Contract
Exhibit
4.2
Capital
Replacement Covenant,
dated as of December 21, 2007 (this “Covenant”), by Citigroup
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), in favor of,
and for the benefit of, each Covered Debtholder (as defined below).
Recitals
A. On
the date hereof, the Corporation is issuing $3,500,500,000
aggregate principal amount of its 8.300% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures (the “Notes”)
to Citigroup Capital
XXI, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).
B. On
the date hereof, the Trust is issuing $3,500,000,000 aggregate liquidation
amount of its 8.300% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Enhanced Trust Preferred
Securities (the “Enhanced
TRUPS”®1
and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”).
C. This
Covenant is the “Capital Replacement Covenant” referred to
in the Prospectus, dated December 17, 2007, relating to the Enhanced TRUPS (the “Prospectus”).
D. The
Corporation is entering into this Covenant and disclosing the content of this
Covenant in the manner provided below with the intent that the covenants
provided for in this Covenant be enforceable by each Covered Debtholder and
that
the Corporation be estopped from disregarding the covenants in this Covenant,
in
each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
E. The
Corporation acknowledges that reliance by each Covered Debtholder upon the
covenants in this Covenant is reasonable and foreseeable by the Corporation
and
that, were the Corporation to disregard its covenants in this Covenant, each
Covered Debtholder would have sustained an injury as a result of its reliance
on
such covenants.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
the Corporation
hereby covenants and agrees as follows in favor of and for the benefit of each
Covered Debtholder.
SECTION
1. Definitions. Capitalized
terms used in this Covenant (including the Recitals) have the meanings set
forth
in Schedule I hereto.
SECTION
2. Limitation on Repayment,
Redemption
and Purchase of Securities. The Corporation hereby promises
and covenants to, and for the benefit of, each Covered Debtholder that the
Corporation shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries, including the Trust,
not to, repay, redeem or purchase all or any part of the Securities before
the
Termination Date except to the extent that (a) the total amount repaid or
the applicable redemption or purchase price is equal to or less than the sum
of
the following amounts:
(i) the
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of (a) net cash proceeds
received by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries from the sale of Common Stock
and rights to acquire Common Stock to Persons that are not Subsidiaries of
the
Corporation, (b) the Market Value of any Common Stock that the Corporation
or its Subsidiaries have delivered as consideration for property or assets
in an
arm’s length transaction and (c) the Market Value of any Common Stock that
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have issued to Persons other than the
Corporation and its Subsidiaries in connection with the conversion of any
convertible or exchangeable securities, other than securities for which the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries has received equity credit from any
NRSRO, in each case since the most recent Measurement Date (without double
counting proceeds received in any prior Measurement Period); plus
(ii)
the Applicable Percentage of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the
Corporation or its Subsidiaries since the most recent Measurement Date (without
double counting proceeds received in any prior Measurement Period) from the
sale
of Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity,
Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity and REIT Preferred Securities;
plus
(iii)
the Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received
by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries since the most recent Measurement Date
(without double counting proceeds received in any prior Measurement Period)
from
the sale of Qualifying Capital Securities;
in
each case to Persons that are not Subsidiaries of the Corporation and (b) in
the
case of a redemption or purchase prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, the
Corporation has obtained the prior concurrence or approval of the Federal
Reserve (which includes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
and
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or its successor as the Corporation’s
primary federal banking regulator) if such concurrence or approval is then
required under the Federal Reserve’s capital rules. For the avoidance
of doubt, persons covered by the Corporation’s dividend reinvestment plan and
employee benefit plans shall be deemed not to be Subsidiaries of the Corporation
for purposes of this Section 2; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Section 2 shall not apply to (i) the purchase of the
Securities or any portion thereof in connection with the distribution thereof,
(ii) purchases of the Securities or any portion thereof by Affiliates of
the Corporation in connection with market-making or other secondary-market
activities or (iii) any distribution of the Notes to holders of the Enhanced
TruPS upon a dissolution of the Trust. For purposes of this Covenant,
the term “repay” includes the defeasance by the Corporation of the Notes as well
as the satisfaction and discharge of its obligations under the Indenture with
respect to the Notes.
SECTION
3. Covered Debt
(a) The
Corporation represents and warrants that the Initial Covered Debt is Eligible
Debt.
(b) On
the Redesignation Date or during the 30-day period immediately preceding the
Redesignation Date with respect to the then-effective Covered Debt,
the
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Corporation
shall identify the series of Eligible Debt that will become the Covered Debt
on
and after such Redesignation Date in accordance with the following
procedures:
(A)
the Corporation shall identify each series of its then-outstanding
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt;
(B)
if only one series of the Corporation’s then-outstanding long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed is Eligible Debt, such series shall become
the
Covered Debt on the related Redesignation Date;
(C)
if the Corporation has more than one outstanding series of long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt, then the Corporation
shall identify the series that has the latest occurring final maturity date
as
of the date the Corporation is applying the procedures in this Section 3(b)
and
such series shall become the Covered Debt on the related Redesignation
Date;
(D)
the series of outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is
determined to be Covered Debt pursuant to clause (B) or (C) above shall be
the
Covered Debt for purposes of this Covenant for the period commencing on the
related Redesignation Date and continuing to, but not including, the
Redesignation Date as of which a new series of outstanding long-term
indebtedness is next determined to be the Covered Debt pursuant to the
procedures set forth in this Section 3(b); and
(E)
in connection with such identification of a new series of Covered Debt, the
Corporation shall give the notice provided for in Section 4 within the time
frame provided for in such section.
(c)
The Corporation agrees that, if at any time the Covered Debt is held by a trust
(for example, where the Covered Debt is part of an issuance of trust preferred
securities), a holder of the securities issued by such trust may enforce this
Covenant directly against the Corporation (including by instituting legal
proceedings) as though such holder owned Covered Debt directly, and the holders
of such trust securities shall be deemed to be Covered Debtholders for purposes
of this Covenant for so long as the indebtedness held by such trust remains
Covered Debt hereunder.
