Contract
Exhibit 99.1
Replacement Capital Covenant, dated as of June 20, 2007 (this “Replacement Capital
Covenant”), by Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors
and assigns, 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 $200,010,000 aggregate principal amount of
its 7.65% Fixed to Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes (the “junior subordinated notes”) to
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).
B. On the date hereof, the Trust is issuing $200,000,000 aggregate liquidation amount of its
7.65% Fixed to Floating Rate Trust Preferred Securities (the “Trust Preferred Securities” and,
together with the junior subordinated notes, the “Securities”).
C. This Replacement Capital Covenant is the “Replacement Capital Covenant” referred to in the
Prospectus, dated June 13, 2007 (the “Prospectus”), relating to, among other securities, the
Securities.
D. The Corporation is entering into and disclosing the content of this Replacement Capital
Covenant in the manner provided below with the intent that the promises and covenants provided for
in this Replacement Capital Covenant be enforceable by each Covered Debtholder and that the
Corporation be estopped from failing to comply with the promises and covenants in this Replacement
Capital Covenant, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and with the
expectation that its compliance with its promise and covenant in Section 2 will be a relevant
factor in the evaluation by Covered Debtholders who purchase or sell any of the Covered Debt of
whether to buy or sell such Covered Debt.
E. The Corporation acknowledges that reliance by each Covered Debtholder upon the covenants in
this Replacement Capital Covenant is reasonable and foreseeable by the Corporation and that, were
the Corporation to fail to comply with its promises and covenants in this Replacement Capital
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 Replacement Capital Covenant
(including the Recitals) have the meanings set forth in Schedule I hereto.
SECTION 2. Limitations 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 repay, redeem or purchase, nor shall any Subsidiary of the Corporation
(including the Trust) purchase, any of the Securities prior to the Termination Date except to the
extent that (a) in the case of a redemption or purchase prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, the
Corporation has obtained the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if such approval is then
required under the Federal Reserve’s risk-based capital guidelines applicable to bank holding
companies and (b) the principal amount repaid, or the applicable redemption or purchase price, does
not exceed the sum of the following amounts:
(i) the Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of (A) net cash proceeds received
by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries from the sale of Common Stock, rights to acquire
Common Stock (including Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock issued pursuant to
the Corporation’s dividend reinvestment plan or employee benefit plans) and Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock, (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 in connection with the conversion or exchange 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 within the
applicable Measurement Period (without double counting proceeds received in any prior
Measurement Period); plus
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(ii) the Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received by
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries within the applicable Measurement Period (without
double counting proceeds received in any prior Measurement Period) from the sale of
Qualifying Capital Securities set forth in clause (i) of the definition of such term, 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 within the applicable Measurement Period (without
double counting proceeds received in any prior Measurement Period) from the sale of
Qualifying Capital Securities set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of such term;
plus
(iv) the Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received by
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries within the applicable Measurement Period (without
double counting proceeds received in any prior Measurement Period) from the sale of
Qualifying Capital Securities set forth in clause (iii) of the definition of such term;
in each case to Persons other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
the provisions of this Section 2 shall not apply to (i) the purchase of junior subordinated notes
by the Trust in connection with the initial sale thereof by the Company to the Trust, (ii)
purchases of Securities in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities, or
(iii) any distribution of the junior subordinated notes to holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities upon a dissolution of the Trust. For purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant, the
term “repay” includes the defeasance by the Corporation of the junior subordinated notes as well as
the satisfaction and discharge of its obligations under the Indenture with respect to the junior
subordinated notes.
SECTION 3. Covered Debt. (a) The Corporation represents and warrants that the Initial Covered
Debt is Eligible Debt.
(b) On or during the 30-day period immediately preceding any Redesignation Date with respect
to the Covered Debt then in effect, the 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:
(i) the Corporation shall identify each series of its and its Depository Institution
Subsidiaries’ then outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible
Debt;
(ii) 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 commencing on
the related Redesignation Date;
(iii) 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;
(iv) if the Corporation has no outstanding series of long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed that is Eligible Debt, and its Largest Depository Institution Subsidiary has only
one outstanding series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt,
such series shall become the Covered Debt commencing on the related Redesignation Date;
(v) if the Corporation has no outstanding series of long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed that is Eligible Debt, but its Largest Depository Institution Subsidiary 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;
(vi) the series of outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is
determined to be Covered Debt pursuant to clause (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above shall be the
Covered Debt for purposes of this Replacement Capital 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
(vii) in connection with such identification of a new series of Covered Debt, the
Corporation shall, as provided for in Section 3(c), give a notice and file with the
Commission a current report on Form 8-K including or incorporating by reference this
Replacement Capital Covenant as an exhibit within the time frame provided for in such
section.
