successors
and Assigns
.
This
Purchase Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing expressed
or mentioned in this Purchase Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person other than the parties hereto and the affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in
Section
8
hereof
and their successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives, any right or
obligation hereunder. None of the rights or obligations of the Company under
this Purchase Agreement may be assigned, whether by operation of law or
otherwise, without the Purchaser’s prior written consent. The rights and
obligations of the Purchaser under this Purchase Agreement may be assigned
by
the Purchaser without the Company’s consent; provided that the assignee assumes
the obligations of the Purchaser under this Purchase Agreement.
13.
Applicable
Law
.
THIS
PURCHASE AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW).
14.
Submission
To Jurisdiction
.
ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO OR WITH RESPECT TO
OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN OR REMOVED TO THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, OR OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (IN EACH CASE
SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN). BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS PURCHASE
AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY ACCEPTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY,
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS (AND
COURTS OF APPEALS THEREFROM) FOR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
15.
Counterparts
and Facsimile
.
This
Purchase Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto
in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original,
but
all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
This Purchase Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto
by facsimile.
[Signature
Page Follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Purchase Agreement has been entered into as of the date
first written above.
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
By:
/s/ Martin S.
Hughes
Name:
Martin
S.
Hughes
Title:
Vice
President, Chief Financial
Officer
and Secretary
Obsidian
CDO Warehouse, LLC
By:
Coredo Capital MAnagement, LLC
By:
/s/ Jeff
Blomstrom
Name:
Jeff Blomstrom
Title:
Managing Director
SCHEDULE
1
List
of Significant Subsidiaries
RWT
Holdings, Inc.
ANNEX
A-I
Pursuant
to Section 3(c) of the Purchase Agreement, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, LLP,
counsel for the Company, shall deliver an opinion to the effect
that:
(i)
each
of
the Company and the Significant Subsidiary is validly existing as an entity
in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated;
each of the Company and the Significant Subsidiary has full power and authority
to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as such business
is
currently conducted in all material respects; the Company has corporate power
and authority to (i) execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under,
the Operative Documents to which it is a party and (iii) issue and perform
its
obligations under the Notes;
(ii)
neither
the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the execution and delivery of and
compliance with the Operative Documents by the Company nor the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated thereby will constitute a breach or violation
of
the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the
Company;
(iii)
the
Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming it has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Indenture
Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity;
(iv)
the
Securities have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and delivered
to the Indenture Trustee for authentication in accordance with the Indenture
and, when authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture
and
delivered to the Purchaser against payment therefor, will constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity;
(v)
the
Company is not, and, following the issuance of the Securities and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and
the
application of the proceeds therefrom, the Company will not be, an “investment
company” within the meaning of Section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act;
(vi)
assuming
the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser
in
the Purchase Agreement, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale
and delivery of the Securities to register the same under the Securities Act
of
1933, as amended, under the circumstances contemplated in the Purchase
Agreement, or to require qualification of the Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;
(vii)
the
Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each
of
the Company; and
(viii)
except
for filings, registrations or qualifications that may be required by applicable
securities laws, no authorization, approval, consent or order of, or filing,
registration or qualification with, any person (including, without limitation,
any court, governmental body or authority) is required under the laws of the
State of Maryland in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Documents;
ANNEX
A-II
Pursuant
to Section 3(b) of the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall provide an
Officers’ Certificate, to the effect that:
(i)
all
of
the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Significant Subsidiary have
been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable
and are owned of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, by the
Company;
(ii)
no
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or Governmental Entity
is
required for the issue and sale of the Securities, the execution and delivery
of
and compliance with the Operative Documents by the Company or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated in the Operative Documents, except such
approvals (specified in such certificate) as have been obtained;
(iii)
to
the
knowledge of such officer, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or
by
any government, governmental instrumentality, arbitrator or court, domestic
or
foreign, now pending or threatened against or affecting the Company or the
Significant Subsidiary that could adversely affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)
neither
the Company, nor the Significant Subsidiary is in breach or violation of, or
default under, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, it articles
of
incorporation or charter, by-laws or other governing documents; the execution,
delivery and performance of the Operative Documents and the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Operative Documents
do not and will not (A) result in the creation or imposition of any material
lien, claim, charge, encumbrance or restriction upon any property or assets
of
the Company or the Significant Subsidiary, or (B) conflict with, constitute
a
material breach or violation of, or constitute a material default under, with
or
without notice or lapse of time or both, any of the terms, provisions or
conditions of (x) the articles of incorporation or charter, by-laws or other
governing documents of the Company or its Significant Subsidiary, or (y) to
the
best of our knowledge, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
or
credit agreement, note, lease, franchise, license or any other agreement or
instrument (collectively, “Agreements”) to which the Company or its Significant
Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective
properties may be bound, which is included as an exhibit to the Company’s 2006
10-K as a material Agreement or (z) any material order, decree, judgment,
franchise, license, permit, rule or regulation of any court, arbitrator,
government, or governmental agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign,
known to us having jurisdiction over the Company or its Significant Subsidiary
or any of their respective properties which, in the case of each of (A) or
(B)
above, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v)
neither
the Company nor any of its “Affiliates” (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation
D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”)) has directly or indirectly, made
offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would require the registration of any of the Securities
being
issued pursuant to this transaction under the Securities Act, engaged in any
form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of
Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of any of the Securities,
or
engaged, nor will engage, in any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning
of Regulation S under the Securities Act with respect to the
Securities.
Pursuant
to Section 3(c) of the Purchase Agreement, Chapman and Cutler LLP shall deliver
an opinion to the effect that
(v)
for
U.S.
federal income tax purposes, the Securities should constitute indebtedness
of
the Company; and
(vi)
beginning
with the Company’s initial taxable year ended December 31, 1994, the Company has
been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT
under the Code, and the Company’s actual method of operation through March 31,
2007 (the date of the most recent financial statements and management reports
reviewed by us) has enabled, and its proposed method of operation (as
represented in the attached Officer’s Certificate) should enable, the Company to
satisfy the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.
In
rendering such opinions, such counsel may (A) state that its opinion is
limited to the federal laws of the United States and (B) rely as to
matters of fact, to the extent deemed proper, on certificates of responsible
officers of the Company and public officials.
Redwood
Trust, Inc. Officer’s Certificate
(Regarding
Tax Matters)
The
undersigned officers of
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
,
a
Maryland corporation (
“Redwood
Trust”
),
each
hereby certify the following information on behalf of Redwood Trust and its
affiliates (collectively, the
“Company”
),
after
due inquiry and with the knowledge that Chapman and Cutler LLP has relied on
these certifications for the purpose of rendering its opinion (the “
Chapman
Opinion
”)
with
respect to the qualification of Redwood Trust as a “real estate investment
trust” under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the
“Code”
),
1
and on
certain other federal income tax matters. To the extent that any of the
following representations relate to future events, such representations
constitute results that the Company anticipates achieving based on the business
plans and operational methods that the Company has followed and intends to
follow. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning
assigned to them in the Chapman Opinion.
REIT
Related Matters:
1.
I
am
familiar with the Company’s corporate and financial affairs, its methods of
operation, and its books and records and tax filings. I am also familiar with
the income, asset and stock ownership requirements applicable to real estate
investment trusts under Section 856 of the Code and the distribution
requirements applicable to real estate investment trusts under Section 857
of
the Code, that, in each case, must be satisfied in order for the
REIT
2
to
maintain its classification as a real estate investment trust.
2.
The
Company and each of its subsidiaries has at all times been and will continue
to
be operated in accordance with (i) its respective organizational documents
and
(ii) the laws of the jurisdiction under which it is organized.
3.
The
Company adopted and has maintained December 31 as its year-end for all fiscal
and tax purposes.
4.
The
REIT
made a timely election to be subject to tax as a real estate investment trust
under the Code commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1994 and
has
not revoked, or received any notice of termination, of such
election.
5.
Redwood
Trust has no agreements regarding its stock other than: (i) the 2002
Redwood Trust Incentive Plan (as amended through May 2006, the
“Stock
Option Plan”
),
(ii) the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (as amended through
May 5, 2004, the
“DRP”
),
and
(iii) the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
“ESPP”
and,
together with the Stock Option Plan and the DRP, the
“Stock
Plans”
),
and
there have been no changes to the Stock Plans or Redwood Trust’s
(i) Articles of Amendment and Restatement (the
“Charter”
),
(ii) Articles Supplementary, (iii) Bylaws (as modified through
November 2005), or (iv) Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (as modified
through November 2006), since their respective dates of adoption or the last
amendment noted herein. The copies of the corporate and shareholder minutes
of
Redwood Trust and its subsidiaries provided to you are true and complete copies
of such minutes through date hereof and there have been no modifications or
additions since such date.
_____________
1
All
section references to the Code set forth herein shall include references
to the
applicable Treasury regulations issued thereunder.
2
All
references to “the REIT” made herein are references solely to Redwood Trust,
Inc. and its qualified REIT subsidiaries, Sequoia Mortgage Funding Corporation
and Cypress Trust, Inc., whereas references to “the Company” are intended to
also include taxable REIT subsidiaries.
6.
At
all
times since December 31, 1994, (i) beneficial ownership of the stock
of Redwood Trust has been held by 100 or more persons or entities, determined
without reference to any rules of attribution or look-through, (ii) Redwood
Trust has requested written statements of actual stock ownership from all
shareholders of record holding 5 percent or more of Redwood Trust’s stock
and has maintained its records as required under section 1.857-8 of the Treasury
regulations, and (iii) based on all information available to Redwood Trust
in its stock register, stock ownership records obtained from the Depository
Trust Corporation, 13D filings, written statements from Redwood Trust’s
shareholders of record, and other information available to it, no more than
50
percent in value of the capital stock of Redwood Trust is owned, directly or
indirectly, by five or fewer individuals determined using the applicable rules
of attribution as required under the Code.
7.
The
beneficial ownership of Redwood Trust has been, and will continue to be,
evidenced by transferable shares. Redwood Trust has not, and will not, impose,
and it is not aware of, any transfer restrictions on its common stock, other
than restrictions (i) contained in Redwood Trust’s Charter,
(ii) imposed by applicable federal and state securities laws, and
(iii) imposed under the Stock Plans. The restrictions contained in the
Charter were adopted to enable Redwood Trust to comply with certain requirements
set forth in sections 856(a)(5), (a)(6), and (h) of the Code which are necessary
for its qualification as a real estate investment trust.
8.
The
REIT
does not own more than 10 percent of the equity of, or control, directly or
indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than those listed
on
Exhibit
A
.
9.
For
all
tax years commencing prior to 1998, less than 30 percent of the gross income
of
the REIT (as computed for tax purposes) in any taxable year was derived from
the
sale or other disposition of (i) stock or securities held for less than one
year, (ii) property (other than Foreclosure Property (as defined herein))
that was (a) held by the REIT primarily for sale to customers in the
ordinary course of the REIT’s trade or business or (b) properly included in
inventory of the REIT, and (iii) real property (including interests in
mortgages on real property) held for less than four years, other than property
compulsorily or involuntarily converted as a result of its destruction in whole
or in part, seizure, or requisition or condemnation or threat or imminence
thereof and property that was Foreclosure Property.
10.
At
least
75 percent of the gross income derived by the REIT (as computed for tax
purposes) in any taxable year has consisted, and will consist, of
(i) interest on obligations secured by mortgages on real property or on
interests in real property, (ii) amounts derived from the rental of real
property, (iii) gain realized upon the sale or other disposition of real
property (including interests in mortgages on real property) that is not
property held by the REIT primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course
of a business of being a dealer in, or making a market in, such property and
that is not included in inventory of the REIT, (iv) dividends or other
distributions on, and gain from the sale or other distribution of, shares (or
certificates of beneficial interests) in other real estate investment trusts,
(v) abatements and refunds of taxes on real property, (vi) income and
gain derived from real property (including interests in real property) and
any
personal property incident to such real property, acquired by the REIT through
a
default by the obligor on the lease of such property or on the indebtedness
secured by such property (
“Foreclosure
Property”
),
(vii) amounts (other than amounts the determination of which depends in
whole or in part on the income or profits of any person) received or accrued
as
consideration for entering into agreements to make loans secured by mortgages
on
real property or on interests in real property, or to purchase or lease real
property, (viii) gain from the sale or disposition of real property (or
interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property) and
shares in other real estate investment trusts, which were treated as held for
sale or as inventory but that were not subjected to a prohibited transaction
tax, and (ix) qualified temporary investment income.
11.
At
least
95 percent of the gross income derived by the REIT (as computed for tax
purposes) in any taxable year has consisted, and will consist, of (i) the
items of income described in Paragraph 10 above, (ii) with respect to
tax years ending before 2005, payments to the REIT under any interest rate
swaps
or cap agreements entered into by the REIT to hedge any variable rate
indebtedness incurred or to be incurred by the REIT to acquire or carry real
estate assets (
“Qualifying
Interest Rate Agreements”
)
and any
gain from the termination or disposition of such agreements, (iii) gain
from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities that are not held
for
sale to customers or treated as inventory, and (iv) interest and dividends,
including interest and dividends from subsidiaries.
12.
At
the
end of each calendar quarter, at least 75 percent of the value of the total
assets of the REIT (as determined under GAAP) has consisted of real property
(including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real
property) and shares (or certificates of beneficial interest) in other real
estate investment trusts, cash and cash items (including receivables that arise
in the ordinary course of operations but excluding receivables purchased from
another person), and United States government securities.
13.
At
the
end of each calendar quarter ending on or before December 31, 2000,
(a) not more than 25 percent of the value of the total assets of the REIT
(as determined under GAAP) consisted of securities (other than those securities
taken into account for purposes of Paragraph 12 above) and (b) the
REIT did not beneficially own any such securities of any one issuer
(i) having an aggregate value in excess of 5 percent of the value of the
total assets of the REIT or (ii) representing in excess of 10 percent of
the outstanding voting power of securities of such issuer.
14.
At
the
end of each calendar quarter beginning on or after January 1, 2001,
(a) not more than 25 percent of the value of the total assets of the REIT
(as determined under GAAP) was attributable to securities (other than those
securities taken into account for purposes of Paragraph 12 above),
(b) not more than 20 percent of the value of the REIT’s total assets has or
will be attributable to one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries and (c) other
than securities of a taxable REIT subsidiary or securities taken into account
for purposes of Paragraph 12 above, the REIT has not beneficially owned any
securities of any one issuer (i) having an aggregate value in excess of 5
percent of the value of the total assets of the REIT or (ii) representing
in excess of 10 percent of the outstanding voting power or value of securities
of such issuer. In particular, it is my understanding that the securities held
by the REIT in each of MKB CBO II, Ltd., Crest 2000-1, Ltd., Trainer
Wortham Republic CBO II, Limited and GSAMP 2006-RESID1
3
represent less than 10 percent of the total vote and value of such issuers’
securities.
