EX-4.21 2 b37711teex4-21.txt THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED 12/01/2000 1 Exhibit 4.21 EXECUTION COPY TECO ENERGY, INC. and THE BANK OF NEW YORK As Trustee ------------------------- THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of December 1, 2000 Supplementing the Indenture dated as of August 17, 1998 ------------------------- $206,200,000 8.50% Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2041 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION.............................. 2 Section 101. Definitions.......................................................................... 2 Section 102. Section References................................................................... 4 ARTICLE TWO DESIGNATION AND TERMS OF THE NOTES................................................... 4 Section 201. Establishment of Series.............................................................. 4 Section 202. Maturity............................................................................. 4 Section 203. Variations in Terms of Notes......................................................... 4 Section 204. Amount and Denominations............................................................. 4 Section 205. Interest Rates and Interest Payment Dates............................................ 6 Section 206. Extension of Interest Payment Period................................................. 7 Section 207. Notice of Extension.................................................................. 8 Section 208. Limitation of Amendments and Termination of the Indenture............................ 8 Section 209. Limitation of Transactions........................................................... 9 Section 210. Authentication and Delivery of the Notes............................................. 9 Section 211. No Sinking Fund...................................................................... 10 Section 212. Appointment of Agents and the Depository............................................. 10 Section 213. Redemption........................................................................... 10 ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES.............................................................. 10 Section 301. Special Event Redemption............................................................. 10 Section 302. Optional Redemption by Company....................................................... 11 ARTICLE FOUR ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.................................................. 12 Section 401. Payment of Expenses.................................................................. 12 Section 402. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.................................................. 13 Section 403. Covenant to List on Exchange......................................................... 13 ARTICLE FIVE SUBORDINATION........................................................................ 13 Section 501. Subordination........................................................................ 13 Section 502. Default on Senior Indebtedness....................................................... 13 Section 503. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy................................................. 14 Section 504. Subrogation.......................................................................... 15
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PAGE Section 505. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.................................................. 16 Section 506. Notice by the Company................................................................ 16 Section 507. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness................................ 17 Section 508. Subordination May Not Be Impaired.................................................... 17 ARTICLE SIX EVENTS OF DEFAULT WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTES.......................................... 18 Section 601. Definition........................................................................... 18 Section 602. Acceleration......................................................................... 18 Section 603. Suits................................................................................ 19 ARTICLE SEVEN AMENDMENT TO ORIGINAL INDENTURE...................................................... 19 Section 701. Amendment to Section 801 of Original Indenture....................................... 19 Section 702. Effectiveness of Amendment........................................................... 20 ARTICLE EIGHT MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................ 20 Section 801. Effect On Original Indenture......................................................... 20 Section 802. Counterparts......................................................................... 20 Section 803. Recitals............................................................................. 20 Section 804. Governing Law........................................................................ 20
-ii- 4 This Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the first day of December, 2000 between TECO Energy, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (hereinafter called the "Company") and having its principal office at TECO Plaza, 702 North Franklin Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, and The Bank of New York, (hereinafter called the "Trustee") and having its principal corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street, 8th Floor West, New York, New York 10286. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of August 17, 1998, as heretofore amended (as so amended, the "Original Indenture"), pursuant to which one or more series of debt of the Company (the "Securities") may be issued from time to time; and WHEREAS, Section 201 of the Original Indenture permits the terms of any series of Securities to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture; and WHEREAS, Section 901(7) of the Original Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders of the Securities to establish the form and terms of the Securities of any series; and WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Trustee to join with it in the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement and amend the Original Indenture by, among other things, establishing the form and terms of one series of Securities to be known as the Company's "8.50% Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2041" (the "Notes") and amending and adding certain provisions thereof for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes; and WHEREAS, TECO Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Trust"), intends to offer to the public $200,000,000 aggregate liquidation amount of its 8.50% Trust Preferred Securities (the "Trust Preferred Securities"), representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, and proposes to invest the proceeds from such offering in a like aggregate principal amount of the preferred securities (the "Company Preferred Securities") of TECO Funding Company I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "LLC"), and