(c) In order to give effect to the intent of the Corporation described in Recital D, the
Corporation covenants that (i) simultaneously with the execution of this Replacement Capital
Covenant or as soon as practicable after the date hereof, it shall (x) 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 Replacement Capital Covenant and the rights granted to such Holders hereunder
and (y) file a copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant with the Commission as an exhibit to a
Form 8-K under the Securities Exchange Act; (ii) so long as the Corporation is a reporting company
under the Securities Exchange Act, the Corporation shall include in each annual report filed with
the Commission on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act a description of the covenant set
forth in Section 2 and identify the 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; (iii) if a series of the
Corporation’s or one of its Depository Institution Subsidiary’s long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed (1) becomes Covered Debt or (2) ceases to be Covered Debt, the Corporation shall give
notice of such occurrence within 30 days to the holders of such long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other instrument
under which such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed was issued and report such change in a
current report on Form 8-K including or incorporating by reference this Replacement Capital
Covenant, and in the Corporation’s next quarterly report on Form 10-Q or annual report on Form
10-K, as applicable; (iv) if, and only if, the Corporation ceases to be a reporting company under
the Securities Exchange Act, (A) the Corporation shall post on its website the information
otherwise required to be included in Securities Exchange Act filings pursuant to clauses (ii) and
(iii) of this Section 3(c) and (B) cause a notice of the execution of this Replacement Capital
Covenant to be posted on the Bloomberg screen for the Covered Debt or any successor Bloomberg
screen and each similar third-party vendor’s screen the Corporation reasonably believes is
appropriate (each, an “Investor Screen”) and cause a hyperlink to a definitive copy of this
Replacement Capital Covenant to be included on each Investor Screen for each series of Covered
Debt, in each case to the extent permitted by Bloomberg or such similar third-party vendor, as the
case may be; and (v) promptly upon request by any Holder of Covered Debt, the Corporation shall
provide such Holder with an executed copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant.
(d) Trust as Holder of Covered Debt. 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 that bought such
trust-issued securities after the procedures provided for in Sections 3(c)(i)(x) and 3(c)(iii)(1),
or Section 3(c)(iv), as applicable, have been completed with respect to the designation of such
Covered Debt as Covered Debt may enforce (including by instituting legal proceedings) this
Replacement Capital Covenant directly against the Corporation as though such holder owned Covered
Debt directly, and the holders of such trust securities shall be deemed to be the Holders of
“Covered Debt” for purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant for so long as the indebtedness
held by such trust remains Covered Debt hereunder.
SECTION 4. Termination, Amendment and Waiver. (a) The obligations of the Corporation pursuant
to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest date
(the “Termination Date”) to occur of (i) the date, if any, on which the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then-effective series of Covered Debt consent or agree in writing to the
termination of this Replacement Capital Covenant and the obligations of the Corporation hereunder,
(ii) the date on which neither the Corporation nor any of its Depository Institution Subsidiaries
has any series of outstanding Eligible Senior Debt or Eligible Subordinated Debt (in each case
without giving effect to the rating requirement in clause (b) of the definition of each such term),
(iii) the later of the date that is (x) 10 years after the Scheduled Maturity Date and (y) 20 years
prior to the Final Repayment Date, and (iv) the occurrence of an event of default that results in
the acceleration of the junior subordinated notes. From and after the Termination Date, the
obligations of the Corporation pursuant to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall be of no further
force and effect.
(b) This Replacement Capital 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 in
principal amount of the then-effective series of Covered Debt, provided that this Replacement
Capital 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 and the Company shall have been advised in writing by a nationally
recognized independent accounting firm that there is more than an insubstantial risk that failure
to do so would result in a reduction in the Corporation’s earnings per share as calculated for
financial reporting purposes, (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 to the
Holders of the then-effective series of Covered Debt in the manner provided for in the indenture,
fiscal agency agreement or other instrument with respect to such Covered Debt a written certificate
stating that, in his or her determination, such amendment or supplement is not adverse to the
Holders of the then-effective series of 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 to the Holders of the
then-effective series of Covered Debt in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal agency
agreement or other instrument with respect to such Covered Debt a written certificate to that
effect.