________________
3
Those
entities listed on
Exhibit
A
and in
#14 above together constitute the complete list of all entities in which
the
REIT owns equity securities.
15.
The
REIT
has closely monitored, and will continue to closely monitor, its income,
including income from intercompany transactions, hedging transactions and sales
of mortgage related assets and securities, and the purchase, holding, and
disposition of its assets in order to comply with the representations set forth
in Paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 hereof. Specifically, the REIT will
continue to monitor its earnings from interest rate caps and other hedging
instruments for purposes of determining whether such income constitutes income
from Qualifying Interest Rate Agreements and the proper characterization of
such
arrangements for purposes of the income and asset tests described above. If
it
is anticipated that the REIT may not be able to comply with such
representations, the REIT will take appropriate measures, including the
disposition of non-qualifying assets and/or assets generating non-qualifying
income, to comply with such representations.
16.
The
REIT
has not earned, and does not expect to earn, income from mortgage servicing
rights with respect to mortgage loans beneficially owned by others.
17.
The
REIT
has held 100 percent of the capital stock of Sequoia and Cypress, respectively,
at all times since their respective dates of formation and will hold 100 percent
of the capital stock of any other entity intended to be treated as a “qualified
REIT subsidiary” at all times during the period such entity is in existence.
Neither Sequoia nor Cypress has issued or will issue any securities or incur
any
indebtedness without first seeking the advice of tax counsel.
18.
Effective
January 1, 2001, Redwood Trust and Holdings elected to treat Holdings as a
taxable REIT subsidiary of the REIT. Holdings does not own stock of any entities
other than (i) Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc. and Madrona LLC (collectively,
the
“Holdings
Subsidiaries”
)
and
(ii) certain of the Acacia subsidiaries. The Holdings Subsidiaries are
wholly-owned by Holdings.
19.
The
REIT
has made a valid election to treat as a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (“TRS”) any
corporation (other than a qualified REIT subsidiary or another REIT) in which
it
owns in excess of 10% of the securities (by vote or value) and shall not consent
to the revocation of any such election. Part II of
Exhibit
A
sets
forth a complete list of all “taxable REIT subsidiaries” of the REIT (each,
individually, a
“TRS”
).
Since
January 1, 2001, the aggregate value of the securities of all TRS held by
the REIT (including the value of any loans made by the REIT to any TRS) has
not
exceeded 20 percent of the REIT’s total assets (as determined under GAAP). The
aggregate value of the securities of Holdings held by the REIT prior to
January 1, 2001 did not exceed 5 percent of the REIT’s total assets (as
determined under GAAP).
20.
No
TRS,
directly or indirectly, operates or manages, or will operate or manage, a
lodging or healthcare facility or provide to any person rights to any brand
name
under which a lodging facility or healthcare facility is operated. All
transactions between the REIT and each TRS have been conducted on an arm’s
length basis at terms believed to approximate market rate prices.
21.
The
REIT
at all times has complied, and will continue to comply, with the record-keeping
requirements prescribed by the provisions of the Code applicable to REITs and,
specifically, sections 1.856-2(d)(3) and 1.857-8 of the Treasury
regulations.
22.
With
respect to each tax year prior to 2001, the REIT distributed to its shareholders
with respect to each such taxable year amounts equal in the aggregate to at
least 95 percent of its “real estate investment trust taxable income”
(determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and by excluding
any net capital gain) plus at least 95 percent of the excess of any “net income
from foreclosure property” over the tax imposed by the Code on such net income,
if any, as such terms are defined in sections 857(b)(2) and 857(b)(4)(B),
respectively, of the Code, during the relevant taxable year or during the spill
over period immediately thereafter as described in section 858 of the Code.
With
respect to each tax year beginning after December 31, 2000, the REIT has
timely distributed to its shareholders amounts in the aggregate equal to at
least 90 percent of its real estate investment trust taxable
income.
23.
For
each
tax year, the REIT has either (i) distributed (taking into consideration
distributions permitted under section 857(b)(9) of the Code) (a) 85 percent
of its ordinary income for the calendar year, (b) 95 percent of its capital
gain net income for that calendar year and (c) all amounts from earlier
years that are not treated as having been distributed under section 4981 of
the
Code, or (ii) paid all applicable excise taxes for such calendar
year.
24.
Redwood
Trust will neither modify its existing dividend reinvestment plan to allow,
nor
adopt a dividend reinvestment plan that permits, its shareholders to reinvest
their cash distributions in shares of Redwood Trust at a purchase price less
than 95 percent of the fair market value of such shares on the distribution
date. Such discount shall be computed to include all brokerage charges until
advised otherwise by counsel. In addition, Redwood Trust generally only grants
“waiver discounts” at the same price as is generally available to other
participants in the plan unless there is a demonstrated cost savings to Redwood
Trust that justifies a different discount rate.
25.
The
REIT
has at all times beneficially held, and will continue to beneficially hold,
its
assets, including its mortgage related assets and securities for investment
purposes and not as property held primarily for sale to customers in the
ordinary course of a trade or business of the REIT. At no time has the REIT
held
itself out to third parties as willing to make a market or act as a dealer
in
mortgage related assets or securities. The REIT has not originated any mortgage
loans and has acquired all of its mortgage related assets from third parties
after origination and funding thereof.
26.
The
REIT
does not hold any mortgages with respect to which the interest is dependent
upon
appreciation or the income or profits of any person.
27.
Redwood
Trust intends that the representations made by it herein regarding its mortgage
related assets and securities will be true with respect to any mortgage related
assets and securities acquired by the REIT after the date hereof.
28.
The
information set forth in the quarterly management reports provided to you
regarding computation of the REIT’s asset and income tests and compliance with
its distribution requirements are true and correct as of the date
thereof.
29.
The
Company has timely filed all tax returns required to be filed by it or its
affiliates. To my knowledge, neither the REIT, nor any of its affiliates, is
the
subject of any pending or threatened audit or investigation by the Internal
Revenue Service or other taxing authority.
Other
Matters:
1.
I
have
reviewed and am familiar with the contents of the Chapman Opinion, the
Subordinated Indenture and the other Transaction Documents. I am aware of no
inaccuracy in the assumptions made in the Chapman Opinion (as set forth in
the
section labeled “Assumptions”).
2.
I
am
familiar with the Company’s current financial condition and capital structure
and its business plan, including projected assets, income, expense and capital
structure for the foreseeable future.
3.
Taking
into account the issuance of the Subordinated Notes, the Company currently
has a
net worth of approximately $900 million and a ratio of total debt to net worth
of approximately 13.01:1.
4.
Although
the Transaction Documents do not impose a limit on the Company’s ability to
incur debt that is senior to the Subordinated Note or to incur additional
leverage generally, the Company’s business plan does not contemplate issuing
debt or incurring liabilities that would or could impair the Company’s ability
to pay accrued interest on the Subordinated Notes quarterly or repay principal
by maturity.
5.
The
Company intends to treat the Subordinated Notes as debt for all tax, accounting
and other purposes.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, we have, on behalf of Redwood Trust, Inc., signed this
Officer’s Certificate effective as of the ____ day of May, 2007.
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
_________________________________
Martin
S.
Hughes
Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
_________________________________
Harold
F.
Zagunis
Vice
President
Exhibit
A
(
as
of March 31, 2007)
Part
I
Sequoia
Mortgage Funding Corporation (“
Sequoia
”)
Cypress
Trust, Inc. (“
Cypress
”)
Sequoia
Mortgage Trust 4
Sequoia
Mortgage Trust 5
Sequoia
Mortgage Trust 6
Sequoia
Mortgage Funding Trust 2003-A
Sequoia
Mortgage Funding Trust 2004-A
Sequoia
Heloc Trust 2004-1
Part
II
RWT
Holdings, Inc. (“
Holdings
”)
Sequoia
Residential Funding, Inc.
Madrona
LLC
Redwood
Asset Management, Inc. (“
RAM
”)
Redwood
Mortgage Funding, Inc. (“
RMF
”)
Cypress
TRS, Inc.
Acacia
CDO 4, Ltd.
Acacia
CDO 5, Ltd.
Acacia
CDO 6, Ltd.
Acacia
CDO 7, Ltd.
Acacia
CDO 8, Ltd.
Acacia
CDO 9, Ltd.
Acacia
CRE CDO 1, Ltd.
Acacia
CDO 10, Ltd.
Acacia
CDO 11, Ltd.
Acacia
Option ARM 1 CDO, Ltd.
Acacia
CRE CDO 2, Ltd.
Acacia
CDO 4, Inc.
Acacia
CDO 5, Inc.
Acacia
CDO 6, Inc.
Acacia
CDO 7, Inc.
Acacia
CDO 8, Inc.
Acacia
CDO 9, Inc.
Acacia
CRE CDO 1, Inc.
Acacia
CDO 10, Inc.
Acacia
CDO 11, Inc.
Acacia
Option ARM 1 CDO, Inc.
Acacia
CRE CDO 2, Inc.
Crest
G-Star 2001-2A, Ltd.
RESIX
Finance Limited
Millstone
III CDO, Ltd.
GSAA
2006-NIM8, Ltd.
ANNEX
C
Pursuant
to Section 3(d) of the Purchase Agreement, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.,
counsel for the Indenture Trustee, shall deliver an opinion to the effect that:
(i)
Wilmington
Trust Company (“Wilmington Trust”) is duly incorporated and validly existing as
a Delaware banking corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of
Delaware with trust powers and its principal place of business in the State
of
Delaware.
(ii)
Wilmington
Trust has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and to authenticate and
deliver the Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
(iii)
The
Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust
and t
o
the
extent that the Indenture is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Wilmington
Trust under the laws by which such agreement is expressly governed, the
Indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Wilmington
Trust, enforceable against Wilmington Trust, in accordance with the terms
thereof subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
reorganization, receivership, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance or transfer
and
similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
generally, (ii) principles of equity, including applicable law relating to
fiduciary duties (regardless of whether considered and applied in a proceeding
in equity or at law) and (iii) the effect of applicable public policy on the
enforceability of provisions relating to indemnification or
contribution..
(iv)
Neither
the execution, delivery and performance by Wilmington Trust of the Indenture,
nor the consummation of any of the transactions by Wilmington Trust contemplated
thereby, including the authentication and delivery of the Securities by the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, (A) requires the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration or filing
with, any governmental authority or agency under the laws of the State of
Delaware or the federal laws of the United States of America governing the
banking or trust powers of Wilmington Trust, or (B) is in violation of the
charter or bylaws of Wilmington Trust or of the laws of the State of Delaware
or
of the federal laws of the United States of America governing the banking or
trust powers of Wilmington Trust.
(v)
The
Securities have been authenticated and delivered by Wilmington
Trust.
In
rendering such opinions, such counsel may (A) state that its opinion is limited
to the laws of the State of Delaware and the laws of the United States of
America, (B) rely as to matters of fact, to the extent deemed proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of Wilmington Trust, the Company and public
officials, and (C) make customary assumptions and exceptions as to
enforceability and other matters.
ANNEX
D
Officer’s
Financial Certificate
The
undersigned, the [Chairman/Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer/President/Vice
President/Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer], hereby
certifies pursuant to Section 6(g) of the Purchase Agreement, dated as of May
23, 2007, among Redwood Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and Obsidian CDO Warehouse,
LLC, that, as of [date], [20__], the Company had the following ratios and
balances:
As
of
[Quarterly/Annual Financial Date], 20__
Senior
secured indebtedness for borrowed money (“Debt”)
|
$_____
|
|
|
Senior
unsecured Debt
|
$_____
|
|
|
Subordinated
Debt
|
$_____
|
|
|
Total
Debt
|
$
_____
|
|
|
Ratio
of (x) senior secured and unsecured Debt to (y) total Debt
|
_____%
|
[FOR
FISCAL YEAR END: Attached hereto are the audited consolidated financial
statements (including the balance sheet, income statement and statement of
cash
flows, and notes thereto, together with the report of the independent
accountants thereon) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the
three years ended _______, 20___].]
[FOR
FISCAL QUARTER END: Attached hereto are the unaudited consolidated and
consolidating financial statements (including the balance sheet and income
statement) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal
quarter ended [date], 20__.]
The
financial statements fairly present in all material respects, in accordance
with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the financial position
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the results of operations
and changes in financial condition as of the date, and for the
[quarter]
[annual]
period
ended
[date]
,
20__,
and such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period involved (expect as otherwise noted
therein).
There
has
been no monetary default with respect to any indebtedness owed by the Company
and/or its subsidiaries (other than those defaults cured within 30 days of
the
occurrence of the same).
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Officer’s Financial
Certificate as of this _____ day of _____________, 20__.
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
By:
__________________________
Name:
Title:
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
One
Belvedere Place
Suite
300
Mill
Valley, California 94941
Telephone:
(415) 389-7373
SUBORDINATED
INDENTURE
between
REDWOOD
TRUST, INC.
and
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
,
as
Trustee
________________
Dated
as
of May 23, 2007
________________
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE
I Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
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1
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SECTION
1.1.
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Definitions.
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1
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SECTION
1.2.
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Compliance
Certificate and Opinions.
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8
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SECTION
1.3.
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Forms
of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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9
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SECTION
1.4.
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Acts
of Holders.
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9
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SECTION
1.5.
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Notices,
Etc. to Trustee and Company.
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11
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SECTION
1.6.
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Notice
to Holders; Waiver.
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12
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SECTION
1.7.
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Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents.
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12
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SECTION
1.8.
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Successors
and Assigns.
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12
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SECTION
1.9.
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Separability
Clause.
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12
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SECTION
1.10.
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Benefits
of Indenture.
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12
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SECTION
1.11.
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Governing
Law.
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13
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SECTION
1.12.
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Submission
to Jurisdiction.
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13
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SECTION
1.13.
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Non-Business
Days.
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13
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ARTICLE
II Security Forms
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13
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SECTION
2.1.
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Form
of Security.
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13
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SECTION
2.2.
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Restricted
Legend.
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18
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SECTION
2.3.
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Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
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20
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SECTION
2.4.
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Temporary
Securities.
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20
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SECTION
2.5.
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Definitive
Securities.
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21
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ARTICLE
III The Securities
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21
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SECTION
3.1.
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Payment
of Principal and Interest.
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21
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SECTION
3.2.