the LLC will invest the proceeds of the Company Preferred Securities, together with the proceeds of its common securities, in $206,200,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes; and WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to enter into this Third Supplemental Indenture for the purposes set forth in Sections 201 and 901 of the Original Indenture as referred to above; and WHEREAS, the Company has furnished the Trustee with a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture; and WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the Original Indenture have been done, 5 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes to be issued hereunder by holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Notes, as follows: ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS All capitalized terms that are used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture. "90-Day Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 301. "Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 205(c). "Business Day" shall mean a day on which banks are open for business in New York and Delaware. "Change in 1940 Act Law" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 301. "Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository Trust Company will be the initial Clearing Agency. "Company Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of December 1, 2000, between the Company and the Trust, as the same may be amended from time to time. "Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 206. "Coupon Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 205(a). "Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 206. "Delaware Trustee" shall mean the corporation identified as the "Delaware Trustee" in the preamble to the Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust created and continued thereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as therein provided. "Depository" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 212(b). "Dissolution Event" means that the LLC and the Trust are to be dissolved in accordance with the Company Agreement and the Trust Agreement, and the Notes held by the LLC are to be distributed to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities issued by the Trust pro rata in accordance with the Company Agreement and the Trust Agreement. 2 6 "Extended Interest Payment Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 206. "Global Note" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 204(c)(i)(A). "Guarantee" shall mean the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Depositor and The Bank of New York, as guarantee trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the Holders of the Company Preferred Securities, as amended from time to time. "Interest Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 205(a). "Investment Company Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 301. "Maturity Date" means the date on which the Notes mature and on which the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any. "Ministerial Action" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 301. "Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 204(c)(i)(B). "Optional Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 302(a). "Property Trustee" shall mean the commercial bank or trust company acting solely in its capacity as the "Property Trustee" under the Trust Agreement, and any successor "Property Trustee" acting in such capacity. "Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 301. "Senior Indebtedness" shall mean (i) all obligations in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds, notes or other similar instruments issued by the Company; (ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company; (iii) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business); (iv) all obligations of the Company for reimbursement on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction; (v) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) of other Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and (vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company), except for any such indebtedness that is by its terms subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, as the case may be. For greater certainty, "Senior Indebtedness" includes all indebtedness for money borrowed between or among the Company and its Affiliates, except for such indebtedness that is by its terms subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, as the case may be. Such Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and be entitled to 3 7 the benefits of Article Five hereof irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such Senior Indebtedness. "Special Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 301. "Tax Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 301. "Trust Agreement" shall mean the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of TECO Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory business trust, dated as of December 1, 2000. "Trust Preferred Security Certificate" shall mean a certificate evidencing ownership of Trust Preferred Securities, substantially in the form set forth in the Trust Agreement. SECTION 102. SECTION REFERENCES Each reference to a particular section set forth in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to this Third Supplemental Indenture. ARTICLE TWO DESIGNATION AND TERMS OF THE NOTES SECTION 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF SERIES There is hereby created a series of Securities to be known and designated as the "8.50% Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2041" (the "Notes"), to be in substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, subject to changes in the form thereof made by the Company and acceptable to the Trustee, and which shall be subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company. For the purposes of the Original Indenture, the Notes shall constitute a single series of Securities. SECTION 202. MATURITY The Maturity Date of the Notes is January 31, 2041. SECTION 203. VARIATIONS IN TERMS OF NOTES Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Original Indenture and in this Third Supplemental Indenture, the terms of any particular Note may vary from the terms of any other Note as contemplated by Section 301 of the Original Indenture, and the terms for a particular Note will be set forth in such Note as delivered to the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent for authentication pursuant to Section 303 of the Original Indenture. SECTION 204. AMOUNT AND DENOMINATIONS (a) The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued under this Third Supplemental Indenture is limited to $206,200,000. (b) Except as provided in Section 204(c), the Notes shall be issued in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons in denominations of $25 or integral 4 8 multiples of $25. The Place of Payment for the Notes issued in certificated form where the transfer of such Notes will be registrable and where such Notes will be exchangeable for Notes bearing identical terms and provisions shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of any Notes is the LLC or