(c) For purposes of Sections 4(a) and 4(b), the Holders whose consent or agreement is required
to terminate, amend or supplement the obligations of the Corporation under this Replacement Capital
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 30 days prior to the date on which the Corporation proposes
that such termination, amendment or supplement becomes effective.
SECTION 5. Miscellaneous. (a) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(b) This Replacement Capital 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 sells Covered Debt shall retain its status as a
Covered 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 Replacement Capital 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 Replacement Capital 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
Replacement Capital 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 to the Corporation by a national or international
courier service, on the date of receipt by the Corporation (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, and 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 its website as the address for notices under this Replacement
Capital Covenant:
Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this
Replacement Capital Covenant to be executed by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year
first above written.
XXXXXXX FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Plush | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Plush | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Schedule 1
Definitions
“Alternative Payment Mechanism” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities,
provisions in the related transaction documents permitting the Corporation, in its sole discretion,
or in response to a directive or order from the Federal Reserve, to defer or skip in whole or in
part payment of Distributions on such Qualifying Capital Securities for one or more consecutive
Distribution Periods up to ten years and 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) 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 and its Subsidiaries not to redeem or repurchase any of its securities ranking
junior to or pari passu with any qualifying APM 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 continue to defer Distributions, without a breach of its obligations under
the transaction documents;
(e) may include a provision that, notwithstanding the Common Cap and the Preferred Cap,
for purposes of paying deferred Distributions, 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
agreement to use commercially reasonable efforts to increase the Share Cap amount only to
the extent that the issuer can do so and (i) 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 issuer cannot increase the
Share Cap amount as contemplated in the preceding clause, by requesting the board of
directors of the issuer to adopt a resolution for shareholder vote at the next occurring
annual shareholders meeting to increase the number of shares of authorized Common Stock for
purposes of satisfying the issuer’s 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 current 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
(the “Common Cap”);
(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,
the net proceeds from the issuance of which with respect to all deferral periods is equal to
25% of the liquidation or principal amount of such Qualifying Capital Securities (the
“Preferred Cap”);
(h) in the case of Qualifying Capital Securities other than non-cumulative perpetual
preferred stock, include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision; and
(i) 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 (and it being understood) 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 Share Cap and the 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 Share Cap and the 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.
“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;
(c) Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock; or
(d) Qualifying Preferred Stock;
provided (and it being understood) 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) for purposes of clause (i) of Section 2 of the Replacement Capital Covenant:
(a) 133.33% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase prior to the
date that is 50 years prior to the Final Repayment Date;
(b) 200% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after the
date that is 50 years prior to the Final Repayment Date and prior to the date that
is 30 years prior to the Final Repayment Date; and
(c) 400% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after the
date that is 30 years prior to the Final Repayment Date;
(ii) for purposes of clause (ii) of Section 2 of the Replacement Capital Covenant:
(a) 100% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase prior to the
date that is 50 years prior to the Final Repayment Date;
(b) 150% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after the
date that is 50 years prior to the Final Repayment Date and prior to the date that
is 30 years prior to the Final Repayment Date; and
(c) 300% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after the
date that is 30 years prior to the Final Repayment Date;
(iii) for purposes of clause (iii) of Section 2 of the Replacement Capital Covenant:
(a) 100% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after the
date that is 50 years prior to the Final Repayment Date and prior to the date that
is 30 years prior to the Final Repayment Date; and
(b) 200% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after the
date that is 30 years prior to the Final Repayment Date; and
(iv) for purposes of clause (iv) of Section 2 of the Replacement Capital Covenant, 100%
with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after the date that is 30 years
prior to the Final Repayment Date.
“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:
(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) the first 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 are deemed to agree 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 had the claim for such excess
ranked pari passu with the interests of the holders, if any, of Qualifying Preferred Stock.
“Business Day” means each day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York or Waterbury, Connecticut, are authorized or required
by law or executive order to remain 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 due
to pricing, coupon, dividend rate or dilution considerations.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Cap” has the meaning specified in clause (f) of the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Common Stock” means any of the Corporation’s equity securities (including equity securities
held as treasury shares and equity securities sold pursuant to the Corporation’s dividend
reinvestment plan and employee benefit plans) that have no preference in the payment of dividends
or amounts payable upon the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up (including a
security that tracks the performance of, or relates to the results of, a business, unit or division
of the Corporation), and any securities issued in exchange therefor in connection with a merger,
consolidation, binding share exchange, business combination, recapitalization or other similar
event.
“Corporation” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this instrument.