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Denominations.
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23
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SECTION
3.3.
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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23
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SECTION
3.4.
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Global
Securities.
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24
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SECTION
3.5.
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Registration,
Transfer and Exchange Generally.
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26
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SECTION
3.6.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
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27
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SECTION
3.7.
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Persons
Deemed Owners.
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28
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SECTION
3.8.
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Cancellation.
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28
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SECTION
3.9.
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Withholding
Tax.
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29
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SECTION
3.10.
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Reserved.
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29
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SECTION
3.11.
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Agreed
Tax Treatment.
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29
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SECTION
3.12.
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CUSIP
Numbers.
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29
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ARTICLE
IV Satisfaction and Discharge
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30
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SECTION
4.1.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
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30
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SECTION
4.2.
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Application
of Trust Money.
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31
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ARTICLE
V Remedies
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31
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SECTION
5.1.
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Events
of Default.
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31
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SECTION
5.2.
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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32
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SECTION
5.3.
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Repurchase
at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control.
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33
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SECTION
5.4.
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Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
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35
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SECTION
5.5.
|
Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
|
36
|
SECTION
5.6.
|
Trustee
May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities.
|
36
|
SECTION
5.7.
|
Application
of Money Collected.
|
37
|
SECTION
5.8.
|
Limitation
on Suits.
|
37
|
SECTION
5.9.
|
Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, if any, and
Interest.
|
38
|
SECTION
5.10.
|
Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
|
38
|
SECTION
5.11.
|
Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
|
38
|
SECTION
5.12.
|
Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.
|
38
|
SECTION
5.13.
|
Control
by Holders.
|
38
|
SECTION
5.14.
|
Waiver
of Past Defaults.
|
39
|
SECTION
5.15.
|
Undertaking
for Costs.
|
39
|
SECTION
5.16.
|
Waiver
of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
|
40
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
VI The Trustee
|
40
|
|
|
SECTION
6.1.
|
Corporate
Trustee Required.
|
40
|
SECTION
6.2.
|
Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
|
40
|
SECTION
6.3.
|
Notice
of Defaults.
|
41
|
SECTION
6.4.
|
Certain
Rights of Trustee.
|
42
|
SECTION
6.5.
|
May
Hold Securities.
|
44
|
SECTION
6.6.
|
Compensation;
Reimbursement; Indemnity.
|
44
|
SECTION
6.7.
|
Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
|
45
|
SECTION
6.8.
|
Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
|
46
|
SECTION
6.9.
|
Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
|
46
|
SECTION
6.10.
|
Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
|
46
|
SECTION
6.11.
|
Appointment
of Authenticating Agent.
|
47
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
VII Holder’s Lists and Reports by Company
|
48
|
|
|
SECTION
7.1.
|
Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
|
48
|
SECTION
7.2.
|
Preservation
of Information, Communications to Holders.
|
48
|
SECTION
7.3.
|
Reports
by Company.
|
49
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
VIII Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
|
50
|
|
|
SECTION
8.1.
|
Company
May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
|
50
|
SECTION
8.2.
|
Successor
Company Substituted.
|
50
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
IX Supplemental Indentures
|
51
|
|
|
SECTION
9.1.
|
Supplemental
Indentures without Consent of Holders.
|
51
|
SECTION
9.2.
|
Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders.
|
52
|
SECTION
9.3.
|
Execution
of Supplemental Indentures.
|
52
|
SECTION
9.4.
|
Effect
of Supplemental Indentures.
|
53
|
SECTION
9.5.
|
Reference
in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
|
53
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
X Covenants
|
53
|
|
|
SECTION
10.1.
|
Payment
of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
|
53
|
SECTION
10.2.
|
Money
for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
|
53
|
SECTION
10.3.
|
Statement
as to Compliance.
|
54
|
SECTION
10.4.
|
Calculation
Agent.
|
54
|
SECTION
10.5.
|
Reserved
|
|
SECTION
10.6.
|
Additional
Covenants.
|
55
|
SECTION
10.7.
|
Waiver
of Covenants.
|
56
|
SECTION
10.8.
|
Treatment
of Securities.
|
56
|
SECTION
10.9.
|
Limitation
of Issuance of Securities.
|
57
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
XI Redemption and Put of Securities
|
57
|
|
|
SECTION
11.1.
|
Optional
Redemption.
|
57
|
SECTION
11.2.
|
Special
Event Redemption.
|
57
|
SECTION
11.3.
|
Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
|
58
|
SECTION
11.4.
|
Selection
of Securities to be Redeemed.
|
58
|
SECTION
11.5.
|
Notice
of Redemption.
|
58
|
SECTION
11.6.
|
Deposit
of Redemption Price.
|
59
|
SECTION
11.7.
|
Payment
of Securities Called for Redemption.
|
59
|
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|
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ARTICLE
XII Subordination of Securities
|
60
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|
|
SECTION
12.1.
|
Securities
Subordinate to Senior Debt.
|
60
|
SECTION
12.2.
|
No
Payment When Senior Debt in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds Upon
Dissolution, Etc.
|
60
|
SECTION
12.3.
|
Payment
Permitted If No Default.
|
62
|
SECTION
12.4.
|
Subrogation
to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.
|
62
|
SECTION
12.5.
|
Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.
|
62
|
SECTION
12.6.
|
Trustee
to Effectuate Subordination.
|
63
|
SECTION
12.7.
|
No
Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
|
63
|
SECTION
12.8.
|
Notice
to Trustee.
|
63
|
SECTION
12.9.
|
Reliance
on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
|
64
|
SECTION
12.10.
|
Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt.
|
64
|
SECTION
12.11.
|
Rights
of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustee’s
Rights.
|
64
|
SECTION
12.12.
|
Article
Applicable to Paying Agents
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65
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
A—Determination of LIBOR
Exhibit
A—Form of Officer’s Financial Certificate
Subordinated
Indenture
,
dated
as of May 23, 2007, between
Redwood
Trust, Inc.,
a
Maryland corporation (the “
Company”
),
and
Wilmington
Trust Company
,
a
Delaware banking corporation, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “
Trustee”
).
Recitals
of the Company
Whereas
,
the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance of its unsecured subordinated notes (the “
Securities”
)
issued
to evidence loans made to the Company by the Purchaser (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement, dated as of even date herewith) and to provide the terms
and
conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and
delivered; and
Whereas
,
all
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
Now,
Therefore
,
this
Indenture Witnesseth:
For
and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION
1.1.
Definitions.
For
all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(a)
the
terms
defined in this
Article
I
have the
meanings assigned to them in this
Article
I
;
(b)
the
words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”;
(c)
all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them
in accordance with GAAP;
(d)
unless
the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section”
refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this
Indenture;
(e)
the
words
“hereby”, “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or
other subdivision;
(f)
a
reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and
(g)
the
masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include the masculine,
feminine and neuter genders.
“Act”
when
used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section
1.4
.
“Additional
Interest”
means
the interest, if any, that shall accrue on any amounts payable on the
Securities, the payment of which has not been made on the applicable Interest
Payment Date and which shall accrue at the rate per annum specified or
determined as specified in such Security, in each case to the extent legally
enforceable.
“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,” when used with respect
to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies
of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Applicable
Depositary Procedures”
means,
with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security or
beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for
such
Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as
in
effect from time to time.
“Authenticating
Agent”
means
any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to
Section
6.11
to act
on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities.
“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that
board.
“Board
Resolution”
means a
copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the
Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification.
“Business
Day”
means
any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or
executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee is closed for business.
“
Calculation
Agent
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Section
10.4
.
“
Code
”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission”
has the
meaning specified in
Section
7.3(c)
.
“Company”
means
the Person named as the “Company
”
in the
first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company
”
shall
mean such successor Person.
“Company
Request”
and
“
Company
Order”
mean,
respectively, the written request or order signed in the name of the Company
by
its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President, and
by
its Chief Financial Officer, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Company Order for the purposes of
authentication and delivery of the Securities pursuant to
Section
3.3(a)
shall
require the signature of only one of the above referenced officers of the
Company.
“Corporate
Trust Office”
means
the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of
this
Indenture is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration - Redwood
Trust, Inc.
“Debt”
means,
with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the
assets of such Person, whether currently existing or hereafter incurred and
whether or not contingent and without duplication, (i) every obligation of
such
Person for money borrowed; (ii) every obligation of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations
incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses;
(iii) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters
of
credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of
such Person; (iv) every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the
deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade accounts
payable or other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business); (v) every capital lease obligation of such Person; (vi) all
indebtedness of such Person, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred, for claims in respect of derivative products,
including interest rate, foreign exchange rate and commodity forward contracts,
options and swaps and similar arrangements; (vii) every obligation of the type
referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of another Person and all dividends
of
another Person the payment of which, in either case, such Person has guaranteed
or is responsible or liable for, directly or indirectly, as obligor or
otherwise; and (viii) any renewals, extensions, refundings, amendments or
modifications of any obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(vii).
“Defaulted
Interest”
has the
meaning specified in
Section
3.1(c)
.
“Depositary”
means an
organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act that is
designated as Depositary by the Company or any successor thereto. DTC will
be
the initial Depositary.
“Depositary
Participant”
means a
broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom
from
time to time a Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with the Depositary.
“Dollar”
or
“$”
means
the
currency of the United States of America that, as at the time of payment, is
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“DTC”
means
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, or any successor
thereto.
“EDGAR”
has the
meaning specified in
Section
7.3(c)
.
“Equity
Interests
”
means
(a) the partnership interests (general or limited) in a partnership, (b) the
membership interests in a limited liability company and (c) the shares or stock
interests (both common stock and preferred stock) in a corporation.
“Event
of Default”
has the
meaning specified in
Section
5.1
.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration
Date”
has the
meaning specified in
Section
1.4(h)
.
“
GAAP
”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied,
from time to time in effect.
“Global
Security”
means a
Security that evidences all or part of the Securities, the ownership and
transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a
Depositary.
“Government
Obligation”
means
(a)
any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America
of
which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged
or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the
United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable
or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (b) any depositary receipt
issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any Government Obligation that is specified in clause
(a) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary
receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest
on
any Government Obligation that is so specified and held, 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 depositary receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the
specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
“Holder”
means a
Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Securities
Register.
“Indenture”
means
this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended
or supplemented by one or more amendments or indentures supplemental hereto
entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means
January 30, April 30, July 30 and October 30 of each year, commencing on July
30, 2007, during the term of this Indenture.
“Investment
Company Act”
means
the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any successor statute thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
“
Investment
Company Event”
means
the receipt by the Company of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters
to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or
regulation (including any announced prospective change) or a written change
in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body,
court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Company is or, within ninety (90) days of the date
of such opinion will be, considered an “investment company” that is required to
be registered under the Investment Company Act, which change or prospective
change becomes effective or would become effective, as the case may be, on
or
after the date of the issuance of the Securities.
“LIBOR”
has the
meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“LIBOR
Business Day”
has the
meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“LIBOR
Determination Date”
has the
meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“Maturity”
means,
when used with respect to any Security, the date on which the principal of
such
Security or any 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.
“Notice
of Default”
means
a
written notice of the kind specified in
Section
5.1(c)
.
“Officers’
Certificate”
means a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the
Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or
an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means a
written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for or an employee of the Company
or any Affiliate of the Company.
“
Optional
Redemption Price
”
has
the
meaning set forth in
Section
11.1
.
“Original
Issue Date”
means
the
date of original issuance of each Security.
“Outstanding”
means,
when used in reference to any Securities, as of the date of determination,
all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i)
Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii)
Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the
Holders of such Securities;
provided,
that,
if
such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made; and
(iii)
Securities
that have been paid or in substitution for or in lieu of which other Securities
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such
Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such Securities are valid, binding
and legal obligations of the Company;
provided,
that 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, Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding unless the Company
shall hold all Outstanding Securities, except that, in determining whether
the
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities that a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent
”
means
the
Trustee or any Person (other than the Company or any Affiliate of the Company)
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest
on,
or other amounts in respect of, any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
“Person”
means
a
legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, company, limited liability company,
trust, unincorporated association, or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
“Place
of Payment”
means,
with respect to the Securities, the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
“Predecessor
Security”
of any
particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion
of
the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security. For the purposes
of
this definition, any security authenticated and delivered under
Section
3.6
in lieu
of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence
the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Proceeding”
has the
meaning specified in
Section
12.2(b)
.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Purchase Agreement executed and delivered contemporaneously with this
Indenture by the Company and the purchaser named therein, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
“Redemption
Date”
means,
when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such
redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”
means,
when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part,
the
Special Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as applicable, at
which such Security or portion thereof is to be redeemed as fixed by or pursuant
to this Indenture.
“
Reference
Banks
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“Regular
Record Date”
for the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to the Securities
means the date that is fifteen (15) days preceding such Interest Payment Date
(whether or not a Business Day).
“Responsible
Officer”
means,
when used with respect to the Trustee, the officer in the Corporate Trust
Administration department of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
“Rights
Plan”
means
a
plan of the Company providing for the issuance by the Company to all holders
of
its Equity Interests of rights entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for
or
purchase Equity Interests or any class or series of Equity Interests in the
Company which rights (i) are deemed to be transferred with such Equity Interests
and (ii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of such Equity
Interests, in each case until the occurrence of a specified event or
events.
“Securities”
or
“
Security
”
means
any debt securities or debt security, as the case may be, authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933 or any successor statute thereto, in each case as
amended from time to time.
“Securities
Register”
and
“
Securities
Registrar”
have the
respective meanings specified in
Section
3.5
.
“Senior
Debt”
means
the principal of and any premium and interest on (including interest accruing
on
or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating
to the Company, whether or not such claim for post-petition interest is allowed
in such proceeding) all Debt of the Company, whether incurred on or prior to
the
date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, unless it is provided in the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is
outstanding, that such obligations are not superior in right of payment to
the
Securities issued under this Indenture;
provided
,
that
Senior Debt shall not be deemed to include
any
(i)
debt or (ii) other debt securities (and guarantees, if any, in respect of such
debt securities) issued to any trust (or a trustee of any such trust),
partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company that is a financing
vehicle of the Company (a “financing entity”) in connection with the issuance by
such financing entity of equity securities or other securities, in each case
of
(i) or (ii) pursuant to an instrument that ranks
pari
passu
with or
junior in right of payment to this Indenture,
including,
but not limited to the trust preferred securities issued by Redwood Capital
Trust I; provided, that the Securities shall be senior in right of payment
to
any junior subordinated debt securities issued by the Company, including,
but not limited to, the debt securities issued by Redwood Capital Trust I and
by
any other financing entity (as defined herein).