SECTION
4. Notice. In order
to give effect to the intent of the Corporation described in Recital D, the
Corporation covenants that:
(a) simultaneous
with the execution of this Covenant or as soon as practicable after the date
hereof, it shall (i) give notice to the Holders of the Initial Covered
Debt, in the manner provided in the indenture relating to the Initial Covered
Debt, of this Covenant and the rights granted to such Holders hereunder and
(ii) file a copy of this Covenant with the Commission as an exhibit to a
Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act;
(b) so
long as the Corporation is a reporting company under the Exchange Act, the
Corporation will include in each annual report filed with the Commission on
Form
10-K under the Exchange Act a description of the covenant set forth in
Section 2 and identify the
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series
of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is Covered Debt as of the
date
such Form 10-K is filed with the Commission;
(c) within
30 days after a series of the Corporation’s long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed (1) becomes Covered Debt or (2) ceases to be Covered Debt, the
Corporation will give notice of such occurrence to the holders of such long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed in the manner provided for in the indenture,
fiscal agency agreement or other contract or instrument under which such
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed was issued and, thereafter, publicly
announce such occurrence (a) in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the
Exchange Act which either describes this Covenant and incorporates this Covenant
by reference to a previously filed exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K
or
includes a copy of this Covenant, and (b) in the Corporation’s quarterly
report on Form 10-Q or the Corporation’s annual report on Form 10-K,
as applicable (or any successor to such forms), that immediately follows the
public announcement;
(d) if,
and only if, the Corporation ceases to be a reporting company under the Exchange
Act, the Corporation will (1) post on its website or any other similar
electronic platform generally available to the public the information otherwise
required to be included in Exchange Act filings pursuant to clauses (b) and
(c)
of this Section 4 and (2), to the extent permitted by Bloomberg or any other
similar third-party vendor that makes available to the marketplace information
with respect to securities that are Covered Debt by posting such information
on
an electronically accessible screen (each an “Investor Screen”), cause a
notation to be included on each such Investor Screen identifying the relevant
series of indebtedness of the Corporation that is Covered Debt from time to
time
as Covered Debt for purposes of this Covenant and cause a hyperlink to a
conformed copy of this Covenant to be included on the Investor Screen for each
series of Covered Debt (but only so long as such series is Covered Debt);
and
(e) promptly
upon request by any Holder of Covered Debt, the Corporation will provide such
Holder with a conformed copy of the executed version of this
Covenant.
SECTION
5. Term. (a) The
obligations of the Corporation pursuant to this Covenant shall remain in full
force and effect until the earliest date (the “Termination Date”) to occur
of (1) the date, if any, on which the Holders of a majority by principal amount
of the then-effective Covered Debt consent or agree, as evidenced by a
resolution of a meeting of the Holders or otherwise in writing, to the
termination of this Covenant, (2) the date on which the Corporation has no
outstanding Eligible Subordinated Debt or Eligible Senior Debt (in each case
without giving effect to the rating requirement in clause (ii) of the definition
of each such term), (3) December 21, 2067 or, if earlier, when all of the
Securities have been paid, redeemed or purchased in full in compliance with
this
Capital Replacement Covenant, and (4) the occurrence of an event of default
and acceleration under the indenture relating to the Notes. From and
after the Termination Date, the obligations of the Corporation pursuant to
this
Covenant shall be of no further force or effect.
(b) For
purposes of Section 5(a)(1) and Section 6, the Holders whose consent or
agreement is required to terminate the covenants in Section 2 or to amend or
supplement the
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obligations
of the Corporation under this Covenant shall be the Holders of the
then-effective Covered Debt as of a record date established by the Corporation
that is not more than 45 days prior to the date on which the Corporation
proposes that such termination, amendment or supplement becomes
effective.
SECTION
6. Amendments. This
Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a written
instrument signed by the Corporation with the consent of the Holders of a
majority by principal amount of the then-effective series of Covered
Debt; provided
that this Covenant
may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a
written instrument signed only by the Corporation (and without the consent
of
the Holders of the then-effective series of Covered Debt) if (i) such
amendment or supplement eliminates Common Stock, Debt Exchangeable for Common
Stock, rights to acquire Common Stock, and/or Mandatorily Convertible Preferred
Stock as a Replacement Capital Security, if after the date of this Covenant,
the
Corporation has been advised in writing by a nationally recognized independent
accounting firm or an accounting standard or interpretive guidance of an
existing accounting standard issued by an organization or regulator that has
responsibility for establishing or interpreting accounting standards in the
United States becomes effective such that there is more than an insubstantial
risk that failure to eliminate Common Stock, Debt Exchangeable for Common Stock,
rights to acquire Common Stock and/or Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock
as
a Replacement Capital Security would result in a reduction in the Corporation’s
earnings per share as calculated in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States; (ii) such amendment or
supplement is not adverse to the Holders of the then-effective series of Covered
Debt and an officer of the Corporation has delivered a written certificate
to
the Holders of the then-effective Covered Debt in the manner provided for in
the
indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other instrument with respect to such
Covered Debt stating that, in his or her determination, such amendment or
supplement would not adversely affect the Holders of the then-effective Covered
Debt; or (iii) the effect of such amendment or supplement is solely to
impose additional restrictions on, or eliminate certain of, the types of
securities qualifying as Replacement Capital Securities (other than the
securities covered by clause (i) above), and an officer of the Corporation
has delivered a written certificate to the Holders of the then-effective Covered
Debt in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal agency agreement or
other instrument with respect to such Covered Debt stating that, in his or
her
determination, such amendment or supplement would not adversely affect the
Holders of the then-effective Covered Debt. For the avoidance of
doubt, an amendment or supplement that adds new types of Qualifying Capital
Securities or modifies the requirements of the Qualifying Capital Securities
described herein would not be adverse to the rights of the Holders of the
then-effective Covered Debt if, following such amendment or supplement, this
Covenant would satisfy clause (ii) of the definition of Qualifying Capital
Replacement Covenant.
SECTION
7. Miscellaneous. (a) This
Covenant shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.
(b) This
Covenant shall be binding upon the Corporation and its successors and assigns
and shall inure to the benefit of the Covered Debtholders as they exist from
time to time (it being understood and agreed by the Corporation that any Person
who is a Covered Debtholder at the time such Person acquires or holds Covered
Debt shall retain its status as a Covered
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Debtholder
for so long as the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money owned
by
such Person is Covered Debt and, if such Person initiates a claim or proceeding
to enforce its rights under this Covenant after the Corporation has violated
its
covenants in Section 2 and before the series of long-term indebtedness for
money borrowed held by such Person is no longer Covered Debt, such Person’s
rights under this Covenant shall not terminate by reason of such series of
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed no longer being Covered
Debt).