“Covered Debt” means (a) at the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant and continuing to
but not including the first Redesignation Date, the Initial Covered Debt and (b) thereafter,
commencing with each Redesignation Date and continuing to but not including the next succeeding
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 long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of the
Corporation or its
Depository Institution Subsidiary of a series during the period that such series of long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed is Covered Debt and after the procedures provided for in Sections
3(c)(i)(x) and 3(c)(iii)(1), or Section 3(c)(iv), as applicable, have been completed with respect
to the designation of such series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed as 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 (i) a fractional interest in a stock
purchase contract for a share of 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 such securities,
subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments and (ii) subordinated debt securities of the
Corporation 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
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 in the Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity.
“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 that include a provision requiring the Corporation to issue (or use Commercially
Reasonable Efforts to issue) one or more types of APM Qualifying Securities raising proceeds
at least equal to the deferred Distributions on such subordinated debt securities commencing
not later than two years after the issuer first defers Distributions on such securities and
that are the most junior subordinated debt of the Corporation (or rank pari passu with the
most junior subordinated debt of the Corporation) and (b) an interest in a stock purchase
contract that obligates the holder to acquire a beneficial interest in Qualifying Preferred
Stock;
(ii) provides that the holders directly or indirectly grant to 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 Qualifying Preferred Stock pursuant to such stock
purchase contracts;
(iii) includes a remarketing feature pursuant to which the subordinated debt of the
Corporation 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 investors in the Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity;
(v) includes a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant that will apply to such
securities and to any Qualifying Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the stock purchase
contracts; provided that such Qualifying Replacement Capital 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 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.
“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 (a) 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, (b) is then assigned a rating by
at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (b) 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 (a), (c) and (d) that is then assigned a rating by at least
one NRSRO), (c) has an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, (d) 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, and (e) if issued by a
Depository Institution Subsidiary, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Corporation on
(I) a subordinated basis or (II) if on the relevant Redesignation Date there is no outstanding debt
of a Depository Institution Subsidiary meeting the other requirements set forth above and
guaranteed by the Corporation on a subordinated basis but there is outstanding debt of a Depository
Institution Subsidiary meeting such requirements and guaranteed on a senior basis, a senior basis.
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 (a) upon a
bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks subordinate to the issuer’s
then outstanding series of unsecured indebtedness for money borrowed that ranks most senior and
ranks senior to the junior subordinated notes, (b) is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO
(provided that this clause (b) 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 (a), (c) and (d) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO), (c)
has an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, (d) 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, and (e) if issued by a Depository Institution
Subsidiary, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Corporation on (I) a subordinated basis
or (II) if on the relevant Redesignation Date there is no outstanding debt of a Depository
Institution Subsidiary meeting the other requirements set forth above and guaranteed by the
Corporation on a subordinated basis but there is outstanding debt of a Depository Institution
Subsidiary meeting such requirements
and guaranteed on a senior basis, a senior basis. 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.
“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any regional
Federal Reserve Bank in which the Corporation owns stock.
“Final Repayment Date” means the “Final Repayment Date” as defined in and as determined under
the Indenture (including after giving effect to any extension election(s) by the Corporation
pursuant to the extension provisions in Section 2.2(b) of the Supplemental Indenture).
“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.
“Indenture” means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of June 20, 2007, between the
Corporation and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture.
“Initial Covered Debt” means the Corporation’s 5.125% Senior Notes due April 15, 2014, which
have CUSIP No. 000000XX0.
“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 Securities Exchange Act prior to or
contemporaneously with the issuance of such securities, that the issuer and its Subsidiaries will
redeem, purchase or repay such securities only with the proceeds of replacement capital securities
that have terms and provisions at the time of redemption or repurchase that are as or more
equity-like than the securities then being redeemed or repurchased, raised within 180 days prior to
the applicable redemption or repurchase 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 bank holding company within the meaning of the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.
“junior subordinated notes” has the meaning specified in Recital A.
“Largest Depository Institution Subsidiary” means, from time to time, the Depository
Institution Subsidiary of the Corporation with the greatest total assets that also has outstanding
at least one series of Eligible Subordinated Debt; provided, however, that if no Depository
Institution Subsidiary of the Corporation has outstanding a series of Eligible Subordinated Debt,
this term shall mean the Depository Institution Subsidiary of the Corporation with the greatest
total assets that also has outstanding at least one series of Eligible Senior Debt.
“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.