“Special
Event”
means
the occurrence of an Investment Company Event.
“Special
Record Date”
for the
payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant
to
Section
3.1(c)(i)
.
“
Special
Redemption Price
”
has
the
meaning set forth in
Section
11.2
.
“Stated
Maturity”
means
July 30, 2037.
“Subsidiary”
of a
Person means (a) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities
having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or by one or more of its Subsidiaries
or (b) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture
or
similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to
a
“Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company.
“
Substantially
Similar Securities
”
has
the
meaning set forth in
Section
10.9
.
“Trustee”
means
the Person named as the “Trustee
”
in the
first paragraph of this instrument, solely in its capacity as such and not
in
its individual capacity, until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and, thereafter,
“Trustee
”
shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
“
Trust
Indenture Act
”
means
the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in effect on the date as of
this
Indenture.
SECTION
1.2.
Compliance
Certificate and Opinions.
(a)
Upon
any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee,
furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent (including covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition
precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the
opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent (including covenants
compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, have been
complied with.
(b)
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate provided pursuant
to
Section
10.3
)
shall
include:
(i)
a
statement by each individual signing such certificate or opinion that such
individual has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(ii)
a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions of such individual contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(iii)
a
statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express
an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(iv)
a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition
or
covenant has been complied with.
SECTION
1.3.
Forms
of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
(a)
In
any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
(b)
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as
it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or after reasonable inquiry should
know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to matters
upon
which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer
or
officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such
factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows,
or after reasonable inquiry should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
(c)
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
(d)
Whenever,
subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board Resolution, Officers’
Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or instrument, a clerical,
typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional error or omission shall
be
discovered therein, a new document or instrument may be substituted therefor
in
corrected form with the same force and effect as if originally received in
the
corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of the actual execution
and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or instrument shall be deemed
to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date or dates required with
respect to the document or instrument for which it is substituted. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued under the
authority of such defective document or instrument shall nevertheless be the
valid obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Securities.
SECTION
1.4.
Acts
of Holders.
(a)
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent thereof duly appointed
in
writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments (including any appointment
of an agent) is or are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to
as the “
Act”
of
the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any
purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section
1.4
.
(b)
The
fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may
be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate
of
any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments
of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a
Person acting in other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate
or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority. The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such
reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.
(c)
The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.
(d)
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same
Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
(e)
Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part
of
the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents
each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or
any
part of such principal amount.
(f)
Except
as
set forth in paragraph (g) of this
Section
1.4
,
the
Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give, make or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders
of
Securities. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders
of
Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date;
provided
,
that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date (as defined in
Section
1.4(h)
)
by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company
from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has
previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date
previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled
and of no effect). Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to
be
given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner
set forth in
Section
1.6
.
(g)
The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving or making
of
(i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration or rescission
or
annulment thereof referred to in
Section
5.2
,
(iii)
any request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section
5.7(b
)
or (iv)
any direction referred to in
Section
5.12
.
If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to
join
in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date;
provided,
that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be
construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be canceled and of no effect). Promptly after any record date
is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in
Section
1.6
.
(h)
With
respect to any record date set pursuant to paragraph (f) or (g) of this
Section
1.4
,
the
party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration
Date
”
and
from
time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day;
provided,
that no
such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration
Date
is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities
in the manner set forth in
Section
1.6
,
on or
prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated
with respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section
1.4
,
the
party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the ninetieth (90
th
)
day
after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject
to
its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the one
hundred eightieth (180
th
)
day
after the applicable record date.
SECTION
1.5.
Notices,
Etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, Act of
Holders, or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:
(a)
the
Trustee by any Holder, any holder of Securities or the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with and received by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
or
(b)
the
Company by the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of Securities shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class,
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at One Belvedere Place, Suite
300, Mill Valley, California 94941, Attn: Martin S. Hughes, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
SECTION
1.6.
Notice
to Holders; Waiver.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall
be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event
to the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register, not
later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date
(if
any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. If, by reason of the suspension
of or irregularities in regular mail service or for any other reason, it shall
be impossible or impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders when
said
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture,
then
any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall
be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. In any case where notice
to
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by
the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
SECTION
1.7.
Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents.
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this
Indenture.
SECTION
1.8.
Successors
and Assigns.
This
Indenture shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor
to the Company and the Trustee, including any successor by operation of law.
Except in connection with a transaction involving the Company that is permitted
under
Article
VIII
and
pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Company’s
obligations hereunder, the Company shall not assign its obligations
hereunder.
SECTION
1.9.
Separability
Clause.
If
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, and there
shall
be deemed substituted for the provision at issue a valid, legal and enforceable
provision as similar as possible to the provision at issue.
SECTION
1.10.
Benefits
of Indenture.
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors and assigns, the
holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION
1.11.
Governing
Law.
This
Indenture and the rights and obligations of each of the Holders, the Company
and
the Trustee shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed
by
the laws of the State of New York without reference to its conflict of laws
provisions (other than section 5-1401 of the General Obligations
Law).
SECTION
1.12.
Submission
to Jurisdiction.
ANY
LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO OR WITH RESPECT TO OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS INDENTURE MAY BE BROUGHT IN OR REMOVED TO THE COURTS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, OR OF THE UNITED STATES
OF
AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (IN EACH CASE SITTING IN THE
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN). BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS INDENTURE, EACH PARTY
ACCEPTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS (AND COURTS OF APPEALS
THEREFROM) FOR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
INDENTURE.
SECTION
1.13.
Non-Business
Days.
If
any
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall
not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture or the Securities) payment of interest, premium, if any, or principal
or other amounts in respect of such Security shall not be made on such date,
but
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue
in respect of the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the
case may be, until such next succeeding Business Day) except that, if such
Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall
be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force
and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or at
the
Stated Maturity.
ARTICLE
II
Security
Forms
SECTION
2.1.
Form
of Security.
Any
Security issued hereunder shall be in substantially the following
form:
REDWOOD
TRUST, INC.
Subordinated
Notes due 2037
No. _____________
|
$
____________
|
Redwood
Trust, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of
Maryland (hereinafter called the “
Company,”
which
term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. as nominee on
behalf of The Depository Trust Company, or registered assigns, the principal
sum
of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) or such other principal amount
represented hereby as may be set forth in the records of the Securities
Registrar hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture on July
30,
2037. The Company further promises to pay interest on said principal sum from
May 23, 2007, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on January 30, April
30, July 30 and October 30 of each year, commencing on July 30, 2007, or if
any
such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (and no
interest shall accrue in respect of the amounts whose payment is so delayed
for
the period from and after such Interest Payment Date until such next succeeding
Business Day), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date, at a variable rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum, until
the
principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment;
provided
,
further
,
that
any overdue principal, premium, if any, or any overdue installment of interest
shall bear Additional Interest at a variable rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.25%
per
annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), compounded quarterly, from the dates such amounts are due until
they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable
on demand.
The
amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of
a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant Interest
Payment Period.
The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in
whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment.
Any
such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease
to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid
to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date
for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than ten (10) days
prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by
such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
Payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security shall be made
in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal,
premium, if any, and interest due at the Maturity of this Security shall be
made
at the Place of Payment upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent,
and payments of interest shall be made, subject to such surrender where
applicable,
by
wire
transfer
at
such
place and
to
such
account
at
a
banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to
the
Paying Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date for payment
by
the registered holder hereof
unless
proper written transfer instructions have not been received by the relevant
record date, in which case such payments shall be made by check mailed to the
address of such Person as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of this Security is the
Trustee, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any overdue installment of interest) on this Security will be made
at
such place and to such account as may be designated by the Trustee.
The
indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the
Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment
in
full of all Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions
of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by
accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such actions
as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided
and
(c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, waives all notice
of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the
Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter
incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said
provisions.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by
manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
[FORM
OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (the
“
Securities”
)
issued
under the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2007 (the “
Indenture”
),
between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (in such capacity,
the “
Trustee
,”
which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture
and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement
of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of
the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered.
All
terms
used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
The
Company may, on any Interest Payment Date, at its option, upon not less than
thirty (30) days’ nor more than sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Holders
of the Securities (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to
the
Trustee) on or after July 30, 2012
and
subject to the terms and conditions of
Article
XI
of the
Indenture, redeem this Security in whole at any time or in part from time to
time at a Redemption Price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal
amount hereof, together, in the case of any such redemption, with accrued
interest, including any Additional Interest, through but excluding the date
fixed as the Redemption Date.
In
addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Special Event,
the Company may, at its option and in accordance with the Indenture, redeem
this
Security, in whole but not in part, subject to the terms and conditions of
Article
XI
of the
Indenture at a Redemption Price equal to:
TIME
PERIOD
|
PERCENTAGE
|
May
23, 2007 - July 29, 2008
|
107.5%
|
July
30, 2008 - July 29, 2009
|
105%
|
July
30, 2009 - July 29, 2010
|
103.75%
|
July
30, 2010 - July 29, 2011
|
103%
|
July
30, 2011 - July 29, 2012
|
101.5%
|
July
30, 2012 and thereafter
|
100%
|
of
the
principal amount hereof, together, in the case of any such redemption, with
accrued interest, including any Additional Interest, through but excluding
the
date fixed as the Redemption Date.
In
the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof. If less than all the Securities are to
be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the
Outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption by such method
as
the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any
Security.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company
and
the Trustee at any time to enter into a supplemental indenture or indentures
for
the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights and obligations of the Company
and of the Holders of the Securities, with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and
of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is
made upon this Security.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest,
including any Additional Interest (to the extent legally enforceable), on this
Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Security is restricted to transfers to (i) the Company,
(ii) “Qualified Institutional Buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities
Act
”))
who
are also “Qualified Purchasers” (as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended), (iii) outside the United States in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iv)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or
(v)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and
is
registrable in the Securities Register, upon surrender of this Security for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for
such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar and
duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the
designated transferee or transferees.
The
Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expense,
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall treat
the
Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The
Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest herein,
the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, this
Security agree to treat this Security as indebtedness for United States federal,
state and local tax purposes, unless and until required otherwise by an
applicable taxing authority.
This
Security shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by
the
laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws
provisions (other than section 5-1401 of the General Obligations
Law).
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed
on
this ____ day of __________, 20__.
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
SECTION
2.2.
Restricted
Legend.
(a)
Any
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 TRUST COMPANY
(“
DTC
”)
OR A
NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN
THE
NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE
OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS
THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE ISSUER
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS
MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “
SECURITIES
ACT
”),
AND
SUCH SECURITIES, AND ANY INTEREST THEREIN, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER
OF THE SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
THE
HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A OF THE
SECURITIES ACT) AND A “QUALIFIED PURCHASER” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2(a)(51) OF
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED), (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, OR (V) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF ANY SECURITIES FROM IT
OF
THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
THE
SECURITIES WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000 AND
MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO
LEGAL
EFFECT WHATSOEVER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY SUCH PURPORTED
TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES FOR ANY
PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF PRINCIPAL OF OR INTEREST
ON SUCH SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE
SHALL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN SUCH SECURITIES.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
OR
THEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO
TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(
“ERISA”
),
OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”
)
(EACH A
“PLAN”
),
OR AN
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY
ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN UNLESS SUCH ACQUIROR
OR
HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U. S. DEPARTMENT
OF
LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-28, 90-1 OR 84-14
OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY,
OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN, ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
2975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACQUISITION AND HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER
OR
HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR OTHER
PLAN
TO WHICH TITLE 1 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE
OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE “PLAN
ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE OR
(ii) SUCH ACQUISITION OR HOLDING WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHBITED TRANSACTION
UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH FULL EXEMPTION
RELIEF IS NOT AVAILABLE UNDER AN APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE
EXEMPTION.”
(b)
The
above
legends shall not be removed from any Security unless there is delivered to
the
Company satisfactory evidence, which may include an Opinion of Counsel, as
may
be reasonably required to ensure that any future transfers thereof may be made
without restriction under or violation of the provisions of the Securities
Act
and other applicable law. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall deliver,
upon receipt of a Company Order directing it to do so, a Security that does
not
bear the legend.
SECTION
2.3.
Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
This
is
one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
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WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
|
|
not
in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
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By:
__________________________________
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Authorized Signatory
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SECTION
2.4.
Temporary
Securities.
(a)
Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute and, upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced,
in any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities
in
lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities
may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
(b)
If
temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
to
be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency
of
the Company designated for that purpose without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor one or more definitive Securities of any authorized denominations
having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same
terms as such temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as
definitive Securities.
SECTION
2.5.
Definitive
Securities.
The
Securities issued on the Original Issue Date shall be in definitive form. The
definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved, or produced
by
any combination of these methods, if required by any securities exchange on
which the Securities may be listed, on a steel engraved border or steel engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined
by
the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such
Securities.
ARTICLE
III
The
Securities
SECTION
3.1.
Payment
of Principal and Interest.
(a)
The
unpaid principal amount of the Securities shall bear interest at a variable
rate
of LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum until paid or duly provided for, such interest
to
accrue from the Original Issue Date or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and any overdue
principal, premium, if any, and any overdue installment of interest shall bear
Additional Interest at the rate equal to a variable
rate
of
LIBOR plus 2.25%
per
annum
compounded quarterly from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid
or
funds for the payment thereof are made available for payment.
(b)
Interest
and Additional Interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually
paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person
in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, except that interest and any Additional Interest payable on the Stated
Maturity (or any date of principal repayment upon early maturity) of the
principal of a Security or on a Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person
to
whom principal is paid in accordance with
Section
3.1(e)
hereof.
The initial payment of interest on any Security that is issued between a Regular
Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided
in such Security.
(c)
Any
interest on any Security that is due and payable, but is not timely paid or
duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities (herein called
“
Defaulted
Interest”
)
shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular
Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest
may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in
paragraph (i) or (ii) below:
(i)
The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in
whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment
of
such Defaulted Interest (a “
Special
Record Date”
),
which
shall be fixed in the following manner. At least thirty (30) days prior to
the
date of the proposed payment, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed
to be
paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix
a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be
not more than fifteen (15) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than ten (10) days after the receipt
by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first
class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Security at the address of such
Holder as it appears in the Securities Register not less than ten (10) days
prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed,
such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such
Special Record Date; or
(ii)
The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, traded or quoted and,
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system (or by the Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice
given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(d)
Payments
of interest on the Securities shall include interest accrued to but excluding
the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for the Securities
shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number
of days elapsed in the relevant interest period.