the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any) on such Notes held by the LLC or the Property Trustee will be made at such place and to such account as may be designated to the Company in writing by such Holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds. (c) Global Note. (i) In connection with a Dissolution Event, (A) the Notes in certificated form may be presented to the Trustee by the LLC or the Property Trustee in exchange for a global Note in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Notes (a "Global Note"), to be registered in the name of the Depository, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depository for crediting to the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of the LLC. The Company upon any such presentation shall execute a Global Note in such aggregate principal amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture. Payments on the Notes issued as a Global Note will be made to the Depository; and (B) if any Trust Preferred Securities are held in non-book-entry certificated form, the Notes in certificated form may be presented to the Trustee by the LLC or the Property Trustee and any Trust Preferred Security Certificate which represents Trust Preferred Securities other than Trust Preferred Securities held by the Clearing Agency or its nominee ("Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities") will be deemed to represent beneficial interests in Notes presented to the Trustee by the LLC or the Property Trustee having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Non-Book-Entry Trust Preferred Securities until such Trust Preferred Security Certificates are presented to the Security Registrar for transfer or reissuance at which time such Trust Preferred Security Certificates will be cancelled and a Note, registered in the name of the holder of the Trust Preferred Security Certificate or the transferee of the holder of such Trust Preferred Security Certificate, as the case may be, with an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Security Certificate cancelled, will be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture. On issue of such Notes, Notes with an 5 9 equivalent aggregate principal amount that were presented by the LLC to the Trustee will be deemed to have been cancelled. (ii) Unless and until it is exchanged for the Notes in registered form, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository, or to a successor Depository selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depository. (iii) If at any time the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository or if at any time the Depository for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depository for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will execute, and, subject to Article Eleven of the Original Indenture, the Trustee, upon written notice from the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Notes in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note in exchange for such Global Note. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Notes shall no longer be represented by the Global Note. In such event the Company will execute, and subject to Section 303 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Notes in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note in exchange for such Global Note. Upon the exchange of the Global Note for such Notes in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Such Notes in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Note shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Notes to the Depository for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. SECTION 205. INTEREST RATES AND INTEREST PAYMENT DATES (a) Each Note will bear interest at the rate of 8.50% per annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the original date of issuance until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the Coupon Rate, compounded quarterly, payable (subject to the provisions of Section 206) quarterly in arrears on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on January 31, 2001, to the Person in whose name such Note or any predecessor Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which, with respect to (i) Notes of which the LLC or the Property Trustee is the Holder and the Company Preferred Securities or the Trust Preferred Securities are in book-entry only form or 6 10 (ii) a Global Note, shall be the close of business on the Business Day next preceding that Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if (x) the Notes are held by the LLC or the Property Trustee , the Company Preferred Securities are not held in book-entry form and the Trust Preferred Securities are no longer in book-entry only form or (y) the Notes are not represented by a Global Note, the Company may select a Regular Record Date for such interest installment which shall be fifteen (15) days before an Interest Payment Date. (b) The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Except for the effect of any adjustment in the Interest Payment Date as provided in the following sentence, the amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such a 90-day period. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. (c) If, at any time while the LLC or the Property Trustee is the Holder of any Notes, the LLC, the Trust or the Property Trustee is required to pay any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed by the United States, or any other taxing authority, then, in any case, the Company will pay as additional interest ("Additional Interest") on the Notes held by the LLC or the Property Trustee, such additional amounts as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained by the LLC or the Trust and the Property Trustee after the payment of such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the LLC or the Trust and the Property Trustee would have received had no such taxes, duties, assessments or other government charges been imposed. SECTION 206. EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Notes, so long as no Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of such Notes for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable; provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section 206, will bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of the Extended Interest Payment Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the Notes, including any Additional Interest and Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes in whose names the Notes are registered in the Security Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period. Before the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that such period together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive 7 11 quarters or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period, except (i) at the end thereof and (ii) upon a redemption of the Notes during an Extended Interest Payment Period, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any portion of the interest accrued during an Extended Interest Payment Period. SECTION 207. NOTICE OF EXTENSION (a) If the Property Trustee is the sole holder of the Company Preferred Securities or the