“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 amount such that the net proceeds of
such sale are at least equal to the amount of unpaid Distributions on such securities
(including all deferred and accumulated amounts) and require the application of the net
proceeds of such sale to pay such unpaid Distributions, provided that (i) such
Mandatory Trigger Provision shall limit the issuance and sale of Common Stock and/or
Qualifying Warrants the proceeds of which must be applied to pay such Distributions pursuant
to such provision to the Common Cap, unless the Mandatory Trigger Provision requires such
issuance and sale within one year of such failure, 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) include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision; and
(d) 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;
provided (and it being understood) 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 accrued and unpaid Distributions on the applicable Distribution Date in
chronological order subject to the Common Cap 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 Common Cap 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” means the occurrence or existence of any of the following events or
sets of circumstances:
(a) the Corporation would be required to obtain the consent or approval of its
shareholders or a regulatory body (including, without limitation, any securities exchange)
or governmental authority to issue or sell APM Qualifying Securities and such consent or
approval has not yet been obtained notwithstanding the Corporation’s commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain such consent or approval or the Federal Reserve instructs the Corporation
not to sell or offer for sale any securities that constitute APM Qualifying Securities at
such time;
(b) trading in securities generally (or in the Corporation’s Common Stock or preferred
stock specifically) on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange
or over-the-counter market on which the Common Stock and/or the Corporation’s preferred
stock is then listed or traded shall have been suspended or the settlement of such trading
generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established
on any such exchange or market by the Commission, by the relevant exchange or by any other
regulatory body or governmental body having jurisdiction, and the establishment of such
minimum prices materially disrupts or otherwise has a material
adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and sale of, any securities that
constitute APM Qualifying Securities;
(c) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by the federal or state authorities
of the United States and such moratorium materially disrupts or otherwise has a material
adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and sale of, any securities that constitute
APM Qualifying Securities;
(d) a material disruption shall have occurred in commercial banking or securities
settlement or clearance services in the United States and such disruption materially
disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and sale
of, any securities that constitute APM Qualifying Securities;
(e) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been
an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, there shall have been a
declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or there shall have occurred
any other national or international calamity or crisis and such event materially disrupts or
otherwise has a material adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and sale of, any
securities that constitute APM Qualifying Securities;
(f) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general domestic or
international economic, political or financial conditions, including without limitation as a
result of terrorist activities, and such change materially disrupts or otherwise has a
material adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and sale of, any securities that
constitute APM Qualifying Securities;
(g) an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the offering document for
such offer and sale of APM Qualifying Securities would, in the reasonable judgment of the
Corporation, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and
either (a) the disclosure of that event at such time, in the reasonable judgment of the
Corporation, is not otherwise required by law and would have a material adverse effect on
the business of the Corporation or (b) the disclosure relates to a previously undisclosed
proposed or pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which would impede the
ability of the Corporation to consummate such transaction, provided that no single
suspension period contemplated by this paragraph (g) shall exceed 90 consecutive days and
multiple suspension periods contemplated by this paragraph (g) shall not exceed an aggregate
of 180 days in any 360-day period; or
(h) the Corporation reasonably believes, for reasons other than those referred to in
paragraph (g) above, that the offering document for such offer and sale of APM Qualifying
Securities would not be in compliance with a rule or regulation of the Commission and the
Corporation is unable to comply with such rule or regulation or such compliance is unduly
burdensome, provided that no single suspension period contemplated by this paragraph (h)
shall exceed 90 consecutive days and multiple suspension periods contemplated by this
paragraph (h) shall not exceed an aggregate of 180 days in any 360-day period.
The definition of “Market Disruption Event” as used in any Replacement Capital Securities may
include less than all of the paragraphs outlined above, as determined by the Corporation at the
time of issuance of such securities, and in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c), as applicable to
a circumstance where the Corporation would otherwise endeavor to issue preferred stock, shall be
limited to circumstances affecting markets where the Corporation’s preferred stock trades or where
a listing for its trading is being sought.
“Market Value” 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 for this purpose by the Board
of Directors of the Corporation or a committee thereof.
“Measurement Date” means (a) with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase of
Securities on or prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, the date that is 180 days prior to delivery
of notice of such repayment or redemption or the date of such purchase; and (b) with respect to any
repayment, redemption or purchase of Securities after the Scheduled Maturity Date, the date that is
30 days prior to the date of such repayment, redemption or purchase, except that, if during the
150-day period preceding the date that is 30 days prior to the date of such repayment, redemption
or 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 clause (b) of Section 2 in connection therewith, the date of issuance of such
Replacement Capital Securities.