(e)
Payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be made
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of
principal, premium, if any, and interest due at the Maturity of such Securities
shall be made at the Place of Payment upon surrender of such Securities to
the
Paying Agent and payments of interest shall be made subject to such surrender
where applicable,
by
wire
transfer
at
such
place and
to
such
account
at
a
banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to
the
Paying Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date for payment
by
the registered holder thereof
unless
proper written transfer instructions have not been received by the relevant
record date, in which case such payments shall be made by check mailed to the
address of such Person as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of this Security is the
Trustee, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any overdue installment of interest) on this Security will be made
at
such place and to such account as may be designated by the Trustee.
(f)
The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the holders of the Securities have
certain rights to direct the Company to modify the Interest Payment Dates and
corresponding Redemption Date and Stated Maturity of the Securities or a portion
of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. In the event any such
modifications are made to the Securities or a portion of the Securities,
appropriate changes to the form of Security set forth in
Article
II
hereof
shall be made prior to the issuance and authentication of new or replacement
Securities. Any such modification of the Interest Payment Date and corresponding
Redemption Date and Stated Maturity with respect to any Securities or tranche
of
Securities shall not require or be subject to the consent of the
Trustee.
(g)
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this
Section
3.1
,
each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for
or
in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.
SECTION
3.2.
Denominations.
The
Securities shall be in registered form without coupons and shall be issuable
in
minimum denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
SECTION
3.3.
Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
(a)
At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Company may deliver Securities in an aggregate principal amount (including
all then Outstanding Securities) not in excess of Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000) executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities. In authenticating such Securities,
and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation
to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon:
(i)
a
copy of
any Board Resolution relating thereto; and
(ii)
an
Opinion of Counsel stating that: (1) such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject
to
any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute, and the
Indenture constitutes, valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
each enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles; (2) the Securities have been duly authorized and executed
by
the Company and have been delivered to the Trustee for authentication in
accordance with this Indenture; (3) the Securities are not required to be
registered under the Securities Act; and (4) the Indenture is not required
to be
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
(b)
The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents. The signature of any of these officers
on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Securities bearing the manual
or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers
of
the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
(c)
No
Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or
obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by
the
Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation
as
provided in
Section
3.8
,
for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
(d)
Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
SECTION
3.4.
Global
Securities.
(a)
Upon
the
election of the Holder on or after the Original Issue Date, which election
need
not be in writing, the Securities owned by such Holder shall be issued in the
form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary
or its nominee. Each Global Security issued under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated by the Company for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(b)
Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged
in
whole or in part for registered Securities, and no transfer of a Global Security
in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any Person other than
the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof, unless (i) such
Depositary advises the Trustee and the Company in writing that such Depositary
is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as
Depositary with respect to such Global Security, and no qualified successor
is
appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company
of
such notice, (ii) such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act and no successor is appointed by the Company within
ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii) the Company
executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that the Company
elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary or (iv) an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence
of
any event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Trustee shall
notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all owners of
beneficial interests in such Global Security of the occurrence of such event
and
of the availability of Securities to such owners of beneficial interests
requesting the same. The Trustee may conclusively rely, and be protected in
relying, upon the written identification of the owners of beneficial interests
furnished by the Depositary, and shall not be liable for any delay resulting
from a delay by the Depositary. Upon the issuance of such Securities and the
registration in the Securities Register of such Securities in the names of
the
Holders of the beneficial interests therein, the Trustees shall recognize such
holders of beneficial interests as Holders.
(c)
If
any
Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or canceled in part,
or
if another Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial
interest in any Global Security, then either (i) such Global Security shall
be
so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this
Article
III
or (ii)
the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or increased by an amount equal
to
(x) the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or (y) the principal
amount of such other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest
therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on
the
records of the Securities Registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with
the Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its
authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records.
Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Security by the Depositary,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver any Securities issuable in exchange
for
such Global Security (or any portion thereof) in accordance with the
instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee shall not be liable for any delay
in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully
protected in relying on, such instructions.
(d)
Every
Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof shall
be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security,
unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
(e)
[Reserved]
.
(f)
The
Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global Security, shall
be the Holder of such Global Security for all purposes under this Indenture
and
the Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall
hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Depositary Procedures.
Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Security shall be
shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Depositary
Participants. The Securities Registrar and the Trustee shall be entitled to
deal
with the Depositary for all purposes of this Indenture relating to a Global
Security (including the payment of principal and interest thereon and the giving
of instructions or directions by owners of beneficial interests therein and
the
giving of notices) as the sole Holder of the Security and shall have no
obligations to the owners of beneficial interests therein. Neither the Trustee
nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any
transfers effected by the Depositary.
(g)
The
rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall be exercised
only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law
and
agreements between such owners and the Depositary and/or its Depositary
Participants.
(h)
No
holder
of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a
Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such
Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security
for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee nor any agent
of
the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests of a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary
or
impair, as between a Depositary and such holders of beneficial interests, the
operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the
Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of any Security.
SECTION
3.5.
Registration,
Transfer and Exchange Generally.
(a)
The
Trustee shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the
“
Securities
Register”
)
in
which the registrar and transfer agent with respect to the Securities (the
“
Securities
Registrar”
),
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for
the registration of Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Securities.
The
Trustee shall at all times also be the Securities Registrar. The provisions
of
Article
VI
shall
apply to the Trustee in its role as Securities Registrar.
(b)
Subject
to compliance with
Section
2.2(b)
,
upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the offices or
agencies of the Company designated for that purpose the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denominations of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
(c)
At
the
option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any
authorized denominations, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute,
and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(d)
All
Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer
or exchange.
(e)
Every
Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required
by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing.
(f)
No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any
expense, tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with
any transfer or exchange of Securities.
(g)
Neither
the Company nor the Trustee shall be required pursuant to the provisions of
this
Section
3.5
:
(i) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period
beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the day of
selection for redemption of Securities pursuant to
Article
XI
and
ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of the notice of
redemption or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any such
Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be
redeemed.
(h)
The
Company shall designate an office or offices or agency or agencies where
Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The
Company initially designates the Corporate Trust Office as its office and agency
for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee
and to the Holders of any change in the location of any such office or
agency.
(i)
The
Securities may only be transferred to (i) the Company, (ii) a “qualified
institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act) who is also
a “Qualified Purchaser” (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the
Investment Company Act), (iii) outside the United States in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iv)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or
(v)
pursuant to another exemption form registration under the Securities
Act.
(j)
Neither
the Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall be responsible for ascertaining
whether any transfer hereunder complies with the registration provisions of
or
any exemptions from the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws or
the
applicable laws of any other jurisdiction, ERISA, the Code, or the Investment
Company Act;
provided
,
that if
a certificate is specifically required by the express terms of this
Section
3.5
to be
delivered to the Trustee or the Securities Registrar by a Holder or transferee
of a Security, the Trustee and the Securities Registrar shall be under a duty
to
receive and examine the same to determine whether or not the certificate
substantially conforms on its face to the requirements of this Indenture and
shall promptly notify the party delivering the same if such certificate does
not
comply with such terms.
SECTION
3.6.
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
(a)
If
any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security
or
indemnity as may be required by the Trustee to save the Company and the Trustee
harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
(b)
If
there
shall be delivered to the Trustee (i) evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity
as may be required by it to save each of the Company and the Trustee harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security
has been acquired by a
bona
fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of like tenor and aggregate principal amount as such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
(c)
If
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.
(d)
Upon
the
issuance of any new Security under this
Section
3.6
,
the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expense, 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.
(e)
Every
new
Security issued pursuant to this
Section
3.6
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 enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued
hereunder.
(f)
The
provisions of this
Section
3.6
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
3.7.
Persons
Deemed Owners.
The
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall treat
the
Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
SECTION
3.8.
Cancellation.
All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or exchange shall,
if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee,
and any such Securities and Securities surrendered directly to the Trustee
for
any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any
Securities canceled as provided in this
Section
3.8
,
except
as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be
retained or disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary
practices and if requested, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company a
certificate of such disposition.
SECTION
3.9.
Withholding
Tax.
The
Company and the Paying Agent are authorized to withhold pursuant to all
withholding and backup withholding tax requirements under United States federal,
state and local law. The Company and its Paying Agent shall request, and the
Holders shall provide to the Company and Paying Agent, such forms or
certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding and
backup withholding tax with respect to each Holder and any representations
and
forms as shall reasonably be requested by the Company and its Paying Agent
to
assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding
and
backup withholding tax obligations. The Company shall file required forms with
applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding and backup
withholding tax is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts
withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent
that the Company or any Paying Agent is required to withhold and pay over any
amounts to any jurisdiction with respect to payment of interest, premium, if
any, or principal or other amounts in respect of such Security or allocations
to
any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a payment of interest,
premium, if any, or principal or other amounts in respect of such Security
in
the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed
overwithholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable
jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual
payments of interest, premium, if any, or principal or other amounts in respect
of such Security made, the Company or any Paying Agent may reduce subsequent
payments of interest, premium, if any, or principal or other amounts in respect
of such Security by the amount of such required withholding.
SECTION
3.10.
Reserved.
SECTION
3.11.
Agreed
Tax Treatment.
Each
Security issued hereunder shall provide that the Company and, by its acceptance
or acquisition of a Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder of,
and any Person that acquires a direct or indirect beneficial interest in, such
Security, intend and agree to treat such Security as indebtedness of the Company
for United States Federal, state and local tax purposes. The provisions of
this
Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention and agreement of the
parties.
SECTION
3.12.
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
and other similar or related materials as a convenience to Holders;
provided
,
that
any such notice or other materials may state that no representation is made
as
to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption or other materials and that reliance
may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities,
and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission
of
such numbers.
ARTICLE
IV
Satisfaction
and Discharge
SECTION
4.1.
Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
This
Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except
as
to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
herein expressly provided for and as otherwise provided in this
Section
4.1
)
and the
Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when
(a)
either
(i)
all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities
that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced
or paid as provided in
Section
3.6
and (B)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust as provided in
Section
10.2
)
have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii)
all
such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(A)
have
become due and payable, or
(B)
will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year of the date
of
deposit, or
(C)
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, in the case of subclause (ii)(A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited
or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose
(x) an amount in the currency or currencies in which the Securities are payable,
(y) Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal
and
interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not
later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount or (z) a combination
thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and any premium and interest (including any Additional Interest)
to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity (or any date of principal repayment upon
early 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 protections to the Trustee
under
Article
VI
,
the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under
Section
6.6
,
the
obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under
Section
6.11
and, if
money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (a)(ii)
of this
Section
4.1
,
the
obligations of the Trustee under
Section
4.2
and
Section
10.2(d)
shall
survive.
SECTION
4.2.
Application
of Trust Money.
Subject
to the provisions of
Section
10.2(d
),
all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section
4.1
shall be
held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions
of
the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment in accordance with
Section
3.1
,
either
directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the
Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest
(including any Additional Interest) for the payment of which such money or
obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee. Moneys held
by
the Trustee under this
Section
4.2
shall
not be subject to the claims of holders of Senior Debt under
Article
XII
.
ARTICLE
V
Remedies
SECTION
5.1.
Events
of Default.
“
Event
of Default
”
means,
wherever used herein with respect to the Securities, any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to
any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any
administrative or governmental body):
(a)
default
in the payment of any interest upon any Security, including any Additional
Interest, if any, in respect thereof, when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of thirty (30) days; or
(b)
default
in the payment in full of the principal of or any premium on any Security at
its
Maturity; or
(c)
default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in
this Indenture or the Purchase Agreement, including, but not limited to (i)
the
treatment of the Securities as indebtedness for United States Federal income
tax
purposes under
Sections
3.11
and
10.8
hereof
and (ii) the limitations on mergers, consolidations and transfers, conveyances
and/or leases of substantially all assets under
Article
VIII
hereof,
and continuance of such default or breach for a period of thirty (30) days
after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least twenty-five
percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
(d)
the
entry
by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order adjudging
the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
of the Company under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law, or appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding
up
or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order
for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period
of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(e)
the
institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, or the consent by the Company to the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company of a petition
or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the
consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator
or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or
the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally
as
they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent,
or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such
action.
SECTION
5.2.
Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
(a)
If
an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may declare the principal amount
of all the Securities to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders).
(b)
At
any
time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities has
been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has
been
obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this
Article
V
,
the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, by written notice to the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences if:
(i)
the
Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay:
(A)
all
overdue installments of interest on all Securities,
(B)
any
accrued Additional Interest on all Securities,
(C)
the
principal of and any premium on any Securities that have become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration and interest (including any Additional
Interest) thereon at the rate borne by the Securities, and
(D)
all
sums
paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel;
and
(ii)
all
Events of Default with respect to Securities, other than the non-payment of
the
principal of Securities that has become due solely by such acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in
Section
5.13
;
No
such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION
5.3.
Repurchase
at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control.
(a)
Upon
the
occurrence of a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined), which Change of
Control results in a downgrade of the Company’s corporate credit rating (which,
for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include the ratings on any securitized
debt issued by the Company or the affiliates of the Company) by two (2) of
(i)
Standard & Poor's (S&P), a division of the McGraw-Hill companies, (ii)
Moody’s Corporation and (iii) Fitch Ratings, Ltd., then each Holder shall have,
exercisable only within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of notice
of
the Change of Control occurs, the right to require that the Company purchase
all
or a portion (in integral multiples of $1,000) of such Holder’s Outstanding
Securities at the discretion of the Holder using immediately available funds
pursuant to the offer described below (the “
Change
of Control Offer
”),
at a
purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof Outstanding
on the date of purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest, if any, to the date of purchase.
(b)
For
purposes of this
Section
11.8
,
“
Change
of Control
”
means:
(i) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act), including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act
(but excluding a director or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Company), becomes the beneficial owner of Equity
Interests of the Company having at least fifty percent (50%) of the total number
of votes that may be case for the election of directors of the Company; or
(ii)
the merger or other business combination of the Company, sale of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets or any combination of the foregoing
transactions (each a “
Change
of Control Transaction
”
and,
collectively, the “
Change
of Control Transactions
”),
except for a Change of Control Transaction immediately following which the
shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Change of Control
Transaction continue to have a majority of the voting power in the entity
succeeding to the Company (excluding, for this purposes, any shareholder owning,
directly or indirectly, more than ten percent (10%) of the shares of any other
company involved in the Change of Control Transaction).
(c)
Within
thirty (30) days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred,
the Company must send, by registered first-class mail, an offer to each Holder,
with a copy to the Trustee, which offer shall govern the terms of the Change
of
Control Offer. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and
materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
(i)
that
the
Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section
5.3
and
that, to the extent lawful, all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn
shall be accepted for payment. The Change of Control Offer shall provide for
a
right to purchase thirty (30) to sixty (60) days subsequent to receipt of
notice;
(ii)
the
purchase date (including the amount of accrued interest and Additional Interest,
if any), which must be no earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than sixty
(60) days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required
by
law (the “
Change
of Control Payment Date
”);
(iii)
that
any
Security not tendered shall continue to accrue interest and Additional Interest,
if applicable/shall be accelerated;
(iv)
that,
unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted
for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue
interest and Additional Interest, if applicable, after the Change of Control
Payment Date;
(v)
that
Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer will be required to surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Option
of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Security completed, to the
paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of
business on the third (3
rd
)
business day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;
(vi)
that
Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Change of Control
Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Securities the Holder
delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its
election to have such Securities purchased;
(vii)
that
Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new
Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the
Securities surrendered;
provided
that
each Security purchased and each new security issued shall be in an original
principal amount of $100,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof,
and such new Securities will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Security (or appropriate adjustments to the amount
and beneficial interests in a Global Security will be made); and
(viii)
the
circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control.
(d)
If
any of
the Securities subject to the Change of Control Offer is in the form of a Global
Security, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary
to
comply with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to
repurchases.
(e)
On
or
before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the
Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the purchase price plus
accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, of all Securities or portions
thereof so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions thereof being
purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders
so
tendered the purchase price for such Securities and the Company shall promptly
issue and the Trustee shall promptly (but in any case not later than five (5)
days after the Change of Control Payment Date) authenticate and mail (or cause
to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Security equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered;
provided
that
each such new Security shall be in a principal amount of $100,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any Securities not so accepted shall
be
promptly mailed by the Company to the Holders thereof. For purposes of this
Section
5.3
,
the
Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
(f)
Any
amounts remaining after the purchase of Securities pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to the Company.
(g)
Neither
the Board of Directors of the Company nor the Trustee may waive the Company’s
obligation to offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to this
Section
5.3
.
(h)
The
Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange
Act
and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such
laws
and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Securities
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of
any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this
Section
5.3
,
the
Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of
this
Section
5.3
by
virtue thereof.
(i)
The
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change
of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at
the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this
Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and
purchases all Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn under
such
Change of Control Offer.
SECTION
5.4.
Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
(a)
The
Company covenants that if:
(i)
default
is made in the payment of any installment of interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such
default continues for a period of thirty (30) days, or
(ii)
default
is made in the payment of the principal of and any premium on any Security
at
the Maturity thereof,
the
Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit
of
the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest (including any Additional
Interest) and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the Trustee under
Section
6.6
.
(b)
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, and 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 decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
(c)
If
an
Event of Default with respect to any Securities occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and
the
rights of the Holders of such Securities 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
5.5.
Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
In
case
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or similar judicial proceeding relative
to
the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its
creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in
such
proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized hereunder in
order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized 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 first 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 owing the Trustee, any
predecessor Trustee and other Persons under
Section
6.6
.
SECTION
5.6.
Trustee
May Enforce Claim 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, subject to
Article
XII
and
after provision for the payment of all the amounts owing the Trustee, any
predecessor Trustee and other Persons under
Section
6.6
,
be for
the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION
5.7.
Application
of Money Collected.
Any
money
or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to the
Securities pursuant to this
Article
V
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 or property on account of principal
or
any premium or interest (including any Additional 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, any predecessor Trustee and other
Persons under
Section
6.6
;
SECOND:
To the payment of all Senior Debt of the Company if and to the extent required
by
Article
XII
;
THIRD:
Subject to
Article
XII
,
to the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal
and
any premium and interest (including any Additional Interest) 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
the Securities for principal and any premium and interest (including any
Additional Interest), respectively; and
FOURTH:
The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION
5.8.
Limitation
on Suits.
Subject
to
Section
5.9
,
no
Holder of any Securities shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment
of
a custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other
similar official) 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;
(b)
the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities 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 reasonable indemnity against
the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(d)
the
Trustee after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has
failed to institute any such proceeding for sixty (60) days; and
(e)
no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such sixty (60)-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
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 itself of, any provision
of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders
of Securities, 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
5.9.
Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, if any, 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 any premium on such Security at its Maturity and payment of interest
(including any Additional Interest) on such Security when due and payable and
to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall
not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION
5.10.
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,
such
Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee, such Holders
shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally
and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Trustee, such Holder shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION
5.11.
Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
Except
as
otherwise provided in
Section
3.6(f)
,
no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or 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 prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION
5.12.
Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.
No
delay
or omission of the Trustee or 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
V
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 the Holders, as the case
may
be.
SECTION
5.13.
Control
by Holders.
The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities 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;
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 that is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(c)
subject
to the provisions of
Section
6.2
,
the
Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow such direction if a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall, in good faith, reasonably
determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to
the
Holders not joining in any such direction or would involve the Trustee in
personal liability.
SECTION
5.14.
Waiver
of Past Defaults.
(a)
The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may waive any past Event of Default hereunder and its
consequences except an Event of Default:
(i)
in
the
payment of the principal of or any premium or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Outstanding Security (unless such Event of Default has been
cured and the Company has paid to or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay all installments of interest (including any Additional Interest) due
and
past due and all principal of and any premium on all Securities due otherwise
than by acceleration), or
(ii)
in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under
Article
IX
cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder of any Outstanding
Security.
(b)
Any
such
waiver shall be deemed to be on behalf of the Holders of all the Outstanding
Securities.
(c)
Upon
any
such waiver, such Event of 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 Event
of
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION
5.15.
Undertaking
for Costs.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his or
her
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of
an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the
merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant;
but
the provisions of this
Section
5.15
shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by
any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent
(10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any
suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of or any premium on the Security after the Stated Maturity or any
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security after it is due
and
payable.
SECTION
5.16.
Waiver
of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The
Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not
at
any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now
or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not 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 had been enacted.
ARTICLE
VI
The
Trustee
SECTION
6.1.
Corporate
Trustee Required.
There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities. The
Trustee shall be a corporation or national banking association organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof,
authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or state authority and having an office within the United States. If
such entity publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law
or
to the requirements of such supervising or examining authority, then, for the
purposes of this
Section
6.1
,
the
combined capital and surplus of such entity shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this
Section
6.1
,
it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this
Article
VI
.
SECTION
6.2.
Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i)
the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
(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 certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture;
provided,
that in
the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof
are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under
a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they substantially
conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b)
If
an
Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall, prior to the receipt of directions, if any, from the Holders
of
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities,
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use
the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own
affairs.
(c)
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, 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 or liability
is
not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this
Section
6.2
.
To the
extent that, at law or in equity, the Trustee has duties and liabilities
relating to the Holders, the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder for
the
Trustee’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this Indenture. The
provisions of this Indenture, to the extent that they restrict the duties and
liabilities of the Trustee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed
by
the Company and the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of
the
Trustee.
(d)
No
provisions of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability with respect to matters that are within the authority of the Trustee
under this Indenture for its own negligent action, negligent failure to act
or
willful misconduct, except that:
(i)
the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error or judgment made in good faith by
an
authorized officer of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii)
the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to
be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of
at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
and
(iii)
the
Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it
hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company and money
held
by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
SECTION
6.3.
Notice
of Defaults.
Within
ninety (90) days after the occurrence of any default actually known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall give the Holders notice of such default unless such
default shall have been cured or waived;
provided,
that
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities, the Trustee shall be fully protected
in
withholding the notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive
committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of
the
Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest
of Holders of Securities; and
provided,
further,
that in
the case of any default of the character specified in
Section
5.1(c)
,
no such
notice to Holders shall be given until at least thirty (30) days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section
6.3
,
the
term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or
both would become, an Event of Default.
SECTION
6.4.
Certain
Rights of Trustee.
Subject
to the provisions of
Section
6.2
:
(a)
the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting in good faith and in accordance with the terms hereof
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note or other
paper
or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by
the proper party or parties;
(b)
if
(i) in
performing its duties under this Indenture the Trustee is required to decide
between alternative courses of action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions
of this Indenture the Trustee finds ambiguous or inconsistent with any other
provisions contained herein or (iii) the Trustee is unsure of the application
of
any provision of this Indenture, then, except as to any matter as to which
the
Holders are entitled to decide under the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee
shall deliver a notice to the Company requesting the Company’s written
instruction as to the course of action to be taken and the Trustee shall take
such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Trustee shall be
instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Company;
provided
,
that if
the Trustee does not receive such instructions from the Company within ten
(10)
Business Days after it has delivered such notice or such reasonably shorter
period of time set forth in such notice, the Trustee may, but shall be under
no
duty to, take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Trustee
shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Holders, in which event
the Trustee shall have no liability except for its own negligence, bad faith
or
willful misconduct;
(c)
any
request or direction of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company
Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(d)
the
Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the Trustee,
the Company or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees)
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 in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e)
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
s pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities
that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction,
including reasonable advances as may be requested by the Trustee;
(f)
the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, indenture, note or other
paper
or document, but the Trustee in its discretion may make such inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled
to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent
or attorney;
(g)
the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or
nominees and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(h)
whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
to
receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking
any
other action with respect to enforcing any remedy or right hereunder, the
Trustees (i) may request instructions from the Holders (which instructions
may
only be given by the Holders of the same aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities as would be entitled to direct the Trustee under this
Indenture in respect of such remedy, right or action), (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such action until such instructions
are
received and (iii) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such
instructions;
(i)
except
as
otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be under
any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions
of
this Indenture;
(j)
without
prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law,
when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding referred to in clauses (d) or (e)
of
the definition of Event of Default, such expenses (including legal fees and
expenses of its agents and counsel) and the compensation for such services
are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy laws
or
law relating to creditors rights generally;
(k)
whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely
upon
an Officers’ Certificate addressing such matter, which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Company;
(l)
the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default unless
either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge
or
(ii) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company
or
a Holder; and
(m)
in
the
event that the Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent
or
Securities Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the
Trustee pursuant to this
Article
VI
shall
also be afforded such Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent, or Securities
Registrar.
SECTION
6.5.
May
Hold Securities.
The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar
or
any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Securities Registrar or such other
agent.
SECTION
6.6.
Compensation;
Reimbursement; Indemnity.
(a)
The
Company agrees:
(i)
to
pay to
the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered
by it hereunder in such amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree
from
time to time pursuant to a separate fee agreement (which compensation shall
not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of
an express trust);
(ii)
to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and
the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith
or
willful misconduct; and
(iii)
to
the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify the Trustee and its
Affiliates, and their officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives
and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, damage,
liability, tax (other than income, franchise or other taxes imposed on amounts
paid pursuant to (i) or (ii) hereof), penalty, expense or claim of any kind
or
nature whatsoever incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
on its part arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust or the performance of the Trustee’s duties
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its
powers or duties hereunder.
(b)
To
secure
the Company’s payment obligations in this
Section
6.6
,
the
Company hereby grants and pledges to the Trustee and the Trustee shall have
a
lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by
the
Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay principal and
interest on particular Securities. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction
and
discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
(c)
The
obligations of the Company under this
Section
6.6
shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the earlier
resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(d)
In
no
event shall the Trustee be liable for any indirect, special, 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.
(e)
In
no
event shall the Trustee be liable for any failure or delay in the performance
of
its obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond its control,
including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or
undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot, embargo, government action, including any
laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental action or the like which delay,
restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this
Indenture.
SECTION
6.7.
Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a)
No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this
Article
VI
shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee
under
Section
6.8
.
(b)
The
Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the
Company.
(c)
Unless
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may be
removed at any time by the Company by a Board Resolution. If an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may be removed by Act of
the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d)
If
the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any reason, at a time when no Event
of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee, and such successor
Trustee and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements
of
Section
6.8
.
If the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any reason, at a time when an Event
of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holders, by Act of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee, and such successor
Trustee and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements
of
Section
6.8
.
If no
successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders
and
accepted appointment within sixty (60) days after the giving of a notice of
resignation by the Trustee or the removal of the Trustee in the manner required
by
Section
6.8
,
any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
(or, if the Securities have been Outstanding for less than six (6) months,
the
entire period of such lesser time) may, on behalf of such Holder and all others
similarly situated, and any resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the
Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a
successor Trustee.
(e)
The
Company shall give notice to all Holders in the manner provided in
Section
1.6
of each
resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor
Trustee. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the
address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION
6.8.
Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
(a)
In
case
of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, each successor Trustee
so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of
the
retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
(b)
Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a)
of
this
Section
6.8
.
(c)
No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article
VI
.
SECTION
6.9.
Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may
be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding
to
all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall
be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing
of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
provided
,
that
such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article
VI
.
In case
any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation or as
otherwise provided above in this
Section
6.9
to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated, and in case any Securities shall not have been authenticated,
any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the
name
of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee, and in
all
cases the certificate of authentication shall have the full force which it
is
provided anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate
of
the Trustee shall have.
SECTION
6.10.
Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s execution
of certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations
as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither
the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds
thereof.
SECTION
6.11.
Appointment
of Authenticating Agent.
(a)
The
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to the
Securities, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities issued upon original issue and upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to
Section
3.6
,
and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, or of any State or Territory thereof or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having
a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such Authenticating
Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or to
the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this
Section
6.11
the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to
be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section
6.11
,
such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this
Section
6.11
.
(b)
Any
Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party,
or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the successor Authenticating Agent
hereunder,
provided
such
Person shall be otherwise eligible under this
Section
6.11
,
without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
(c)
An
Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof
to
the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency
of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this
Section
6.11
,
the
Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent eligible under the
provisions of this
Section
6.11
,
which
shall be acceptable to the Company, and shall give notice of such appointment
to
all Holders. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent.
(d)
The
Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this
Section
6.11
in such
amounts as the Company and the Authenticating Agent shall agree from time to
time.
(e)
If
an
appointment of an Authenticating Agent is made pursuant to this
Section
6.11
,
the
Securities may have endorsed thereon, as an alternative to the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication
in
the following form:
This
is
one of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
|
Wilmington
Trust Company
,
not in its
individual
capacity, but solely as Trustee
By:
__________________________________
Authenticating
Agent
By:
__________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
|
ARTICLE
VII
Holder’s
Lists and Reports by Company
SECTION
7.1.
Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a)
semiannually,
on or before June 30 and December 31 of each year, a list, in such form as
the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as
of
a date not more than fifteen (15) days prior to the delivery thereof,
and
(b)
at
such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days
after
the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than fifteen (15) days prior to the time such
list
is furnished,
in
each
case to the extent such information is in the possession or control of the
Company and has not otherwise been received by the Trustee in its capacity
as
Securities Registrar.
SECTION
7.2.
Preservation
of Information, Communications to Holders.
(a)
The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the
names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished
to
the Trustee as provided in
Section
7.1
and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Securities Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in
Section
7.1
upon
receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b)
The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights
and
privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c)
Every
Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company
and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either
of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of information
as
to the names and addresses of the Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION
7.3.
Reports
by Company.
(a)
The
Company shall furnish to the Holders and to prospective purchasers of
Securities, upon their request, the information required to be furnished
pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. The delivery requirement
set forth in the preceding sentence may be satisfied by compliance with
Section
7.3(b)
hereof.
(b)
The
Company shall furnish to each of (i) the Trustee, (ii) the Holders and to
subsequent holders of Securities, (iii) Coredo Capital Management, LLC, 712
5
th
Avenue,
10
th
Floor,
New York, New York 10019, Attn: Dar Patel (or such other address as
designated by Coredo Capital Management, LLC) and (iv) any beneficial owner
of
the Securities reasonably identified to the Company (which identification may
be
made either by such beneficial owner or by Coredo Capital Management, LLC),
a
duly completed and executed certificate substantially and substantively in
the
form attached hereto as
Exhibit
A
,
including the financial statements referenced in such Exhibit, which certificate
and financial statements shall be so furnished by the Company not later than
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters
of
each fiscal year of the Company and not later than ninety (90) days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company.
(c)
If
the
Company intends to file its annual and quarterly information with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission
”)
in
electronic form pursuant to Regulation S-T of the Commission using the
Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“
EDGAR
”)
system, the Company shall notify the Trustee in the manner prescribed herein
of
each such annual and quarterly filing. The Trustee is hereby authorized and
directed to access the EDGAR system for purposes of retrieving the financial
information so filed. Compliance with the foregoing shall constitute delivery
by
the Company of its financial statements to the Trustee in compliance with the
provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable. The
Trustee shall have no duty to search for or obtain any electronic or other
filings that the Company makes with the Commission, regardless of whether such
filings are periodic, supplemental or otherwise. Delivery of reports,
information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this
Section
7.3(c)
shall be
solely for purposes of compliance with this
Section
7.3(c)
and, if
applicable, with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee’s
receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute notice
to it of the content thereof or any matter determinable from the content
thereof, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder,
as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely upon Officers’
Certificates.
ARTICLE
VIII
Consolidation,
Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
SECTION
8.1.
Company
May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any
Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into the Company or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to the Company, unless:
(a)
if
the
Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer
or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person,
the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged
or
the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or that leases, the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be
an
entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America
or
any State or Territory thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant
of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or
observed;
(b)
immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event
that,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default,
shall have happened and be continuing; and
(c)
the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer
or
lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such
transaction, any such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article
VIII
and that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been complied with; and the Trustee may rely upon such Officers’ Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such transaction complies with
this
Section
8.1
.
SECTION
8.2.
Successor
Company Substituted.
(a)
Upon
any
consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other Person, or any
conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with
Section
8.1
and the
execution and delivery to the Trustee of the supplemental indenture described
in
Section
8.1(a)
,
the
successor entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease 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 had been
named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance or
transfer, following the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture,
the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the
Indenture and the Securities.
(b)
Such
successor Person may cause to be executed, and may issue either in its own
name
or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder
that theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to
the
Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person instead of the Company
and
subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture
prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities
that
previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company
to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities that such successor Person
thereafter shall cause to be executed and delivered to the Trustee on its
behalf. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal
rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or
thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
(c)
In
case
of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease, such changes
in
phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued
as
may be appropriate to reflect such occurrence.
ARTICLE
IX
Supplemental
Indentures
SECTION
9.1.
Supplemental
Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
for any of the following purposes:
(a)
to
evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the assumption
by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities;
or
(b)
to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
trustee; or
(c)
to
cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make or amend
any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this
Indenture; or
(d)
to
comply
with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation
system on which any of the Securities may be listed, traded or quoted;
or
(e)
to
add to
the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Company or to add to the
Events of Default; or
(f)
to
modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Indenture or the Securities
to
such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Securities are treated
as
indebtedness of the Company for United States Federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION
9.2.
Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders.
(a)
Subject
to
Section 9.1
,
with
the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered to the
Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and
the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the Holders of Securities under this Indenture;
provided,
that
no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security,
(i)
change
the Stated Maturity of the principal or any premium of any Security or change
the date of payment of any installment of interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate
of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or change
the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security
or
interest thereon is payable, or restrict or impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date, or
(ii)
reduce
the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities,
the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or
the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with any
provision of this Indenture or of defaults hereunder and their consequences
provided for in this Indenture, or
(iii)
modify
any of the provisions of this
Section
9.2
,
Section
5.1
,
Section
5.14
or
Section
10.7
,
except
to increase any percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any reason, or to
provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified
or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security.
(b)
It
shall
not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section
9.2
to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION
9.3.
Execution
of Supplemental Indentures.
In
executing or accepting the additional trusts created by any supplemental
indenture permitted by this
Article
IX
or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee
shall
be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying
upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such action have been complied with. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Copies of the final form of each supplemental indenture shall be delivered
by
the Trustee at the expense of the Company to each Holder, promptly after the
execution thereof.
SECTION
9.4.
Effect
of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this
Article
IX
,
this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and each such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION
9.5.
Reference
in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this
Article
IX
may, and
shall if required by the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the
Company as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared
and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE
X
Covenants
SECTION
10.1.
Payment
of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities
that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and
interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities in accordance
with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION
10.2.
Money
for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
(a)
Whenever
the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, prior to 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or any premium or
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Securities, deposit with
such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held
as
provided in the Trust Indenture Act and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its failure to so
act.
(b)
The
Company will cause each Paying Agent for the Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section
10.2
,
that
such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of this Indenture and
the
Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities, upon
the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held
in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the
Securities.
(c)
The
Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same
trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
(d)
Any
money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of the principal
of and any premium or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any
Security and remaining unclaimed for two (2) years after such principal and
any
premium or interest has become due and payable shall (unless otherwise required
by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
law) be paid on Company Request to the Company, or (if then held by the Company)
shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat
or
abandoned or unclaimed property law) be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided,
that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
SECTION
10.3.
Statement
as to Compliance.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within ninety (90) days after the end
of
each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’
Certificate covering the preceding calendar year, stating whether or not to
the
knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance
or
observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture
(without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided
hereunder), and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults
and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
SECTION
10.4.
Calculation
Agent.
(a)
The
Company hereby agrees that for so long as any of the Securities remain
Outstanding, there will at all times be an agent appointed to calculate LIBOR
in
respect of each Interest Payment Date in accordance with the terms of
Schedule
A
(the
“
Calculation
Agent
”).
The
Company has initially appointed the Trustee as Calculation Agent for purposes
of
determining LIBOR for each Interest Payment Date. The Calculation Agent may
be
removed by the Company at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or
unwilling to act as such or is removed by the Company, the Company will promptly
appoint as a replacement Calculation Agent the London office of a leading bank
which is engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurodollar market and which does not control or is not controlled by or under
common control with the Company or its Affiliates. The Calculation Agent may
not
resign its duties without a successor having been duly appointed.
(b)
The
Calculation Agent shall be required to agree that, as soon as possible after
11:00 a.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination Date (as defined in
Schedule
A
),
but in
no event later than 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business Day immediately
following each LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate
the interest rate and Interest Payment amount (the Interest Payment shall be
rounded to the nearest cent, with half a cent being rounded upwards) for the
related Interest Payment Date, and will communicate such rate and amount to
the
Company, the Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Depositary. The Calculation
Agent will also specify to the Company the quotations upon which the foregoing
rates and amounts are based and, in any event, the Calculation Agent shall
notify the Company before 5:00 p.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination
Date that either: (i) it has determined or is in the process of determining
the foregoing rates and amounts or (ii) it has not determined and is not in
the process of determining the foregoing rates and amounts, together with its
reasons therefor. The Calculation Agent’s determination of the foregoing rates
and amounts for any Interest Payment Date will (in the absence of manifest
error) be final and binding upon all parties. For the sole purpose of
calculating the interest rate for the Securities, “Business Day” shall be
defined as any day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are transacted
in
the London interbank market.
SECTION
10.5.
Reserved.
SECTION
10.6.
Additional
Covenants.
(a)
The
Company covenants and agrees with each Holder of Securities that if an Event
of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, it shall not (i) declare or
pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s Equity Interests,
except only to the extent necessary to maintain its status as a real estate
investment trust under the Code, (ii) vote in favor of or permit or otherwise
allow any of its Significant Subsidiaries to declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment
with respect to or otherwise retire, any shares of any such Significant
Subsidiary’s preferred stock or other Equity Interests entitling the holders
thereof to a stated rate of return (for the avoidance of doubt, whether such
preferred stock or other Equity Interests are perpetual or otherwise) if such
proceeds are payable to any third party which is not the Company or an affiliate
of the Company, or (iii) make any payment of principal of or any interest or
premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the
Company that rank
pari
passu
in all
respects with or junior in interest to the Securities (other than with respect
to clauses (i) and (iii) above, (a) repurchases, redemptions or other
acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or
other
similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees,
officers, directors or consultants, (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder
stock purchase plan or (3) the issuance of capital stock of the Company or
of
such Significant Subsidiary (or securities convertible into or exercisable
for
such capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered
into
prior to the Event of Default, (b) as a result of an exchange or conversion
of
any class or series of the Company’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a
Significant Subsidiary) for any class or series of the Company’s capital stock
(or in the case of a Significant Subsidiary, any class or series of such
Significant Subsidiary’s capital stock) or any class or series of the Company’s
indebtedness for any class or series of the Company’s capital stock (or in the
case of indebtedness of a Significant Subsidiary, or any class or series of
such
Significant Subsidiary’s indebtedness for any class or series of such
Significant Subsidiary’s capital stock), (c) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock (or the capital stock of a
Significant Subsidiary) pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of
such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with any Rights Plan, the issuance
of
rights, stock or other property under any Rights Plan, or the redemption or
repurchase of rights pursuant thereto or (e) any dividend in the form of stock,
warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable
upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as
that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks
pari
passu
with or
junior to such stock and any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares issued
in connection therewith).
(b)
The
Company also agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to meet the requirements
to qualify, effective for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007 and all
future fiscal years, as a real estate investment trust under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, so long as the Company determines that it
is
in its best interest to remain qualified as a real estate investment
trust.
SECTION
10.7.
Waiver
of Covenants.
The
Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or
condition contained in
Section
10.6
if,
before or after the time for such compliance, the Holders of at least a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall, by Act of
such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend
to
or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived,
and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company
in
respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION
10.8.
Treatment
of Securities.
The
Company will, unless and until required otherwise by an applicable taxing
authority, treat the Securities as indebtedness, and the amounts, other than
payments of principal, payable in respect of the principal amount of such
Securities as interest, for all United States federal income tax purposes.
All
payments in respect of the Securities will be made free and clear of United
States withholding tax to any beneficial owner thereof that has provided an
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8BEN (or any substitute or successor
form) establishing its U.S. or non-U.S. status for United States federal income
tax purposes, or any other applicable form establishing a complete exemption
from United States withholding tax.
SECTION
10.9.
Limitation
of Issuance of Securities.
The
Company covenants and agrees with each Holder of Securities that the Company
will not, until the date that is six months following the date of this
Indenture, offer, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to purchase or
otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, (i) any Securities or other
unsecured debt securities substantially similar to the Securities (“
Substantially
Similar Securities
”),
or
(ii) any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, the
Securities any Substantially Similar Securities, with the exception of the
issuance of $25.0 million subordinated notes which will be issued no later
than
June 1, 2007 (“
Subsequent
Subordinated Notes
”).
The
Subsequent Subordinated Notes will be issued
pari
passu
with
the
Securities issued under this Indenture and under terms materially consistent
with the terms set forth herein.
ARTICLE
XI
Redemption
and Put of Securities
SECTION
11.1.
Optional
Redemption.
The
Company may, at its option, on any Interest Payment Date, on or after July
30,
2012, redeem the Securities in whole at any time or in part from time to time,
at a Redemption Price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal
amount thereof (or of the redeemed portion thereof, as applicable), together,
in
the case of any such redemption, with accrued and unpaid interest, including
any
Additional Interest, through but excluding the date fixed as the Redemption
Date
(the “
Optional
Redemption Price
”).
SECTION
11.2.
Special
Event Redemption.
Prior
to
July 30, 2012, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Special
Event, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities, in whole but
not
in part, at a Redemption Price equal to:
TIME
PERIOD
|
PERCENTAGE
|
May
23, 2007 - July 29, 2008
|
107.5%
|
July
30, 2008 - July 29, 2009
|
105%
|
July
30, 2009 - July 29, 2010
|
103.75%
|
July
30, 2010 - July 29, 2011
|
102.5%
|
July
30, 2011 - July 29, 2012
|
101.25%
|
July
30, 2012 and thereafter
|
100%
|
of
the
principal amount thereof, together, in the case of any such redemption, with
accrued interest, including any Additional Interest, through but excluding
the
date fixed as the Redemption Date (the “
Special
Redemption Price
”).
SECTION
11.3.
Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities, in whole or in part, shall
be
evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at
the
election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than forty-five (45) days
and not more than seventy-five (75) days prior to the Redemption Date (unless
a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in
writing of such date and of the principal amount of the Securities to be
redeemed and provide the additional information required to be included in
the
notice or notices contemplated by
Section
11.5
.
In the
case of any redemption of Securities, in whole or in part, (a) prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in this Indenture
or
the Securities or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject
to
a condition specified in this Indenture or the Securities, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
SECTION
11.4.
Selection
of Securities to be Redeemed.
(a)
If
less
than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be
redeemed shall be selected and redeemed on a pro rata basis not more than sixty
(60) days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding
Securities not previously called for redemption,
provided
,
that
the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in
an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security.
(b)
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected
for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of
this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating
to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security
redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount
of such Security that has been or is to be redeemed.
(c)
The
provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section
11.4
shall
not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security,
whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of
any
such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of
the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
SECTION
11.5.
Notice
of Redemption.
(a)
Notice
of
redemption shall be given not later than the thirtieth (30
th
)
day,
and not earlier than the sixtieth (60
th
)
day,
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, in
whole or in part.
(b)
With
respect to Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part, each notice of
redemption shall state:
(i)
the
Redemption Date;
(ii)
the
Redemption Price or, if the Redemption Price cannot be calculated prior to
the
time the notice is required to be sent, the estimate of the Redemption Price,
as
calculated by the Company, together with a statement that it is an estimate
and
that the actual Redemption Price will be calculated on the fifth Business Day
prior to the Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice
shall be sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date that such Redemption
Price is calculated);
(iii)
if
less
than all Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the identification (and,
in
the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the amount
of and particular Securities to be redeemed;
(iv)
that
on
the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each
such Security or portion thereof, and that any interest (including any
Additional Interest) on such Security or such portion, as the case may be,
shall
cease to accrue on and after said date; and
(v)
the
place
or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price.
(c)
Notice
of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the election
of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
The notice if mailed in the manner provided above shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In
any
case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to
the
Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall
not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Security.
SECTION
11.6.
Deposit
of Redemption Price.
Prior
to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date specified in the notice
of redemption given as provided in
Section
11.5
,
the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents an
amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued
interest (including any Additional Interest) on, all the Securities (or portions
thereof) that are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION
11.7.
Payment
of Securities Called for Redemption.
(a)
If
any
notice of redemption has been given as provided in
Section
11.5
,
the
Securities or portion of Securities with respect to which such notice has been
given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places stated
in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption Date. On
presentation and surrender of such Securities at a Place of Payment specified
in
such notice, the Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid
and
redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption
Date.
(b)
Upon
presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the
expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities, of authorized
denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
of
the Security so presented and having the same Original Issue Date, Stated
Maturity and terms.
(c)
If
any
Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof
for
redemption, the principal of and any premium on such Security shall, until
paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
ARTICLE
XII
Subordination
of Securities
SECTION
12.1.
Securities
Subordinate to Senior Debt.
The
Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by its acceptance
thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth in this
Article
XII
,
the
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly
made
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
all
Senior Debt; provided, that the Securities shall be senior in right of payment
to any junior subordinated debt securities issued by the Company,
including, but not limited to, the debt securities issued by Redwood Capital
Trust I and by any other financing entity (as defined herein).
SECTION
12.2.
No
Payment When Senior Debt in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution,
Etc.
(a)
In
the
event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment
of any principal of or any premium or interest on any Senior Debt (following
any
grace period, if applicable) when the same becomes due and payable, whether
at
maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration of acceleration
or
otherwise, then, upon written notice of such default to the Company by the
holders of such Senior Debt or any trustee therefor, unless and until such
default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no direct
or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities, by set-off or otherwise)
shall be made or agreed to be made on account of the principal of or any premium
or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any of the Securities, or
in
respect of any redemption, repayment, retirement, purchase or other acquisition
of any of the Securities.
(b)
In
the
event of a bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding described in clause (d)
or
(e) of the definition of Event of Default (each such event, if any, herein
sometimes referred to as a “
Proceeding”
),
all
Senior Debt (including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement
of
any such proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any payment or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made
to
any Holder of any of the Securities on account thereof. Any payment or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than
securities of the Company or any other entity provided for by a plan of
reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least
to
the extent provided in these subordination provisions with respect to the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Debt at
the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under
any
such plan of reorganization or readjustment), which would otherwise (but for
these subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of the
Securities shall be paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior Debt
in
accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders until all Senior
Debt (including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any
Proceeding) shall have been paid in full.
(c)
In
the
event of any Proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect
to
Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities, together with the holders of any
obligations of the Company ranking on a parity with the Securities, shall be
entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of the Company the amounts at
the
time due and owing on account of unpaid principal of and any premium and
interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities and such other
obligations before any payment or other distribution, whether in cash, property
or otherwise, shall be made on account of any Equity Interests or any
obligations of the Company ranking junior to the Securities and such other
obligations. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution
of
any character on any security, whether in cash, securities or other property
(other than securities of the Company or any other entity provided for by a
plan
of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least
to the extent provided in these subordination provisions with respect to the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Debt
at
the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under
any
such plan of reorganization or readjustment) shall be received by the Trustee
or
any Holder in contravention of any of the terms hereof and before all Senior
Debt shall have been paid in full, such payment or distribution or security
shall be received in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or
delivered and transferred to, the holders of the Senior Debt at the time
outstanding in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders
for application to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, to the
extent necessary to pay all such Senior Debt (including any interest thereon
accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding) in full. In the event of
the
failure of the Trustee or any Holder to endorse or assign any such payment,
distribution or security, each holder of Senior Debt is hereby irrevocably
authorized to endorse or assign the same.
(d)
The
Trustee and the Holders, at the expense of the Company, shall take such
reasonable action (including the delivery of this Indenture to an agent for
any
holders of Senior Debt or consent to the filing of a financing statement with
respect hereto) as may, in the opinion of counsel designated by the holders
of a
majority in principal amount of the Senior Debt at the time outstanding, be
necessary or appropriate to assure the effectiveness of the subordination
effected by these provisions.
(e)
The
provisions of this
Section
12.2
shall
not impair any rights, interests, remedies or powers of any secured creditor
of
the Company in respect of any security interest the creation of which is not
prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture.
(f)
The
securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise ranking on a parity with
the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities, shall not be deemed to
prevent such obligations from constituting, respectively, obligations ranking
on
a parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities.
SECTION
12.3.
Payment
Permitted If No Default.
Nothing
contained in this
Article
XII
or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the
Company, at any time, except during the pendency of the conditions described
in
paragraph (a) of
Section
12.2
or of
any Proceeding referred to in
Section
12.2
,
from
making payments at any time of principal of and any premium or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or (b) the application
by
the Trustee of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or
on
account of the principal of and any premium or interest (including any
Additional Interest) on the Securities or the retention of such payment by
the
Holders, if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have
knowledge (in accordance with
Section
12.8
)
that
such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this
Article
XII
,
except
as provided in
Section
12.8
.
SECTION
12.4.
Subrogation
to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.
Subject
to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on all Senior Debt,
or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise
in a
manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities
shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to
the
holders of such Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of this
Article
XII
(equally
and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company that by its
express terms is subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company to substantially
the
same extent as the Securities are subordinated to the Senior Debt and is
entitled to like rights of subrogation by reason of any payments or
distributions made to holders of such Senior Debt) to the rights of the holders
of such Senior Debt to receive payments and distributions of cash, property
and
securities applicable to the Senior Debt until the principal of and any premium
and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities shall be
paid
in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to
the
holders of the Senior Debt 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
payments made pursuant to the provisions of this
Article
XII
to the
holders of Senior Debt by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall,
as
among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt, and the
Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Debt.
SECTION
12.5.
Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The
provisions of this
Article
XII
are and
are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
Holders of the Securities on the one hand and the holders of Senior Debt on
the
other hand. Nothing contained in this
Article
XII
or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall (a)
impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the Securities, the
obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to
the
Holders of the Securities the principal of and any premium and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities as and when the same
shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms, (b) affect the relative
rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of
the
Company other than their rights in relation to the holders of Senior Debt or
(c)
prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture,
including filing and voting claims in any Proceeding, subject to the rights,
if
any, under this
Article
XII
of the
holders of Senior Debt to receive cash, property and securities otherwise
payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
SECTION
12.6.
Trustee
to Effectuate Subordination.
Each
Holder of a Security by his or her acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the
Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination provided in this
Article
XII
and
appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION
12.7.
No
Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
(a)
No
right
of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination
as
herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any
act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to
act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any
knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or be otherwise charged
with.
(b)
Without
in any way limiting the generality of paragraph (a) of this
Section
12.7
,
the
holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from to time, without the consent
of
or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without incurring
responsibility to such Holders of the Securities and without impairing or
releasing the subordination provided in this
Article
XII
or the
obligations hereunder of such Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior
Debt, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or
terms
of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt,
or
otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding,
(ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged,
mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Debt, (iii) release any Person liable
in
any manner for the payment of Senior Debt and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
SECTION
12.8.
Notice
to Trustee.
(a)
The
Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment
to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. 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 that would prohibit the making of any
payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
from the Company or a holder of Senior Debt or from any trustee, agent or
representative therefor;
provided,
that if
the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this
Section
12.8
at least
two (2) Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any
monies may become payable for any purpose (including, the payment of the
principal of and any premium on or interest (including any Additional Interest)
on any Security), 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 that may be received by
it
within two (2) Business Days prior to such date.
(b)
The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice
by a
Person representing himself or herself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a
trustee, agent, representative or attorney-in-fact therefor) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee, agent,
representative or attorney-in-fact therefor). 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 Debt 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 Debt held by such Person,
the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment
or
distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under
this
Article
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
12.9.
Reliance
on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon
any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this
Article
XII
,
the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively
rely
upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which
such Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy,
receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the
Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders
of
the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other
facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article
XII
.
SECTION
12.10.
Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt.
The
Trustee, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, shall not be deemed
to
owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt and shall not be liable
to
any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute
to
Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property
or
securities to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue
of
this
Article
XII
or
otherwise.
SECTION
12.11.
Rights
of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustee’s
Rights.
The
Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set
forth
in this
Article
XII
with
respect to any Senior Debt that may at any time be held by it, to the same
extent as any other holder of Senior Debt, and nothing in this Indenture shall
deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
SECTION
12.12.
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
XII
shall in
such case (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
XII
in
addition to or in place of the Trustee. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company
shall not be permitted to appoint itself or any Affiliate as a Paying Agent
hereunder.
*
* * *
This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
*
* * *
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
By:
/s/ Martin S.
Hughes
Name:
Martin
S.
Hughes
Title:
Vice
President, Chief Financial
and
Secretary
Wilmington
Trust Company
,
as
Trustee
By:
/s/ Michael C.
Harra
Name:
Michael C. Harra
Title:
Financial Services Officer
Schedule
A
DETERMINATION
OF LIBOR
With
respect to the Securities, the London interbank offered rate (“
LIBOR
”)
shall
be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following
provisions (in each case rounded to the nearest .000001%):
(1)
On
the
second LIBOR Business Day (as defined below) prior to an Interest Payment Date
(except with respect to the first interest payment period such date shall be
May
23, 2007)
(each
such day, a “
LIBOR
Determination Date
”),
LIBOR
for any given security shall for the following interest payment period equal
the
rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits in Europe,
for a three (3) month period, that appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01, or such
other page as may replace such Reuters Screen LIBOR01, as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such LIBOR Determination Date, as reported by Bloomberg Financial
Market Commodities News or any successor service. If such rate is superseded
on
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 by a corrected rate before 12:00 noon (London time)
on
such LIBOR Determination Date, the corrected rate as so substituted will be
LIBOR for such LIBOR Determination Date.
(2)
If
on any
LIBOR Determination Date such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01
or
such other page as may replace such Reuters Screen LIBOR01, the Calculation
Agent shall determine the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations (expressed
as a percentage per annum) of the Reference Banks (as defined below) to leading
banks in the London interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits in Europe, for
a
three (3) month period, for an amount determined by the Calculation Agent (but
not less than U.S. $1,000,000) by reference to requests for quotations as of
approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the LIBOR Determination Date made
by
the Calculation Agent to the Reference Banks. If on any LIBOR Determination
Date
at least two of the Reference Banks provide such quotations, LIBOR shall equal
such arithmetic mean of such quotations. If on any LIBOR Determination Date
only
one or none of the Reference Banks provide such quotations, LIBOR shall be
deemed to be the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations (expressed as a
percentage per annum) that two (2) leading banks in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting on the relevant LIBOR
Determination Date for U.S. dollar deposits in Europe, for a three (3) month
period, for an amount determined by the Calculation Agent (but not less than
U.S. $1,000,000);
provided
,
that if
the Calculation Agent is required but is unable to determine a rate in
accordance with at least one of the procedures provided above, LIBOR shall
be
LIBOR as determined on the previous LIBOR Determination Date.
(3)
As
used
herein: “
Reference
Banks
”
means
four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation
Agent; and “
LIBOR
Business Day
”
means
a
day (a) on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings
in
foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London and (b) is not a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions in New
York, New York or Wilmington, Delaware are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
Schedule
A
Form
of Officer’s Financial Certificate
The
undersigned, the
[
Chairman/Vice
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer/President/Vice President
/
Chief
Financial Officer/Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer], hereby certifies, pursuant
to
Section 7.3(b) of the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2007, among
Redwood Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee,
that, as of [date], [20__], the Company, if applicable, and its subsidiaries
had
the following ratios and balances:
As
of
[Quarterly/Annual Financial Date], 20__
Senior
secured indebtedness for borrowed money (“Debt”)
|
$_____
|
|
|
Senior
unsecured Debt
|
$_____
|
|
|
Subordinated
Debt
|
$_____
|
|
|
Total
Debt
|
$
_____
|
|
|
Ratio
of (x) senior secured and unsecured Debt to (y) total Debt
|
_____%
|
*
A table
describing the quarterly report calculation procedures is provided on page
___
[FOR
FISCAL YEAR END:
Attached
hereto are the audited consolidated financial statements (including the balance
sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows, and notes thereto, together
with the report of the independent accountants thereon) of the Company and
its
consolidated subsidiaries for the three years ended [date], 20__ and all
required Financial Statements (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) for the
year ended [date], 20__]
[FOR
FISCAL QUARTER END:
Attached
hereto are the unaudited consolidated and consolidating financial statements
(including the balance sheet and income statement) of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and all required Financial Statements (as defined
in
the Purchase Agreement) for the year ended [date], 20__] for the fiscal quarter
ended [date], 20__.]
The
financial statements fairly present in all material respects, in accordance
with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the financial position
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the results of operations
and changes in financial condition as of the date, and for the
[
quarterly
]
[
annual
]
period
ended [date], 20__, and such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period involved (except
as otherwise noted therein).
There
has
been no monetary default with respect to any indebtedness owed by the Company
and/or its subsidiaries (other than those defaults cured within 30 days of
the
occurrence of the same).
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Officer’s Financial
Certificate as of this _____ day of _____________, 20__.
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
By:
_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Redwood
Trust, Inc.
One
Belvedere Place
Suite
300
Mill
Valley, California 94941
(415)
389-7373