Notes at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall give written notice to the Property Trustee and the Trustee of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period one Business Day before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which Distributions on the Company Preferred Securities issued by the LLC are payable, or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the record date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the Trust Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, but in any event at least one Business Day before such record date. (b) If the Property Trustee is not the only holder of the Company Preferred Securities or the Notes at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall give the holders of the Company Preferred Securities or the Notes, as the case may be, and the Trustee written notice of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period at least ten Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the record or payment date of such interest payment to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self regulatory organization or to Holders of the Notes. (c) The quarter in which any notice is given pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 207 shall be counted as one of the 20 quarters permitted in the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period permitted under Section 206. SECTION 208. LIMITATION OF AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION OF THE INDENTURE Unless and until the principal (and premium, if any) of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon have been paid in full, (a) without the prior consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding (unless the consent of the holders of a greater aggregate liquidation amount is required by the Original Indenture), (i) the Company will not enter into any amendment to the Original Indenture, as supplemented hereby, that would adversely affect the holders of any of the Trust Preferred Securities; (ii) no termination of the Original Indenture, as supplemented hereby, shall occur; and (b) without the consent of each holder of Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding, no amendment to Section 603 hereof may be made. If at any time while the Notes are held by the LLC no Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, unless and until the principal (and premium, if any) of the Notes and 8 12 all accrued and unpaid interest thereon have been paid in full, (a) without the prior consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Company Preferred Securities then outstanding (unless the consent of the holders of a greater aggregate liquidation amount is required by the Original Indenture), (i) the Company will not enter into any amendment to the Indenture that would adversely affect the holders of any of the Company Preferred Securities, (ii) no termination of the Indenture shall occur; and (b) without the consent of each holder of Company Preferred Securities then outstanding, no amendment to Section 603 hereof may be made. SECTION 209. LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS If (i) the Company shall exercise its right to defer payment of interest as provided in Section 206, (ii) the Company shall have actual knowledge that an event has occurred that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes and the Company has not taken reasonable steps to cure the event, or (iii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment obligations under the Guarantee, then (a) the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock (other than (i) as a result of a reclassification of its capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of its capital stock for another class or series of its capital stock, (ii) any payment of a rights dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholder rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (iii) purchases of its common stock related to the issuance of such stock under any of the Company's benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees, (iv) obligations under any dividend reinvestment plan or stock purchase plan of the Company, (v) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of its capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or security being converted or exchanged or (vi) dividends or distributions in its common stock) or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, (b) the Company shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Company which rank pari passu with or junior to the Notes and (c) the Company shall not make any guarantee payments with respect to any of the payment obligations referred to in subparagraph (b) of this Section 209 (other than pursuant to the Guarantee and any similar guarantee issued by the Company on behalf of holders of preferred securities issued by an issuer holding Securities issued under the Indenture). SECTION 210. AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF THE NOTES Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $206,200,000 may, upon execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board, its President, any Vice President, its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, without any further action by the Company. As provided in and pursuant to Section 303 of the Original Indenture, each time that the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee or Authenticating Agent for authentication, the Company shall deliver a Company Order in the form of Exhibit B to this Third Supplemental Indenture for 9 13 the authentication and delivery of such Notes and the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver such Notes. SECTION 211. NO SINKING FUND The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or analogous provision. SECTION 212. APPOINTMENT OF AGENTS AND THE DEPOSITORY (a) The Company hereby appoints, or confirms the appointment of, The Bank of New York as the initial Trustee, Securities Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes, subject to the provisions of the Original Indenture with respect to resignation, removal and succession, and subject, further, to the right of the Company to appoint additional agents (including Paying Agents). (b) The Depository Trust Company (or its nominee) shall act as the initial Depository (the "Depository") for any Global Note which may be issued pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture. SECTION 213. REDEMPTION The Notes are not subject to redemption at the option of the Holder and are subject to redemption solely at the option of the Company or otherwise as provided in Article Three hereof. ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES SECTION 301. SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION If a Special Event (as defined below) has occurred and is continuing then, notwithstanding Section 302(a) but subject to Section 302(b), the Company shall have the right upon not less than 35 days nor more than 60 days notice to the Holders of the Notes to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, for cash within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90-Day Period") at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of such redemption (the "Redemption Price"); provided, however, that in the case of an occurrence of a Tax Event, if at the time there is available to the Company the opportunity to eliminate, within the 90-Day Period, the Tax Event by taking some ministerial action ("Ministerial Action"), such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other similar reasonable measure which has no adverse effect on the Company, the LLC or the holders of the Company Preferred Securities, the Trust or the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, the Company shall pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of redemption, and, provided, further, that the Company shall have no right to redeem the Notes while it is pursuing any Ministerial Action pursuant to its obligations under the Trust Agreement. The Redemption Price shall be paid on the date of such redemption, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid. 10 14 A "Special Event" shall mean either a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event. "Tax Event" shall mean that the LLC or the Trust shall have received an opinion of counsel (which may be regular counsel to the Company or an Affiliate, but not an employee thereof) experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or (b) any official administrative written decision, pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations by any court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, in each case which amendment or change is enacted, promulgated, issued or announced or which interpretation or application is issued or announced on or after the date of original issuance of Notes or the Company Preferred Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the LLC or the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of the opinion of counsel, subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to interest received on the Notes or Company Preferred Securities, (ii) interest payable by the Company to the LLC on the Notes is not, or will not be within 90 days of the date of the opinion of counsel, deductible for United States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) the LLC or the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of the opinion of counsel, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges. "Investment Company Event" shall mean the LLC or the Trust shall have received an opinion of counsel (which may be regular counsel to the Company or an Affiliate, but not an employee thereof) experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law") there is more than an insubstantial risk that the LLC or the Trust is or will be considered an "Investment Company" that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Notes or the Company Preferred Securities. SECTION 302. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY COMPANY (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 302(b) and to the provisions of Article Eleven of the Original Indenture, except as otherwise may be specified in this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, from time to time, on or after December 20, 2005, upon not less than 35 days nor more than 60 days notice to the Holder of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of such redemption (the "Optional Redemption Price"). If the Notes are only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 302, the Notes will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized by the Trustee; provided, that if at the time of redemption the Notes are registered as a Global Note, the Depository shall determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of such Notes held by each Note Holder to be redeemed. The Optional Redemption Price shall be paid on the date of such redemption, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date such Optional Redemption Price is to be paid. 11 15 (b) If a partial redemption of the Notes would result in the delisting of the Trust Preferred Securities from any national securities exchange or other organization on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed, the Company shall not be permitted to effect such partial redemption and may only redeem the Notes in whole. ARTICLE FOUR ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY SECTION 401. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES (a) In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Notes to the LLC, the Company Preferred Securities to the Trust and the Trust Preferred Securities by the Trust, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect to the Notes, shall: (i) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and issuance of the Notes, including commissions to the underwriters payable pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and compensation of the Trustee under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of Section 607 of the Original Indenture; (ii) pay all debts and obligations and all costs and expenses of the LLC and the Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of the LLC and the Trust, the offering, sale and issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities (including commissions to the underwriters in connection therewith), the fees and expenses of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the costs and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust, including without limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, paying agent(s), registrar(s), transfer agent(s), duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing, and disposition of Trust assets); (iii) be primarily liable for any indemnification obligations arising with respect to the Trust Agreement; and (iv) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes attributable to the Trust or its assets) imposed by the United States or any other taxing authority and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such taxes of the LLC or the Trust. (b) The foregoing obligations of the Company are for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any person to whom such fees, expenses, debts and obligations are owed (each, a "Creditor"), whether or not such Creditor has received notice thereof. Any such Creditor may enforce such obligations of the Company directly against the Company, and the Company irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such Creditor take any action against the Trust or any other person before proceeding against the Company. The 12 16 Company shall execute such additional agreements as may be necessary to give full effect to the foregoing. SECTION 402. PAYMENT UPON RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL Upon termination of this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture or the removal or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 402, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation. Upon termination of the Trust Agreement or the removal or resignation of the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 8.10 of the Trust Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, all amounts accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation. SECTION 403. COVENANT TO LIST ON EXCHANGE If the Notes are to be distributed