EX-4.1 3 dex41.txt CERTIFICATE OF TRUST Exhibit 4.1 CERTIFICATE OF TRUST Office of the Secretary of the State 30 Trinity Street/P.O. Box 150470/Hartford, CT 06115-0470/Rev. 10/1/97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Space for Office Use Only ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. NAME OF STATUTORY TRUST: STERLING BANCSHARES STATUTORY TRUST ONE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. ADDRESS OF THE STATUTORY TRUST'S PRINCIPAL OFFICE: c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association 225 Asylum Street, Goodwin Square Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Attn: Corporate Trust Department ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. APPOINTMENT OF STATUTORY AGENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name of Agent Business Address Sheree Mailhot State Street Bank and Trust Company of --------------------------- Connecticut, National Association 225 Asylum Street, Goodwin Square Hartford, Connecticut 06103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Residence Address 30 Carleton Place Bristol, Connecticut 06010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acceptance of appointment /s/ Sheree Mailhot ------------------------------------------------------------ Signature of Agent, Sheree Mailhot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. EXECUTION BY ALL TRUSTEES Dated this 28/th/ day of August, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type or print names of signing trustees Signatures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, By: /s/ Sheree Mailhot --------------------------------------- Trustee Name: Sheree Mailhot ------------------------------------- Title: Vice President ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ J. Downey Bridgwater By: /s/ J. Downey Bridgwater Administrative Trustee --------------------------------------- Title: Administrative Trustee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eugene S. Putnam, Jr. By: /s/ Eugene S. Putnam, Jr. Administrative Trustee --------------------------------------- Title: Administrative Trustee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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