(c) All
demands, notices, requests and other communications to the Corporation under
this Covenant shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing
and
(i) if served by personal delivery upon the Corporation, on the day so delivered
(or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day),
(ii)
if delivered by registered post or certified mail, return receipt requested,
or
sent by a national or international courier service, on the date of receipt
(or,
if such date of receipt is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day), or (iii) if sent by telecopier, on the day telecopied, or if not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day; provided that the telecopy
is
promptly confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, in each case to the
Corporation at the address set forth below, or at such other address as the
Corporation may thereafter notify to Covered Debtholders or post on the
Corporation’s website as the address for notices under this
Covenant:
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(000)
000-0000
Attention: Assistant
Treasurer
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Corporation has caused this Covenant to be executed by its duly authorized
officer, as of the day and year first above written.
By:
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Name:
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SCHEDULE
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DEFINITIONS
“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.
“Alternative
Payment
Mechanism” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities,
provisions in the related transaction documents requiring the Corporation to
issue (or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to issue) one or more types of
APM
Qualifying Securities raising eligible proceeds at least equal to the deferred
Distributions on such Qualifying Capital Securities and apply the proceeds
to
pay unpaid Distributions on such Qualifying Capital Securities, commencing
on
the earlier of (x) the first Distribution Date after commencement of a
deferral period on which the Corporation pays current Distributions on such
Qualifying Capital Securities and (y) the fifth anniversary of the
commencement of such deferral period, and that:
(a) define
“eligible proceeds” to mean, for purposes of such Alternative Payment Mechanism,
the net proceeds (after underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, commissions or
discounts and other expenses relating to the issuance or sale of the relevant
securities, where applicable, and including the fair market value of property
received by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries as consideration for
such
APM Qualifying Securities) that the Corporation has received during the 180
days
prior to the related Distribution Date from the issuance of APM Qualifying
Securities, up to the Preferred Cap in the case of APM Qualifying Securities
that are Qualifying Preferred Stock or Mandatorily Convertible Preferred
Stock;
(b) may
permit the Corporation to pay current Distributions on any Distribution Date
out
of any source of funds but (x) require the Corporation to pay deferred
Distributions only out of eligible proceeds and (y) prohibit the
Corporation from paying deferred Distributions out of any source of funds other
than eligible proceeds;
(c) if
deferral of Distributions continues for more than one year, require the
Corporation not to, and cause its Subsidiaries not to, redeem or purchase any
of
the Corporation’s securities ranking junior to or pari passu with any APM
Qualifying Securities the proceeds of which were used to settle deferred
interest during the relevant deferral period until at least one year after
all
deferred Distributions have been paid (a “Repurchase
Restriction”);
(d) notwithstanding
clause (b) of this definition, if the Federal Reserve disapproves the
Corporation’s sale of APM Qualifying Securities or the use of the proceeds
thereof to pay deferred Distributions, may (if the Corporation elects to so
provide in the terms of such Qualifying Capital Securities) permit the
Corporation to pay deferred Distributions from any source or, if the Federal
Reserve does not disapprove the Corporation’s issuance and sale of APM
Qualifying Securities but disapproves the use of the proceeds thereof to pay
deferred Distributions, may (if the Corporation elects to so provide in the
terms of such Qualifying Capital Securities) permit the Corporation to use
such
proceeds for other purposes and to
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continue
to defer Distributions, without a breach of its obligations under the
transaction documents related to the Qualifying Capital Securities;
(e) may
include a provision that, notwithstanding the APM Maximum Obligation and the
Preferred Cap for purposes of paying deferred interest, limits the ability
of
the Corporation to sell shares of Common Stock, Qualifying Warrants, or
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock above an aggregate cap specified in
the
transaction documents (a “Share Cap”), subject to the
Corporation’s agreement to use commercially reasonable efforts to increase the
Share Cap (i) only to the extent that it can do so and simultaneously
satisfy its future fixed or contingent obligations under other securities and
derivative instruments that provide for settlement or payment in shares of
Common Stock or (ii) if the Corporation cannot increase the Share Cap as
contemplated in the preceding clause, by requesting its Board of Directors
to
adopt a resolution for shareholder vote at the next annual shareholders meeting
occurring at least 4 months after the date on which the Share Cap has been
reached to increase the number of shares of its authorized Common Stock for
purposes of satisfying its obligations to pay deferred
Distributions;
(f) limit
the obligation of the Corporation to issue (or use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to issue) APM Qualifying Securities that are Common Stock and Qualifying
Warrants to settle deferred Distributions pursuant to the Alternative Payment
Mechanism either (A) during the first five years of any deferral period or
(B) before an anniversary of the commencement of any deferral period that
is not earlier than the fifth such anniversary and not later than the ninth
such
anniversary (as designated in the terms of such Qualifying Capital Securities)
with respect to deferred Distributions attributable to the first five years
of
such deferral period, either:
(i) to
an aggregate amount of such securities, the net proceeds from the issuance
of
which is equal to 2% of the product of the average of the Market Value of the
Common Stock on the ten consecutive trading days ending on the fourth trading
day immediately preceding the date of issuance multiplied by the total number
of
issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the date of the
Corporation’s most recent publicly available consolidated financial statements;
or
(ii) to
a number of shares of Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants, in the aggregate,
not in excess of 2% of the outstanding number of shares of Common Stock as
of
the date of the Corporation’s most recent publicly available consolidated
financial statements (the “APM
Maximum Obligation”);
(g) limit
the right of the Corporation to issue APM Qualifying Securities that are
Qualifying Preferred Stock and Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock to settle
deferred Distributions pursuant to the Alternative Payment Mechanism to an
aggregate amount of Qualifying Preferred Stock and still-outstanding Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Alternative Payment
Mechanism, the net proceeds from the issuance of which with respect to all
deferral periods is equal to 25% of the liquidation or outstanding principal
amount of the securities that are the subject of the related Alternative Payment
Mechanism (the “Preferred
Cap”);
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(h) in
the case of Qualifying Capital Securities other than non-cumulative perpetual
preferred stock, include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision;
and
(i) may
permit the Corporation, at its option, to provide that if it is involved in
a
merger, consolidation, amalgamation, binding share exchange or conveyance,
transfer or lease of assets substantially as an entirety to any other person
or
a similar transaction (a “Business Combination”) where
immediately after the consummation of the Business Combination more than 50%
of
the surviving or resulting entity’s voting stock is owned by the shareholders of
the other party to the Business Combination, then clauses (a) through
(c) of this definition will not apply to any deferral period that is
terminated on the next Distribution Date following the date of consummation
of
the Business Combination (or if later, at any time within 90 days following
the
date of consummation of the Business Combination);
provided
that:
(a) the
Corporation shall not be obligated to issue (or use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to issue) APM Qualifying Securities for so long as a Market Disruption
Event has occurred and is continuing;
(b) if,
due to a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the Corporation is able to raise
and apply some, but not all, of the eligible proceeds necessary to pay all
deferred Distributions on any Distribution Date, the Corporation will apply
any
available eligible proceeds to pay accrued and unpaid Distributions on the
applicable Distribution Date in chronological order subject to the APM Maximum
Obligation, Share Cap and Preferred Cap, as applicable; and
(c) if
the Corporation has outstanding more than one class or series of securities
under which it is obligated to sell a type of APM Qualifying Securities and
apply some part of the proceeds to the payment of deferred Distributions, then
on any date and for any period the amount of net proceeds received by the
Corporation from those sales and available for payment of deferred Distributions
on such securities shall be applied to such securities on a pro rata basis up to the
APM
Maximum Obligation, Share Cap and Preferred Cap, as applicable, in proportion
to
the total amounts that are due on such securities, or on such other basis as
the
Federal Reserve may approve or require.
“APM
Maximum Obligation” has
the meaning specified in clause (f) of the definition of Alternative
Payment Mechanism.
“APM
Qualifying Securities”
means, with respect to an Alternative Payment Mechanism, any Debt Exchangeable
for Preferred Equity or any Mandatory Trigger Provision, one or more of the
following (as designated in the transaction documents for any Qualifying Capital
Securities that include an Alternative Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger
Provision or for any Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity, as
applicable):
(a) Common
Stock;
(b) Qualifying
Warrants;
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(c) Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock; or
(d) Qualifying
Preferred Stock;
provided
that (i) if the
APM Qualifying Securities for any Alternative Payment Mechanism or Mandatory
Trigger Provision or for any Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity include
both
Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants, such Alternative Payment Mechanism,
Mandatory Trigger Provision or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity may
permit, but need not require, the Corporation to issue Qualifying Warrants
and
(ii) such Alternative Payment Mechanism, Mandatory Trigger Provision or
Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity may permit, but need not require, the
Corporation to issue Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock.
“Applicable
Percentage”
means:
(i),
with respect to any sale of Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock
(a)
133% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase prior to December
21,
2027, (b) 200% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or
after
December 21, 2027 and prior to December 21, 2047, and (c) 400% on or after
December 21, 2047;
(ii)
with respect to Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity, Debt Exchangeable for
Preferred Equity, Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, REIT Preferred
Securities and Qualifying Capital Securities described under clause (i) of
the
definition of that term, 100% prior to December 21, 2027, 150% on or
after December 21, 2027 and prior to December 21, 2047 and 300% on or after
December 21, 2047;
(iii)
with respect to Qualifying Capital Securities described under clause (ii) of
the
definition of that term, 100% prior to December 21, 2047, and 200% on or after
December 21, 2047; and
(iv)
with respect to Qualifying Capital Securities described under clause (iii)
of
the definition of that term, 100%.
“Appropriate
Federal Banking
Agency” means, as to a Depository Institution Subsidiary, the Federal
bank regulatory agency or authority that is the “appropriate Federal banking
agency” (within the meaning of 12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)) with respect to such
Depository Institution Subsidiary.
“Bankruptcy
Claim Limitation
Provision” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities that
have an Alternative Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger Provision,
provisions that, upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up or
reorganization or in connection with any insolvency, receivership or proceeding
under any bankruptcy law with respect to the issuer, limit the claim of the
holders of such securities to Distributions that accumulate during (A) any
deferral period, in the case of securities that have an Alternative Payment
Mechanism or (B) any period in which the issuer fails to satisfy one or
more financial tests set forth in the terms of such securities or related
transaction agreements, in the case of securities that have a Mandatory Trigger
Provision, to:
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(i) in
the case of Qualifying Capital Securities that have an Alternative Payment
Mechanism or Mandatory Trigger Provision with respect to which the APM
Qualifying Securities do not include Qualifying Preferred Stock or Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock, 25% of the stated or principal amount of such
Qualifying Capital Securities then outstanding; and
(ii) in
the case of any other Qualifying Capital Securities, an amount not in excess
of
the sum of (x) two years of accumulated and unpaid Distributions and
(y) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Preferred Cap over the
aggregate amount of net proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Preferred Stock
and
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock that is still outstanding that the
issuer has applied to pay such Distributions pursuant to the Alternative Payment
Mechanism or the Mandatory Trigger Provision; provided that the holders
of
such Qualifying Capital Securities agree in the instrument governing such
Qualifying Capital Securities that, to the extent the remaining claim exceeds
the amount set forth in clause (x), the amount they receive in respect of such
excess shall not exceed the amount they would have received if the claim for
such excess ranked pari passu
with the interests
of the holders, if any, of Qualifying Preferred
Stock.
In
the case of any cumulative preferred stock that includes a Bankruptcy Claim
Limitation Provision, such provision shall limit the liquidation preference
of
such cumulative preferred stock to (a) its stated amount plus (b) an amount
in
respect of accumulated and unpaid dividends not in excess of the amount set
forth in clause (i) or (ii) above, as applicable.
“Business
Day” means any day
that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not day on which banking
institutions generally in the City of New York are authorized or obligated
by
law or executive order to be closed.
“Commercially
Reasonable
Efforts” means, for purposes of selling APM Qualifying Securities,
commercially reasonable efforts to complete the offer and sale of APM Qualifying
Securities to third parties that are not Subsidiaries of the Corporation in
public offerings or private placements. The Corporation shall not be considered
to have made Commercially Reasonable Efforts to effect a sale of APM Qualifying
Securities if it determines not to pursue or complete such sale solely due
to
pricing, coupon, dividend rate or dilution considerations.
“Commission”
means
the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock” means common
stock of the Corporation (including treasury shares of common stock and shares
of common stock sold pursuant to the Corporation’s dividend reinvestment plan
and employee benefit plans).
“Corporation”
means
the Person
named as the “Corporation” in the first paragraph of this Covenant, until a
successor corporation shall have become such, and thereafter “Corporation” shall
mean such successor corporation.
“Covenant”
has
the meaning
specified in the introduction to this instrument.
“Covered
Debt” means (i) at
the date of this Covenant and continuing to, but not including, the first
Redesignation Date, the Initial Covered Debt and (ii) thereafter,
commencing with each Redesignation Date and continuing to but not including
the
next succeeding
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Redesignation
Date, the Eligible Debt identified pursuant to Section 3(b) as the Covered
Debt for such period.
“Covered
Debtholder” means
each Person (whether a Holder or a beneficial owner holding through a
participant in a clearing agency) that buys or holds long-term indebtedness
for
money borrowed of the Corporation during the period that such long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed is Covered Debt.
“Debt
Exchangeable for Common
Equity” means a security or combination of securities (together in this
definition, “such
securities”) that:
(i) gives
the holder a beneficial interest in (a) a stock purchase contract that
obligates the holder to purchase Common Stock, that will be settled in three
years or less, with the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant
to
such stock purchase contract to be within a range established at the time of
issuance of the subordinated debt securities referred to in clause (b), subject
to customary anti-dilution adjustments and (b) subordinated debt securities
of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries that are non-callable prior to
the
settlement date of the stock purchase contract;
(ii) provides
that the holders directly or indirectly grant the Corporation a security
interest in such subordinated debt securities and their proceeds (including
any
substitute collateral permitted under the transaction documents) to secure
the
holders’ direct or indirect obligation to purchase Common Stock pursuant to such
stock purchase contracts;
(iii) includes
a remarketing feature pursuant to which the subordinated debt securities are
remarketed to new investors commencing not later than the last distribution
date
that is at least one month prior to the settlement date of the stock purchase
contract; and
(iv) provides
for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Common Stock
under the stock purchase contracts and, if there has not been a successful
remarketing of the subordinated debt securities by the settlement date of the
stock purchase contract, provides that the stock purchase contracts will be
settled by the Corporation exercising its remedies as a secured party with
respect to the subordinated debt securities or other collateral directly or
indirectly pledged by holders.
“Debt
Exchangeable for Preferred
Equity” means a security or combination of securities (together in this
definition, “such
securities”) that:
(i) gives
the holder a beneficial interest in (a) subordinated debt securities of the
Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries (in this definition, the “issuer”)
permitting the issuer to defer Distributions in whole or in part on such
securities for one or more Distribution Periods of up to at least seven years
without any remedies other than Permitted Remedies and that are the most junior
subordinated debt of the issuer (or rank pari passu with the most
junior subordinated debt of the issuer) and (b) a stock purchase contract
that obligates the holder to acquire a beneficial interest in Qualifying
Preferred Stock;
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(ii) provides
that the holders directly or indirectly grant to the issuer a security interest
in such subordinated debt securities and their proceeds (including any
substitute collateral permitted under the transaction documents) to secure
the
holders’ direct or indirect obligation to purchase Qualifying Preferred Stock
pursuant to such stock purchase contract;
(iii) includes
a remarketing feature pursuant to which the subordinated debt of the issuer
is
remarketed to new investors commencing not later than the first Distribution
Date that is at least five years after the date of issuance of such securities
or earlier in the event of an early settlement event based on (a) the
capital ratios of the Corporation, (b) the capital ratios of the
Corporation as anticipated by the Federal Reserve, or (c) the dissolution
of the issuer of such Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity;
(iv) provides
for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Qualifying
Preferred Stock under the stock purchase contracts and, if there has not been
a
successful remarketing by the first Distribution Date that is six years after
the date of issuance of such securities, provides that the stock purchase
contracts will be settled by the Corporation exercising its rights as a secured
creditor with respect to the subordinated debt securities or other collateral
directly or indirectly pledged by holders;
(v) includes
a Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant that will apply to such securities
and
to any Qualifying Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the stock purchase
contracts; provided
that such Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant will not include Debt
Exchangeable for Common Equity or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity as
“Replacement Capital Securities”; and
(vi) after
the issuance of such Qualifying Preferred Stock, provides the holder with a
beneficial interest in such Qualifying Preferred Stock.
“Depository
Institution
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Corporation that is a depository
institution within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. § 204.2(m).
“Distribution
Date” means, as
to any Qualifying Capital Securities or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity,
the dates on which Distributions on such securities are scheduled to be
made.
“Distribution
Period” means,
as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, each period from and including a
Distribution Date for such securities to but not including the next succeeding
Distribution Date for such securities.
“Distributions”
means,
as to
any Qualifying Capital Securities or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity,
dividends, interest or other income distributions to the holders thereof that
are not the Corporation or Subsidiaries of the Corporation.
“Eligible
Debt” means, at any
time, Eligible Subordinated Debt or, if no Eligible Subordinated Debt is then
outstanding, Eligible Senior Debt.
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“Eligible
Senior Debt” means,
at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of outstanding unsecured
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of such issuer that:
(i) upon
a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks most
senior among the issuer’s then outstanding classes of unsecured indebtedness for
money borrowed;
(ii) is
then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause
shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has
outstanding senior long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies
the
requirements of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) that is then assigned a rating
by at
least one NRSRO);
(iii) has
an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000; and
(iv) was
issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking
firm
or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution
agents.
For
purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each
issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such
indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established
directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity
that have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the
issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each
other series of such indebtedness.
“Eligible
Subordinated Debt”
means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of the issuer’s
then-outstanding unsecured long-term indebtedness for money borrowed
that:
(i) upon
a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks
subordinate to the issuer’s then-outstanding most senior series of unsecured
indebtedness for money borrowed and ranks senior to the Notes;
(ii) is
then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause
(ii) shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has
outstanding subordinated long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that
satisfies the requirements in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) that is then assigned
a rating by at least one NRSRO);
(iii) has
an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000; and
(iv) was
issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking
firm
or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution
agents.
For
purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each
issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such
indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established
directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity
that have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of
the
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issuer’s
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other
series of such indebtedness.
“Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any statute successor thereto, in each case
as amended from time to time.
“Federal
Reserve” means the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any regional Federal
Reserve Bank in which the Corporation owns stock, or their successor as the
Corporation’s primary federal banking regulator, or the staff thereof.
“Holder”
means,
as to the
Covered Debt then in effect, each holder of such Covered Debt as reflected
on
the securities register maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation with
respect to such Covered Debt and each beneficial owner holder through a
participant in a clearing agency.
“Indenture”
means
the
indenture dated June 28, 2007 between the Corporation and The Bank of New York
with respect to the Notes.
“Initial
Covered Debt” means
the Corporation’s junior subordinated debt securities underlying the 6.00%
Capital Securities (TruPS®)
issued by
Citigroup Capital XI (CUSIP: 00000X000).
“Intent-Based
Replacement
Disclosure” means, as to any Qualifying Preferred Stock or Qualifying
Capital Securities, that the issuer has publicly stated its intention, either
in
the prospectus or other offering document under which such securities were
initially offered for sale or in filings with the Commission made by the issuer
under the Exchange Act prior to or contemporaneously with the issuance of such
securities, that to the extent that the Qualifying Preferred Stock or Qualifying
Capital Securities provide the issuer with rating agency equity credit, at
the
time of repayment at maturity or earlier redemption or defeasance, the issuer
will repay, redeem or purchase, and will cause that its subsidiaries shall
purchase, such securities only with the proceeds of securities that have
equity-like characteristics at the time of repayment, redemption or purchase
that are the same as or more equity-like than the securities then being redeemed
or purchased, raised within 180 days prior to the applicable repayment,
redemption or purchase date. Notwithstanding the use of the term
“Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure” in the definitions of “Qualifying Capital
Securities” and “Qualifying Preferred Stock,” the requirement in each such
definition that a particular security or the related transaction documents
include Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure shall be disregarded and given
no
force or effect for so long as the Corporation is a financial holding company
or
a bank holding company within the meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act of
1956, as amended.
“Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred
Stock” means cumulative preferred stock with (a) no prepayment
obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election of the
holders or otherwise and (b) a requirement that the preferred stock convert
into Common Stock of the Corporation within three years from the date of its
issuance at a conversion ratio within a range established at the time of
issuance of the preferred stock, subject to customary anti-dilution
adjustments.
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“Mandatory
Trigger Provision”
means, as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, provisions in the terms
thereof
or of the related transaction agreements that:
(a) require
the issuer of such securities to make payment of Distributions on such
securities only pursuant to the issue and sale of APM Qualifying Securities
within two years of a failure of the issuer to satisfy one or more financial
tests set forth in the terms of such securities or related transaction
agreements, in an amount such that the net proceeds of such sale are at least
equal to the amount of unpaid Distributions on such securities (including
without limitation all deferred and accumulated amounts) and require the
application of the net proceeds of such sale to pay such unpaid Distributions,
provided that
(i) if the Mandatory Trigger Provision does not require the issuance and
sale within one year of such failure, the amount of Common Stock and/or
Qualifying Warrants the net proceeds of which the issuer must apply to pay
such
Distributions pursuant to such provision may not exceed the APM Maximum
Obligation and (ii) the amount of Qualifying Preferred Stock and still
outstanding Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock the net proceeds of which
the issuer may apply to pay such Distributions pursuant to such provision may
not exceed the Preferred Cap;
(b) if
the provisions described in clause (a) do not require such issuance and
sale within one year of such failure, include a Repurchase
Restriction;
(c) prohibit
the issuer of such securities from redeeming or purchasing any of its securities
ranking upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation
junior to or pari passu
with any APM Qualifying Securities the proceeds of which were used to settle
deferred interest during the relevant deferral period prior to the date six
months after the issuer applies the net proceeds of the sales described in
clause (a) above to pay such deferred Distributions in full;
(d) include
a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision; and
(e) may
permit the issuer, at its option, to provide that if it is involved in a
Business Combination where immediately after the consummation of the Business
Combination more than 50% of the surviving or resulting entity’s voting stock is
owned by the shareholders of the other party to the Business Combination, then
clauses (a) , (b) and (c) of this definition will not apply to any
deferral period that is terminated on the next Distribution Date following
the
date of consummation of the Business Combination (or, if later, at any time
within 90 days following the date of such consummation);
provided
that:
(i) the
issuer will not be obligated to issue (or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts
to
issue) APM Qualifying Securities for so long as a Market Disruption Event has
occurred and is continuing;
(ii) if,
due to a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the issuer is able to raise
and
apply some, but not all, of the eligible proceeds necessary to pay all deferred
Distributions on any Distribution Date, the issuer will apply any available
eligible proceeds to pay
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accrued
and unpaid Distributions on the applicable Distribution Date in chronological
order subject to the APM Maximum Obligation and Preferred Cap, as applicable;
and
(iii) if
the issuer has outstanding more than one class or series of securities under
which it is obligated to sell a type of APM Qualifying Securities and applies
some part of the proceeds to the payment of deferred Distributions, then on
any
date and for any period the amount of net proceeds received by the issuer from
those sales and available for payment of deferred Distributions on such
securities shall be applied to such securities on a pro rata basis up to the
APM
Maximum Obligation and the Preferred Cap, as applicable, in proportion to the
total amounts that are due on such securities.
No
remedy other than Permitted Remedies will arise by the terms of such securities
or related transaction agreements in favor of the holders of such Qualifying
Capital Securities as a result of the issuer’s failure to pay Distributions
because of the Mandatory Trigger Provision until Distributions have been
deferred for one or more Distribution Periods that total together at least
ten
years.
“Market
Disruption Event” shall have
the meaning
given to it in the indenture relating to the relevant securities.
“Market
Value” with respect
to Common Stock means, on any date, the closing sale price per share of Common
Stock (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and
ask
prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid
and
the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions
by
the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the
New York Stock Exchange, as reported by the principal U.S. securities exchange
on which the Common Stock is traded or quoted; if the Common Stock is not either
listed or quoted on any U.S. securities exchange on the relevant date, the
market price will be the average of the mid-point of the bid and ask prices
for
the Common Stock on the relevant date submitted by at least three nationally
recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Corporation
for
this purpose.
“Measurement
Date” means, (i)
with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase of Notes or Enhanced
TRUPS on or prior to the
Scheduled Maturity Date, the date that is six months prior to delivery of notice
of such repayment or redemption or the date of such purchase and (ii) with
respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase of Notes or Enhanced TRUPS after the Scheduled
Maturity
Date, the date that is 30 days prior to delivery of notice of such repayment,
redemption or the date of such purchase, except that, if during the 150-day
(or
any shorter) period preceding the date that is 30 days prior to delivery of
notice of such repayment or redemption or the date of such purchase, the
Corporation and its Subsidiaries issued Replacement Capital Securities to
Persons other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries but no repayment,
redemption or purchase was made pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Covenant in
connection therewith, the date upon which such 150-day (or any shorter) period
prior to delivery of notice of such repayment or redemption or the date of
such
purchase began.
“Measurement
Period” means
the period from a Measurement Date to the related notice date or purchase
date. Measurement Periods cannot run concurrently.
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“Non-Cumulative”
means,
with
respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities, that the issuer may elect not
to
make any number of periodic Distributions without any remedy arising under
the
terms of the securities or related agreements in favor of the holders, other
than one or more Permitted Remedies.
“No
Payment Provision” means a
provision or provisions in the transaction documents for securities (referred
to
in this definition as “such
securities”) that include the following:
(a) an
Alternative Payment Mechanism; and
(b) an
Optional Deferral Provision modified and supplemented from the general
definition of that term to provide that the issuer of such securities may,
in
its sole discretion, or (if the issuer elects to so provide in the terms of
such
securities) shall in response to a directive or order from, or memorandum of
understanding with, the Federal Reserve, defer in whole or in part payment
of
Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive Distribution
Periods of up to five years or, if a Market Disruption Event has occurred and
is
continuing, ten years, without any remedy other than Permitted Remedies and
the
obligations (and limitations on obligations) described in the definition of
“Alternative Payment Mechanism” applying.
“NRSRO”
means
a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule
15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act.
“Optional
Deferral Provision”
means, as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, a provision in the terms
thereof
or of the related transaction agreements to the effect that:
(a) (i) the
issuer of such Qualifying Capital Securities may, in its sole discretion, or
shall in response to a directive or order from, or memorandum of understanding
with, the Federal Reserve, defer in whole or in part payment of Distributions
on
such securities for one or more consecutive Distribution Periods of up to five
years or, if a Market Disruption Event is continuing, ten years, without any
remedy other than Permitted Remedies and (ii) such securities are subject
to an Alternative Payment Mechanism (provided that such
Alternative Payment Mechanism need not apply during the first five years of
any
deferral period and need not include an APM Maximum Obligation, Preferred Cap,
Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision or Repurchase Restriction);
or
(b) the
issuer of such Qualifying Capital Securities may, in its sole discretion, or
shall in response to a directive or order from, or memorandum of understanding
with, the Federal Reserve, defer or skip in whole or in part payment of
Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive Distribution
Periods of up to at least ten years without any remedy other than Permitted
Remedies.
“Permitted
Remedies” means, as
to any security or combination of securities, one or more of the following
remedies:
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(a) rights
in favor of the holders of such securities permitting such holders to elect
one
or more directors of the issuer (including any such rights required by the
listing requirements of any stock or securities exchange on which such
securities may be listed or traded); and
(b) complete
or partial prohibitions on the issuer or its subsidiaries paying Distributions
on or repurchasing common stock or other securities that rank as to
Distributions paripassu
with
or junior to such
securities for so long as distributions on such securities, including deferred
distributions, have not been paid in full or to such lesser extent as may be
specified in the terms of such securities.
“Person”
means
any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company or
corporation, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Preferred
Cap” has the
meaning specified in clause (g) of the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Qualifying
Capital
Securities” means securities or combinations of securities (other than
securities covered by paragraphs (i) and (ii) of Section 2) that,
in the determination of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, acting in its
reasonable discretion and reasonably construing the definitions and other terms
of this Covenant, meet one of the following criteria:
(i) in
connection with any repayment, redemption or purchase of Securities prior to
December 21, 2027:
(A) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with or junior to
the Notes upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
(2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and
(3) either:
(x) have
a No Payment Provision or are Non-Cumulative and are subject to a Qualifying
Capital Replacement Covenant, or
(y) have
an Optional Deferral Provision and a Mandatory Trigger Provision and are subject
to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
(B) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with or junior to
the Notes upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
(2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years and are subject to
a Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant and (3) have an Optional Deferral
Provision and a Mandatory Trigger Provision; or
(C) Qualifying
Preferred Stock; or
(ii) in
connection with any repayment, redemption or purchase of Securities at any
time
on or after December 21, 2027 and prior to December 21, 2047:
(A) securities
described under clause (i) of this definition;
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(B) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with or junior to
the Notes upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
(2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and
(3) either:
(x) are
subject to a Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant and have an Optional
Deferral Provision, or
(y) are
subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure and have a No Payment Provision
or are Non-Cumulative;
(C) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with or junior to
the Notes upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
(2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years and
(3) either:
(x) have
a No Payment Provision or are Non-Cumulative and are subject to a Qualifying
Capital Replacement Covenant, or
(y) have
an Optional Deferral Provision and a Mandatory Trigger Provision and are subject
to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
(D) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with or junior to
the Notes upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation,
(2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 25 years and are subject to
a Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant and (3) have an Optional Deferral
Provision and a Mandatory Trigger Provision; or
(E) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that rank (i) senior to the
Notes and securities that are pari passu with the Notes but
(ii) junior to all other debt securities of the Corporation (other than
(x) Notes and securities that are pari passu with the Notes
and (y) securities that are pari passu with such
Qualifying Capital Securities) upon its liquidation, dissolution or winding-up,
and (2) either:
(x) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and either (I) are
(a) Non-Cumulative or subject to a No Payment Provision and
(b) subject to a Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant or (II) have
a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision and are subject
to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure, or
(y) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years, are subject to a Qualifying
Capital Replacement Covenant and have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an
Optional Deferral Provision;
(F) preferred
stock issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) has no
prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election
of the holders or otherwise, (2) has no maturity or a maturity of at least
60 years and (3) is subject to a Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant;
or
(iii) in
connection with any repayment, redemption or purchase of Securities at any
time
on or after December 21, 2047 and prior to the Termination Date:
(A) securities
described under clause (ii) of this definition;
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(B) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with or junior to
the Notes upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
(2) either:
(x) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and are subject to Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure, or
(y) have
no maturity or a maturity at least 40 years and are subject to a Qualifying
Capital Replacement Covenant; and
(3) have
an Optional Deferral Provision;
(C) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with or junior to
the Notes upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
(2) have no maturity or a maturity at least 40 years are subject to
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure and (3) are Non-Cumulative or have a No
Payment Provision;
(D) securities
issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that rank (i) senior to the
Notes and securities that are pari passu with the Notes but
(ii) junior to all other debt securities of the Corporation (other than
(x) Notes and securities that are pari passu with the Notes and
(y) securities that are pari passu with such
Qualifying Capital Securities) upon its liquidation, dissolution or winding-up,
and (2) either:
(x) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and either (i) have an
Optional Deferral Provision and are subject to a Qualifying Capital Replacement
Covenant or (ii) (a) are Non-Cumulative or have a No Payment Provision and
(b) are subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure, or
(y) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years and either (i) (a) are
Non-Cumulative or have a No Payment Provision and (b) are subject to a
Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant or (ii) are subject to Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure and have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional
Deferral Provision; or
(E) preferred
stock issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that either (1) has no
maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and is subject to Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure or (2) has a maturity of at least 40 years and is
subject to a Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant.