to the holders of Trust Preferred Securities or to the holders of the Company Preferred Securities if no Trust Preferred Securities are outstanding, as described in Section 204(c), the Company will, if the Notes are not already so listed, use its best efforts to list such Notes on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or on such other exchange as the Trust Preferred Securities or the Company Preferred Securities, as the case may be, are then listed. ARTICLE FIVE SUBORDINATION SECTION 501. SUBORDINATION The Company resolves, and each Holder of Notes issued hereunder by such Holder's acceptance thereof covenants and agrees, that all Notes shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article Five, and each Holder of a Note, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions. The payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Notes issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture or thereafter incurred. This Article shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who, in reliance upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Indebtedness, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness and such holders are made obligees hereunder and they and/or each of them may enforce such provisions. No provision of this Article Five shall prevent the occurrence of any default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. 13 17 SECTION 502. DEFAULT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other amount due on any Senior Indebtedness, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case, no payment shall be made by the Company to the Holders of the Notes with respect to the principal (including redemption and sinking fund payments) of, premium, if any, interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of, the Notes. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this Section 502, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness. SECTION 503. LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before any payment or distribution is made by the Company to the Holders of the Notes on account of the principal of, premium, if any, interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of, the Notes; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee would be entitled to receive from the Company, except for the provisions of this Article Five, shall be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the Notes or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money's worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Holders of Notes or to the Trustee. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the 14 18 foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. For purposes of this Article Five, the words "cash, property or securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article Five with respect to the Notes to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness that may at the time be outstanding, provided, however, that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article Eight of the Original Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 503 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article Eight of the Indenture. Nothing in Section 502 hereof or in this Section 503 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607 of the Original Indenture. SECTION 504. SUBROGATION Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the Holders of the Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Five, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article Five, to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Notes or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Notes be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Article Five are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes, on the one hand, and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. 15 19 Nothing contained in this Article Five or elsewhere in this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Notes the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and all other amounts owing in respect of the Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Five of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Five, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 603 of the Original Indenture, and the Holders of the Notes, shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Notes, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Five. SECTION 505. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION Each Holder of a Note by such Holder's acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article Five and appoints the Trustee as such Holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. SECTION 506. NOTICE BY THE COMPANY 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 of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article Five. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Five or any other provision of the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article Five unless and until a Responsible Officer shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any representative or trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 603 of the Original Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 506 at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof 16 20 any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note) then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 603 of the Original Indenture, shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a representative or trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness or a representative or trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Five, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Five, 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 507. RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE; HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Five in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in the Original Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article Five, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness shall be read into the Original Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section 603 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Notes, the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Five or otherwise. SECTION 508. SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of the Original Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with. 17 21 Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Notes and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article Five or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Notes to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person. ARTICLE SIX EVENTS OF DEFAULT WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTES SECTION 601. DEFINITION All of the events specified in clauses (1), (2) and (4) through (6) of Section 501 of the Original Indenture shall be "Events of Default" with respect to the Notes. SECTION 602. ACCELERATION In addition to the provisions regarding acceleration of maturity upon an Event of Default provided by Section 502 of the Original Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, so long as any of the Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, if, upon such Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes fail to declare the principal of all the Notes to be so immediately due and payable, the holders of 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have the right, by notice to the Trustee, to declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. So long as any of the Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have the sole right (and the Holders of the Notes may not, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 502 of the Original Indenture, exercise any such right) to rescind an acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default on the Notes have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration. 