“Measurement Period” means, with respect to any date on which notice of repayment or
redemption is delivered with respect to the Securities or on which the Corporation repurchases, or
any Subsidiary purchases, any Securities, the period beginning on the Measurement Date with respect
to such notice or purchase date and ending on such notice or purchase date, as the case may be.
Measurement Periods cannot run concurrently.
“Non-Cumulative” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities, that the issuer
thereof 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 or combinations of 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 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 Securities 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 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 a Common Cap,
Preferred Cap, Bankruptcy Claims 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 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, with respect to any securities, one or more of the following
remedies:
(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 paying Distributions on or
repurchasing common stock or other securities that rank pari passu with or junior as to
Distributions to such securities for so long as distributions on such securities, including
unpaid distributions, remain unpaid.
“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.
“Prospectus” has the meaning specified in Recital C.
“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 reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this
Replacement Capital Covenant, meet one of the following criteria:
(i) in connection with any repayment, redemption or purchase of Securities prior to the
date that is 50 years prior to the Final Repayment Date:
(A) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari
passu with or junior to the junior subordinated 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) (I) have a No Payment Provision or are Non-Cumulative and (II) are
subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital 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 or junior to the junior subordinated 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 Replacement Capital 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 the date that is 50 years prior to the Final Repayment Date but prior to the
date that is 30 years prior to the Final Repayment Date:
(A) securities described under clause (i) of this definition;
(B) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari
passu with or junior to the junior subordinated 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 Replacement Capital Covenant and have
an Optional Deferral Provision, or
(y) (I) are subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure and (II)
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 junior subordinated 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) (I) have a No Payment Provision or are Non-Cumulative and (II) are
subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital 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 junior subordinated 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 Replacement Capital 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 junior subordinated notes and securities that are pari passu with the
junior subordinated notes but (ii) junior to all other debt securities of the
Corporation (other than (x) junior subordinated notes and securities that are pari
passu with the junior subordinated 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 Replacement Capital 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 Replacement Capital 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 Replacement Capital Covenant; or
(iii) in connection with any repayment, redemption or purchase of Securities at any
time on or after the date that is 30 years prior to the Final Repayment Date:
(A) securities described under clause (ii) of this definition;
(B) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that
(1) rank pari passu with or junior to the junior subordinated 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) (I) have no maturity or a maturity at least 40 years and
(II) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital 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 junior subordinated 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 junior subordinated notes and securities that are pari passu with the
junior subordinated notes but (ii) junior to all other debt securities of the
Corporation (other than (x) junior subordinated notes and securities that are pari
passu with the junior subordinated 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
Replacement Capital 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 Replacement Capital 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 Replacement Capital Covenant.
It is acknowledged that, as of the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant, the Federal Reserve
has not approved as a Tier 1 capital instrument for bank holding companies securities containing a
Mandatory Trigger Provision that otherwise would be Qualifying Capital Securities and accordingly
these securities would not constitute Qualifying Capital Securities unless such approval is
obtained (it being understood that the Corporation shall have no obligation to seek to obtain such
approval).
“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 Replacement Capital 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.
“Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant” means a replacement capital covenant that is
substantially similar to this Replacement Capital Covenant or a replacement capital covenant, as
identified by the Corporation’s Board of Directors acting in good faith and in its reasonable
discretion and reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this Replacement Capital
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
and 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 180-day period prior to the applicable redemption, repayment or purchase date.
“Qualifying Warrants” has the meaning specified in the Supplemental Indenture.
“Redesignation Date” means, as to the Covered Debt in effect at any time, the earliest of (a)
the date that is two years prior to the final maturity date of such Covered Debt, (b) if the
Corporation elects to redeem, or the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation elects to
repurchase, such Covered Debt either in whole or in part with the consequence that after giving
effect to such redemption or repurchase the outstanding principal amount of such Covered Debt is
less than $100,000,000, the applicable redemption or repurchase date and (c) if such Covered Debt
is not Eligible Subordinated Debt of the Corporation, 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 issuer 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);
(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;
(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 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 Replacement Capital
Covenant.
“Replacement Capital Covenant” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this
instrument.
“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 Supplemental Indenture.
“Securities” has the meaning specified in Recital B.
“Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Shares Available for Issuance” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.
“Subsidiary” 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 another Person.
“Supplemental Indenture” means the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 20, 2007,
between the Corporation and The Bank of New York, as Trustee.
“Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).
“Trust” has the meaning specified in Recital A.
“Trust Preferred Securities” has the meaning specified in Recital B.