“Qualifying
Preferred Stock”
means non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of the Corporation that
(a) ranks pari
passu with or junior to all other preferred stock of the Corporation, and
(b) either (x) is subject to a Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant
or (y) is subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure and has a
provision that prohibits the Corporation from paying any dividends thereon
upon
its failure to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth therein, and
(c) as to which the transaction documents provide for no remedies as a
consequence of non-payment of dividends other than Permitted
Remedies.
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“Qualifying
Capital Replacement
Covenant” means a replacement capital covenant that is substantially
similar to this Covenant or a replacement capital covenant, as identified by
the
Corporation’s Board of Directors acting in its reasonable discretion and
reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this Covenant,
(i) entered into by a company that at the time it enters into such
replacement capital covenant is a reporting company under the Exchange Act
and
(ii) that restricts the related issuer from, and requires the related
issuer to restrict its subsidiaries from, redeeming, repaying or purchasing
identified securities except to the extent of the applicable percentage of
the
net proceeds from the issuance of specified replacement capital securities
that
have terms and provisions at the time of redemption, repayment or purchase
that
are as or more equity-like than the securities then being redeemed, repaid
or
purchased within the six-month period prior to the applicable redemption,
repayment or purchase date.
“Qualifying
Warrants” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Redesignation
Date” means, as
to the then-effective Covered Debt, the earliest of (i) the date that is
two years prior to the final maturity date of such Covered Debt, (ii) if
the Corporation elects to redeem, repurchase or defease, or a Subsidiary of
the
Corporation elects to purchase, such Covered Debt either in whole or in part
with the consequence that after giving effect to such redemption, repurchase,
defeasance or purchase the outstanding principal amount of such Covered Debt
is
less than $100,000,000, the applicable redemption, repurchase, defeasance or
purchase date and (iii) if the then-effective Covered Debt is not Eligible
Subordinated Debt, the date on which the Corporation issues long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Subordinated Debt.
“REIT
Preferred Securities”
means non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of a Subsidiary of a
Depository
Institution Subsidiary, which Subsidiary may or may not be a “real estate
investment trust” (“REIT”) within the meaning
of
Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that is
exchangeable for non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of the Corporation
and
satisfies the following requirements:
(a) such
non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of a Subsidiary of the Depository
Institution Subsidiary and the related non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock
of the Corporation for which it may be exchanged qualifies as Tier 1 capital
of
a Depository Institution Subsidiary under the risk-based capital guidelines
of
the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency and related interpretive guidance of
such
Agency (for example, in the case of the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Corporate Decision 97-109) (disregarding any quantitative
limits);
(b) such
non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of a Subsidiary of the Depository
Institution Subsidiary must be exchangeable automatically into non-cumulative
perpetual preferred stock of the Corporation in the event that the Appropriate
Federal Banking Agency directs such Depository Institution Subsidiary in writing
to make a conversion because such Depository Institution Subsidiary is
(i) undercapitalized under the applicable prompt corrective action
regulations (which, for example, in the case of the Office of the Comptroller
of
the Currency and applicable to national banks, are at 12 C.F.R. 6.4(b)),
(ii) placed into conservatorship or receivership, or (iii) expected to
become undercapitalized in the near term;
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(c) if
such Subsidiary of the Depository Institution Subsidiary is a REIT, the
transaction documents include provisions that would enable the REIT to stop
paying dividends on its non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock without causing
the REIT to fail to comply with the income distribution and other requirements
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to
REITs;
(d) such
non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of the Corporation issued upon exchange
for the non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of a Subsidiary of a Depository
Institution Subsidiary issued as part of such transaction ranks pari passu
with
or junior to other preferred stock of the Corporation; and
(e) such
REIT Preferred Securities and non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of the
Corporation for which it may be exchanged are subject to a Qualifying Capital
Replacement Covenant.
“Replacement
Capital
Securities” means Common Stock, rights to acquire Common Stock, Debt
Exchangeable for Common Equity, Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity,
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, REIT Preferred Securities or Qualifying
Capital Securities.
“Repurchase
Restriction” has
the meaning specified in clause (c) of the definition of “Alternative
Payment Mechanism.”
“Scheduled
Maturity Date” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Securities”
has
the meaning
specified in Recital B.
“Share
Cap” has the meaning
specified in clause (e) of the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Subsidiary”
of the
Corporation means, at any time, any Person the shares of stock or other
ownership interests of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of
the board of directors or other managers of such Person are at the time owned,
or the management or policies of which are otherwise at the time controlled,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries (including other
Subsidiaries) or both, by the Corporation.
“Termination
Date” has the
meaning specified in Section 5(a).
“Trust”
has
the meaning
specified in Recital A.
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