18 22 If at any time while the Notes are held by the LLC no Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, in addition to the provisions regarding acceleration of maturity upon an Event of Default provided by Section 502 of the Original Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, so long as any of the Company Preferred Securities remain outstanding, if, upon such Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes fail to declare the principal of all the Notes to be so immediately due and payable, the holders of 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the Company Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have the right, by notice to the Trustee, to declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. If at any time while the Notes are held by the LLC and no Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, so long as any of the Company Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Company Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have the sole right (and the Holders of the Notes may not, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 502 of the Original Indenture, exercise any such right) to rescind an acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default on the Notes have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration. SECTION 603. SUITS So long as any of the Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, any holder of a Trust Preferred Security shall have the right, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default described in Section 501(1) or 501(2) of the Original Indenture with respect to the Notes, to institute suit directly against the Company to enforce payment to such holder of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities held by such holder. If at any time while the Notes are held by the LLC and no Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, so long as any of the Company Preferred Securities remain outstanding, any holder of a Company Preferred Security shall have the right, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default described in Section 501(1) or 501(2) of the Original Indenture with respect to the Notes, to institute suit directly against the Company to enforce payment to such holder of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Company Preferred Securities held by such holder. The provisions of this Section 603 and any other provisions hereof granting rights to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities or the Company Preferred Securities are intended for the benefit of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Company Preferred Securities as third party beneficiaries. 19 23 ARTICLE SEVEN AMENDMENT TO ORIGINAL INDENTURE SECTION 701. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 801 OF ORIGINAL INDENTURE Subparagraph (1) of Section 801 of the Original Indenture is amended, effective as provided in Section 702 hereof, to read as follows: "(1) the Corporation formed by such consolidation into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (a) shall be, if a Corporation, a Corporation organized and existing under the laws of (i) the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia or (ii) a foreign jurisdiction and which consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States of America or of any State, and (b) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and 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;" SECTION 702. EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDMENT. The amendment to the Original Indenture set forth in Section 701 hereof shall be effective upon the approval of the Holders of Outstanding Securities under the Indenture as required by Section 901 of the Original Indenture. For this purpose, the Holders of the Notes, by their acquisition thereof, shall be deemed to have approved such amendment. ARTICLE EIGHT MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 801. EFFECT ON ORIGINAL INDENTURE The Third Supplemental Indenture is a supplement to the Original Indenture. As supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture shall together constitute one and the same instrument. SECTION 802. COUNTERPARTS This Third Supplemental Indenture 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 by one and the same instrument. SECTION 803. RECITALS The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture. 20 24 SECTION 804. GOVERNING LAW This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction that govern the Original Indenture and its construction. [The balance of this page intentionally left blank.] 21 25 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the date and year first written above. TECO ENERGY, INC. By: /s/ Gordon L. Gillette ---------------------------------------- Name: Gordon L. Gillette Title: Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer [Corporate Seal] THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE By: /s/ James Hall ---------------------------------------- Name: James Hall Title: Vice President [Corporate Seal] 26 State of New York ) ) SS.: County of New York ) On the 7th day of December, 2000 before me personally came Gordon L. Gillette, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Vice President - Finance of TECO ENERGY, INC., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority. /s/ Don Aoki ---------------------------------- Notary Public State of New York ) ) SS.: County of New York ) On the 18th day of December, 2000 before me personally came James Hall to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she is Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he/she signed his/her names thereto by like authority. /s/ Jean F. Newman ---------------------------------- Notary Public 27 EXHIBIT A FORM OF NOTE 28 EXHIBIT B TECO ENERGY, INC. 8.50% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2041 SUPPLEMENTAL COMPANY ORDER Pursuant to Section 210 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2000, to the Indenture, dated as of August 17, 1998, as amended, you are instructed to prepare and authenticate a Note, of the series identified above, in the principal amount of $______________. The Note is being delivered in exchange for issued and outstanding Notes of the series identified above. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ___ day of ________, ____. TECO ENERGY, INC. By:_______________________________ Name: Title: